| Personal: | born October 16, 1962 in Berlin/Germany, |
| July 6, 1989 marriage to Gabriele Kociok, | |
| two children: Angela (born 1992 in Orange/CA) | |
| and George (born 2001 in Bath) | |
| Awards: | |
| 1983 | Koch-Prize of the TU Berlin |
| Oct. 1987-Sep. 1989 | Ph.D. Fellowship of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie |
| Okt. 1989 | Ph.D. prize of the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie |
| July 1990-June 1992 | Postdoktoral Fellowship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) |
| Okt. 1992 - Sept. 1995 | Habilitation Fellowship of the DFG at the TU Berlin |
| Education: | |
| 1981-1986 | Study in Chemistry at the Technische Universität Berlin
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| 1984-1985 | exchange student (exchange fellowship) at the University of Oklahoma
 with Prof. Dr. J. Zuckerman. Research on "organometallic Sn(II) complexes" |
| April-Sept.1986 | "Diplomarbeit"(master thesis) in organometallic chemistry with Prof. Dr. H. Schumann |
| Jan.-June 1988 | Research fellow at the University of California, Berkeley
 with Prof. Dr. A. Streitwieser about "NMR Spectroscopy of Paramagnetical Uranocenes" |
| Sept. 1989 | Ph.D. in chemistry at the TU Berlin about "Synthesis of Lanthanoide-Sandwich-Complexes" with Prof. Dr. H. Schumann |
| 1990-1992 | Postdoctoral research at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
 with Prof. Dr. J. E. Bercaw about "Synthesis and Mechanistic Research on New Catalysts for a-Olefin-Polymerisation" |
| 1992-1996 | Habilitation about "Transition Metal Complexes of Triazacyclohexanes and Orthoamides" at the Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry of the TU-Berlin |
| Professional activities: | |
| 1985-'87, '89-'90 and '95-'96 | Research assistant with Prof. Dr. H. Schumann | 1997-1999 | Private Dozent at the TU-Berlin |
| Sept. 1998 | Guest lecturer at the TU Wien (Sokratesprogramm) |
| 1999-2005 | Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry, University of Bath |
| since sept. 2005 | Senior Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry, University of Bath |
| Language Skills: | German, English, Latin; basic knowledge in French |