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Born December 29, 1954 in Oberwiesenthal (Germany)

1961-1971   Schools in Neudorf/Erzgebirge and Annaberg
1971-1973   Elite class for Mathematics at the TU Chemnitz
1973             Silver medal at the International Mathematics Olympiad in Moscow
1973-1975   Basic military service
1975-1979   Student of Mathematics at the TU Chemnitz
1979            Diploma in Mathematics
1980-1984   PhD student at the Rostov-on-Don State University (Russia)
1984            Dr. rer. nat. (= Cand. Phys.-Math. Sci. = PhD) from
                    Rostov-on-Don State University
1984-1990   Assistant professor at the TU Chemnitz
1987            Habilitation at the TU Chemnitz
1990-1992   Professor for Analysis at the TU Chemnitz
since 1992   Full professor for Analysis at the Faculty of Mathematics
                    of the TU Chemnitz
1993           Alfried Krupp Award for Young University Teachers
1997           Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer Prize for the monograph
                     ''Carleson Curves, Muckenhoupt Weights, and Toeplitz Operators''
                    (with Yu.I. Karlovich)

Married since 1982, two children