1987 Move to the Institute of Polymer Technology Dresden (this was former name of the IPF)
1988 Finishing work of diploma on "Electrokinetic investigations of aerosil surfaces and aerosil-triarylmethyl halide adsorbates in organic media", supervisors Prof. G. Heublein (Jena), Prof. H.-J. Jacobasch (Dresden) and Prof. S. Spange (Chemnitz)
1988-1991 Research student at the Friedrich Schiller University, working on polymer reactions on surfaces, electrokinetic investigations, investigations of interface and surface properties of pure and modified fillers, cationic polymerization on surfaces, material design
1991 Working in the Centre of Materials Research of the Daimler-Benz AG, working on polymer reactions on surfaces and investigations of the role of polymers in ceramic processes
since 1992 Scientific co-worker in the Institute of Polymer Research Dresden
May 1993 Th.D. "Characterization of unmodified and oligomer-modifiedinorganic metal oxide surfaces by means of electrokinetic methods", supervisors Prof. H.-J. Jacobasch (Dresden) and Prof. S. Spange (Chemnitz)
Surface chemistry of polymers and metal oxides, surface modification and functionalization of polymers by wet chemical methods and physico-chemical treatments, hybrid materials made from polymers and inorganic metal oxide particles
