Short Portrait
Education and Qualifications
2013 Teaching qualification (facultas docendi) for theoretical computer science
2013 Appointment as Privatdozent in mathematics (the permission to teach independently at the University of Greifswald)
2013 Habilitation in mathematics at the University of Greifswald, teaching qualification (facultas docendi) for mathematics
1985 Doctoral degree awarded by the University of Greifswald (in mathematics)
1982 - 1983 First teaching experience at a university (in Algebra I)
1982 Course on the introduction to higher education (pedagogy and didactics)
1981 - 1984 Study of mathematical logic in Greifswald (Forschungsstudium), comparable to doctoral studies of mathematics
1981 Diploma awarded by the University of Greifswald (in mathematics)
1976 - 1981 Study of mathematics in Greifswald
Professional Experience
since 1984 Member of the academic staff at the Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science
1984 - 2023 Employee of the Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science
2018 Visit at Jiangsu University (teaching and research, four weeks)
2015 - 2023 Head of the research groupTheory of Computability over Algebraic Structures
2014 - 2023 Responsible for the teaching modulesAlgorithmics and Complexity Theory, Theory of Computability, Mathematical Logic, Theoretical Computer Science
2009 - 2023 Supervision of students writing their thesis (diploma, bachelor)
2000 - 2012 Examiner for the First State Examination for Teachers (in the field of Computer Science)
1992 - 2012 Supervision of students working on programming projects (Belegarbeiten)
1987 Supervision of German students in Lithuania (three weeks)
Academic Activities at the University of Greifswald
2016 - 2018 First substitute member of the Academic Senate
2014 - 2018 Member of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
2014 - 2016 Member of the Academic Senate (Reduced Senate)
2014 - 2016 Member of the Research and Structural Committee
2004 - 2013 Equal opportunities officer of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
2006 - 2009 Member of the Equal Opportunities Committee
2004 - 2006 First substitute member of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Scientific Memberships
since 2009 Deutsche Vereinigung für Mathematische Logik und für Grundlagenforschung der Exakten Wissenschaften (DVMLG)
since 2008 Association Computability in Europe (ACiE)
since 2008 Computability and Complexity in Analysis Network (CCA Net)
Teaching Experience (Selected Lectures)
Abstract Models of Computation
Algebra I
Algorithmics and Complexity Theory
Analysis
Computational Geometry
Discrete Mathematics
Discrete Structures and Processes
Graph Theory
Mathematical Logic
Measurement and Integration Theory
Theoretical Computer Science
Theory of Computability
Theory of Computability over Algebraic Structures
Programming Skills
C++, Java, C#, Delphi, Prolog
Research Focuses
Second-Order Logic and the Axiom of Choice
Computability over first-order structures and computational complexity