EDUCATION, ACADEMIC ADVISORS and Positions held:
Diplom: 1973 University of Hannover (Horticulture)
Ph.D.: 1976 University Hannover, Soil Science (Advisor: Prof. Dr. Dr hc. K.H. Hartge )
Habilitation: 1981 Technical University Berlin, Soil Science (Advisor: Prof. Dr. Dr hc. H .P. Blume)
1982- 1987 Professor for Soil Science, University Bayreuth
1988- 1998 Professor for Soil Science and Soil Protection (C3), Christian Albrechts University Kiel
since 1.Oct.1998 Professor for Soil Science (Chair C4) at the Institute for Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Christian Albrechts University Kiel
AWARDS and FELLOWHIPS:
Honorary Member: Soil Science Society of Romania ,Romanian Academy of agriculture and forestry science
Fellow award 2005 of the American Soil Science Society, Fellow award 2006 of the American Society of Agronomy,
Honary doctor of the University of Applied Sciences and environment, Iasi, Romania 2012
Honary Professor of the Polytechnical University Lublin, Poland 2014
RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS, extended visits: in China, Chile, Australia, Poland, USA, Brasil
MAJOR PROFESSIONALACTIVITIES:
President of the German Soil Science Society (2008-2011)
President of the International Union Soil Science (IUSS) (2014- 2016)
Chief Editor: Soil and Tillage Research
TEACHING AND RESEARCH SUPERVISION OF PHD AND POSTDOC STUDENTS:
51 finished PhD –Students ; 3 Habilitations
MEMBERSHIPS:
German Soil Science Society (since 1974)
International Union Soil Sciences (since 1974)
International Soil and Tillage Research Organization
Soil Science Society America
European Geophysical Union
Publications:
a) books and monographs, 22
b) papers in refereed international journals, >320
c) refereed book chapters and reviews, 106
d) refereed, published conference papers approx. 100
e) conference papers; >200