Born in Goettingen, August 21, 1942; admitted to the Heidelberg bar. Member of the University Council of the University of Freiburg; Member of the Board of Trustees of Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft,  Managing Director of the Zentrum für Wissenschaftsmanagement (ZWM), Speyer.

Education:
Universities of Goettingen, Munich, Berkeley  (LLM) (1962 - 1970);
Legal Clerkship OLG Celle (1970 - 1973);
Dr. jur. 1974:
Head of Human Resources Max-Planck-Institut for Plasmaphysics, Garching/Munich (1974 - 1978);
Managing Director of German Primat Center (DPZ), Goettingen (1978 - 1984);
Administrative Member of the Managing Board of German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg. (1984 -1996);
Secretary General Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Bonn (1996 - 2007);
since 2007 freelance.

Publications:
Publications in the field of international IP protection, Research Management, Co-Publisher of the Journal on Science-Law.

Languages:
German, English, French.

Practice Areas:
Science-Law, Contract-Law.