Institution
Education/Training
1999-2002
Research Scientist, IPN; Habilitation
1997-1999
Teacher education and second teaching degree (Staatsexamen), Wilhelmshaven
1994-1997
Doctoral student (Dr.rer.nat) at the University of Oldenburg
1989-1993
Studies of Chemistry and Biology for secondary school teaching, University of Oldenburg
Research Experience/Academic Appointments
Since 2009
Full Professor for Chemistry Education, IPN and Kiel University
2004-2009
Full Professor for Chemistry Education, University of Oldenburg
2002-2004
Associate Professor for Chemistry Education, IPN and Kiel University
Important Scientific Prizes/Functions
Since 2016
Speaker of the Leibniz Campus KiSOC (Kiel Science Outreach Campus)
Since 2014
Vice-President for Teacher Education, Science Communication and Higher Education at Kiel University
Since 2005
Member of the editorial boards of the German teacher journals Chemie konkret (Editor in Chief until 2017) and Unterricht Chemie
2018
Honorary Doctor at Umea University
2011-2015
Speaker of the Board of the German Association of Physics and Chemistry Education (GDCP)
2009-2014
Head of the Division of Chemistry Education of EuCheMS
2011
Polytechnik Award for Chemie im Kontext, Polytechnical Society, Frankfurt
2010
Erhard Friedrich Award for an outstanding scientist, Association for Fachdidaktik (GFD)
2003-2009
Member of the Board of the Division of Chemistry Education of the German Chemical Society (GDCh)
2000
Award for the best degree in chemistry teacher education of the academic year, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Department of Chemistry
1996
Manfred and Wolfgang Flad Award, German Chemical Society, Division of Chemistry Education