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Education:    

1981-1987 

Undergraduate and Graduate Studies in Physics, Universität Stuttgart, Germany, Diploma in physics (with distinction)

1988 – 1992 

Graduate Studies, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah (USA) Ph.D. in physics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah (USA)

  

Professional Experience:

since July 2014 

University Distinguished Professor

since July 2009  (reappointed July 2015)

Chair, Department of Physics, Lehigh University

2008-2009   

Mercator Visiting Professor, Physics Dept., University Bonn, Germany

since 2008   

Professor of Materials Science and Eng. Lehigh University, Bethlehem

since 2008         

Professor of Physics, Lehigh University,

2000-2008          

Associate Professor, Lehigh University (tenured 2006)

2001                

Habilitation in Experimental Physics, Universität Paderborn

1996 –  2000       

Research Scientist, group leader, “Optical Spectroscopy of LiNbO3 waveguides”, with teaching responsibilities,   Physics Dept. Universität Paderborn

1995 –  1996       

DFG-Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Universität Paderborn,  with Prof. J.-M. Spaeth

1992 –  1996       

Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Utah with Prof. F. Luty