Curriculum Vitae

Education and degrees

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

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

Post- and undergraduate thesis supervising

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.
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

Teaching experience

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
Last update: 7. February 2023