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• * Dec.1960
• 1987 MSc at Department of Earth Sciences, University of Mainz
  
• 1991 PhD at Department of Geology, University of Wuerzburg
  

• 1990-1994 Research fellow at Wuerzburg University.

Research: (I.) Petrology and volcanology of the diamondiferous Ellendale lamproite pipes, Western Australia. (II.) Evolution of the Gross Brukkaros carbonatite caldera, Namibia


• 1994-1996 Research fellow (Marie Curie Fellowship of the European Union) at the Department of Geology and Applied Geology (now Division of Earth Sciences), University of Glasgow.
  

Research: Geochemistry of syngenetic mineral inclusions in diamonds from Ghana (Birim deposits) and Tanzania (Mwadui)

• 1996-2001: Lecturer in the Department of Mineralogy, University of Frankfurt

Research: (I.) Diamonds and their syngenetic mineral inclusions from various mines in West, East and South Africa. Detailed study of sublithospheric (upper and lower mantle) inclusions in diamonds from the Kankan area (Guinea) (II.) Studies on mantle xenoliths and alkaline volcanic rocks

• Since 2001: Faculty in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta

Research

• Mantle petrology
  
• Diamonds and their syngenetic mineral inclusions
  
• Petrology and volcanology of lamproites and kimberlites
• Publications
  

Teaching

• Mineralogy II (EAS 232)
• Cratons, Kimberlites and Diamonds (EAS 436)
  
• Mantle Petrology (Grad Course, EAS 536)
  
• Advanced Geology Field School