• Born 28. Aug. 1960 in Dortmund
• 1981-87: Study of geography, religious sciences and pedagogics
• 1987-89: Traineeship
• 1989: 2. State examination for lectureship
• 1989-90: Educational training as consultant for waste management in Hannover
• Since 1990 employee and since 1993 associate of Ökopol.
  

Regional and global flows of material:
Development and implementation of concepts for the optimisation of regional and global material flows, analysis and evaluation of material flows.

Healthy and environmentally sound product:
Substitution of hazardous substances, LCAs and evaluation.

Integrated pollution prevention and control:
Evaluation of different disposal options, evaluation of "state-of-the-art", environmental impact assessment.

Regional and global flows of material:
Implementation of the WEEE-Guideline - Monitoring of the re-use, recycling and recovery targets of the WEEE (Ministry of Environment Lower Saxony, 2006)

CEN working group TC249: Recycled Plastics (ECOS, 2006)

Review of the European Waste List (Ministry of Environment Austria, 2005, 2006)

Waste Oil - Material flow analysis and economic analysis (Federal EPA, 2004 - 2005)

Determination of "Recovery Efficiency Factors" (REF) for the recovery of electric and electronic scrap (Federal EPA, 2003 - 2004)

Design for environment and recovery related requirements for photovoltaic products (Federal EPA, 2002-2003)

CEN working group TC343: Solid Recovered Fuels (ECOS, since 2005)

Definition of waste recovery and disposal options (European Commission, DG Environment, 2002)

Detailed Rules on Compliance with Directive 2000/53/EC, (European Commission, DG Environment, 2002)
" Heavy metals in vehicles 1 and 2, (European Commission, DG Environment, 2002).

Healthy and environmentally sound products:
Developing and optimising life cycle management approaches for photovoltaic products (N.N., since 2006)

Development of a sustainable recycling management for photovoltaic products, (N.N., since 2005)

Monitoring of CO2-Emissions from vehicles (Service Contract European Commission DG Env., 2004 - 2007)

Hazardous substances in vehicles (Ministry of Environment Belgium, 2004)

Extended producers' responsibility in the field of electric and electronic goods - Working Group of the Ministry of Environment Lower Saxony (since 1999)

Sustainable Design of IT-Produts (Ministery of Environment Schleswig-Holstein, 2001).

Integrated pollution prevention and control:
Implementation of emission reduction requirements in the Cement Industry (NOx, Dust) (Federal EPA, 2006)

Technical working groups on Best Available Technique (Iron and SteelNon Ferrous Metal Industry, Ferrous Metal Processing, Cement and Lime Industry (EEB European Environmental Bureau, 1999-2006)

Sustainable Metal Economy (BMBF, Germany, 2004)

Evaluation of reference intervals for emissions fort he determination of BAT (Ministry of Environment Austria, 2002).