Education

1995 PhD (Dr.-Ing.) at the University of Karlsruhe (TH) (Score: Summa cum laude)
Title of the dissertation: Modelling of Evapotranspiration and Groundwater Recharge in Flat Catchments

1985 -1990 Studies of Civil Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe (TH) /Specialisation in Water Management / Hydraulic Engineering;
Degree: Diploma

1983 - 1985 Studies of Civil Engineering at the University of Hannover (TU);
Degree: Pre-Diploma

1982 A Levels (German university entrance qualification)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

since July 2013 Head of the chair Hydrology and River Basin Management at the Technical University of Munich (Technische Universität München), Faculty of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering

2011 Sabbatical at the University of Arizona, Tucson (USA), Department of Hydrology and Water Resources (01.08. – 31.12.)

2003 – 2013 Head of the chair Water Management and Resources Engineering at the Universität der Bundeswehr München

1996 – 2002 Research assistant at the Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), Koblenz, Germany

1996 – 1998 Leading the department River Morphology

1998 – 2002 Leading the department Water Management and Statistics

1990 – 1996 Research assistant at the Institute of Hydrology and Water Management University of Karlsruhe (TH), Chair of Prof. Dr. -Ing. Erich Plate

1990 Research assistant at the Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Land Management, University of Karlsruhe (TH), Chair of Prof. Dr. techn. Larsen

1990 Free consultant (Ingenieurbüro Herzog+Partner)