| 1952-1957 |
5 yrs of elementary school, Muttenz (Switzerland)
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| 1957-1961 |
4 yrs of secondary modern school, Muttenz
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| 1961- 1965 |
4 yrs of grammar school (Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliches Gymnasium), Basel, (Switzerland)
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| April 1965 |
school leaving examination and matriculation at the University of Basel, studied physics, mathematics and astronomy
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| April 1967 |
first diploma examination in physics, mathematics and astronomy
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| 1969-1970 |
diploma thesis at the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Basel.
Supervisor: Prof. K. Alder; subject: Semi-classical theory of Coulomb - excitation including multipole-multipole interaction
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| October 1970 |
final diploma examination in theoretical physics, experimental physics and mathematics
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October 1970 -
April 1972
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research assistant at the University Observatory in Basel
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April 1972 -
June 1978 |
graduate student and post-doctoral student at the University Observatory in Hamburg-Bergedorf (Germany)
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| 1974- 1977 |
doctoral dissertation on stellar structure and evolution; supervisor:
Prof. Dr. A. Weigert; topic: the formation of cataclysmic binaries; title of dissertation: Untersuchungen zur Entwicklungsgeschichte Kataklysmischer Doppelsterne
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| July 1977 |
graduation
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October 1977 -
November 1977 |
guest scientist at the Max-Planck-Institut für Physik und Astrophysik in Munich (Germany)
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June 1987 -
May 1984 |
post graduate at the Max-Planck-Institut für Physik und Astrophysik in Munich/Garching
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June 1984 -
February 1989
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research position at the University Observatory Munich
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| July 1986 |
Habilitation at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich with a
thesis entitled: Das Massenspektrum der Weißen Zwerge in Kataklysmischen Doppelsternen
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Since March
1989 |
staff member at the Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik in Garching (Germany)
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| July 1989 |
granted the venia legendi and appointed Privatdozent by the
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
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