Positions and Achievements

  • since July 2019 President of EurEau, European Federation of National Associations of Water Services, Brussels, Belgium
  • since May 2017 Head of water management, water quality and water usage; coordinator of European water policies at DVGW German Technical and Scientific Association, Bonn, Germany
  • since March 2011 Member of the Drinking Water Committee of the Federal Ministry of Health, Germany
  • 2011- 2015 Chairman of EurEau Commission 1: Drinking water (member since 1996)
  • since 1991 DVGW German Technical and Scientific Association, Bonn, Germany
  • 1988-1991 Technical manager at Städtische Betriebs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH, Bad Kreuznach, Germany

Academic education

  • June 1991 Dr. rer. nat. (equivalent to a PhD) in “Mineral nitrogen dynamics of soils used for winegrowing in the water protection area ‘Stromberger Straße’, Bad Kreuznach”, University of Mainz (Germany) (overall note: magna cum laude)
  • 1982 – 1988 Johannes-Gutenberg-University of Mainz, studies of Geography and Geology