| Education and degrees
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| 1963 - 1968 | Education in Astrophysics, University of Jena |
| 1971 | Doctor dissertation approved by German Academy of Science |
| 1981 | Dr. sc. nat. from Academy of Science of GDR |
| 1989 | Author of "Differential Rotation and Stellar Convection, Sun and Solar-type Stars", Gordon & Breach New York |
| 1990 | Visiting Professor at the University Göttingen |
| 1991 | three-month visit at the Institute for Astrophysics of the University Würzburg |
| since 1992 | Head of the `Turbulence Astrophysics'-Section of the AIP |
| 1993 | three-month visit at the NCAR HAO in Boulder, Colorado |
| since 1994 | Docent for astronomy, University Potsdam |
| since 1995 | Astrophysics Professorship of the University Potsdam |
| 1997 | one-month visit at the School of Mathematics, University of Canberra |
| 1998 | Visiting Professor at the Dept. Math. of the University of Newcastle |
| Scientific Societies, Editorial boards and Organizing
Committees
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| 1991 - present | International Astronomical Union, member |
| 1991 | IAU Colloqium 130 "The Sun and Cool Stars", member of the Scientific Organizing Committee |
| 1991 - 1996 | Member of the Evaluating Committee DARA (Extraterrestric research) |
| 1992 | IAU Symposium 157 "The Cosmic Dynamo", Potsdam, local chair |
| 1994 | WE-Heraeus-Seminar: "Galactic magnetic fields, dynamo theory and interstellar turbulence", scientific organizer |
| 1995 - present | Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, editorial board member |
| 1996 - present | Astronomische Nachrichten, edititorial board member |
| 1997 - present | Chairman FORSCHUNGSINITIATIVE BRANDENBURG
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| Recent post- and undergradute thesis supervising
Finished dissertations | |
| Arlt, R.: | Ein nichtlineares Dynamomodell mit magnetfeldabhängigem EMF-Koeffizienten, 1997 (Diploma thesis). |
| Küker, M.: | Theorie der differentiellen Rotation der Sonne und ihrer magnetfeldbedingten Torsionsschwingungen, 1996. |
| v. Rekowski, B.: | Strömungen und Wirbelsysteme in turbulenten
Himmelskörpern mit AKA-Effekt, 1998.
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| Present
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| v. Rekowski, M.: | The structure of weakly magnetised accretion disks |
| Drecker, A.: | Balbus-Hawley instability in differentially rotating spheres |
| Rohde, R.: | Swing excitation in spiral galaxies |
| Böhmer, S.: | Turbulence-created mode shift for solar oscillations |
| Arlt, R.: | Magnetic instabilities in thick accretion disks
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| Teaching experience
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| Turbulence in Astrophysics: | 1990/91, University Göttingen |
| Accretion disk physics I, II, III: | 1995/96, University Potsdam |
| Stellar oscillations: | 1997/98, University Potsdam |
| Turbulence-Astrophysics: | 1998/99, University Potsdam |