• 1984 - present scientific co-worker, at the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden
• 1984 PhD thesis: "Arrangement of Different Signals of the Glass Transition of Amorphous Polymers" (in German)
• 1979-1984 PhD-Student at the Technical University Leuna-Merseburg, Department Physics
• 1974-1979 Study of Physics at the Technical University Leuna-Merseburg

• Mechanical characterization of polymers, composites, textiles, fibers and related materials as well as plastics for practical applications
• Structure characterisation during deformation and fracture
• Fracture-mechanical characterization of polymer materials
• Thermomechanical and dynamic mechanical characterization of polymers
• Mechanical characterization in micro- and sub-micro-range

Mechanical Material Characterization

• Universal testing machines (ranges10 N to 100 kN, -50 to 250 °C, different long-distance extensometers, online-video-monitoring)
• Servohydraulic testing machine 810 [MTS] (up to 50 kN, -130 to 315 °C, different extensometers)
• Optical 2D and 3D-deformation analysis [ARAMIS, GOM]
• Impact bending testing (Charpy, Izod; also cold) and tensile 1 - 15 J, HDT/Vicat, ball-indendation- und Shore-A-hardness
• Nanoidentation [G200, KLA]

Micro-Mechanical Characterization

• Self-made tensile and bending equipment for the use under the microscope as well as in a synchrotron (different force ranges, max. 1 kN)
• Scanning Online-Xray-Scattering during deformation and fracture of polymers