Positions held
| August 2007 - present | Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama |
| August 2003 - August 2007 | Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama |
| October 2002 - December 2002 | Temporary Lecturer (Teilzeitdozent), Computer Science (Wirtschaftsinformatik), NORDAKADEMIE - Private University for Economical Studies (NORDAKADEMIE - Hochschule der Wirtschaft), Elmshorn, Germany |
| August 2000 - July 2002 | Teacher for Mathematics and Physics, Private Highschool at Marienau, Germany |
| March 2000 - August 2000 | Research Associate (wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of the Bundeswehr at Hamburg, Germany |
| August 1999 - December 1999 | Instructor, Department of Mathematics, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana |
| July/August 1999 | Research Associate, Sonderforschungsbereich 343 “Discrete Structures in Mathematics”, University of Bielefeld, Germany |
| April 1999 - June 1999 | Visiting Assistant Professor (Vertretung einer Hochschulassistentenstelle), Department of Mathematics, University of Bielefeld, Germany |
| January 1997 - December 1998 | Research Fellow of the German Research Council (DFG), Department of Pure Mathematics (Mathematisches Seminar), University of Hamburg, Germany |
| January 1996 - May 1996 | Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida |
| January 1995 - May 1995 | Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
| August 1992 - December 1992 | Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| October 1989 - September 1996 | Assistant Professor (Hochschulassistent), Department of Pure Mathematics (Mathematisches Seminar), University of Hamburg, Germany |
| June 1986 - July 1989 | Research Assistant (wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of the Bundeswehr at Hamburg, Germany |
| July 1985 - May 1986 | Student Researcher (studentische Hilfskraft), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of the Bundeswehr at Hamburg, Germany |
Teaching Experience
Undergraduate Courses:
A Survey of Mathematical Thought, Finite Mathematics, Mathematics for Elementary Teachers II, Precalculus Algebra, Precalculus Trigonometry, Precalculus Algebra & Trigonometry, Business Calculus, Calculus I & II & III, Linear Algebra I & II, Differential Equations I, Elementary Geometry, Elementary Number Theory, Modern Algebra (for prospective high school teachers), Abstract Algebra I, Cryptography, Coding Theory, History of Mathematics
Graduate Courses:
Linear Algebra I & II, Introduction to Abstract Algebra (for prospective high school teachers), Foundations in Algebra, Algebra I & II, Cryptography, Algebraic Coding Theory, Integration Theory, Representation Theory
Grants and Awards
| 2012 | (with Yorck Sommerhäuser) Support and Development Award Mathematics Colloquium Series and Algebra Seminar 2012 |
| 2011 | (with Cornelius Pillen and Yorck Sommerhäuser) Support and Development Award Mathematics Colloquium Series and Algebra Seminar 2011 |
| 2010 | (with Cornelius Pillen and Yorck Sommerhäuser) Arts & Sciences Support and Development Award Mathematics Colloquium Series and Algebra Seminar 2010 |
| 2009 | (with Cornelius Pillen and Yorck Sommerhäuser) Arts & Sciences Support and Development Award Mathematics Colloquium Series and Algebra Seminar 2009 |
| 2008 | Special Faculty Development Fund 2008/2009 |
| 2008 | (with Cornelius Pillen and Yorck Sommerhäuser) Arts & Sciences Support and Development Award Mathematics Colloquium Series and Algebra Seminar 2008/2009 |
| 2007 | Special Faculty Development Fund 2007/2008 |
| 2007 | (with Cornelius Pillen) Arts & Sciences Support and Development Award Mathematics Colloquium Series and Algebra Seminar 2007/2008 |
| 2006 | Special Faculty Development Fund 2006/2007 |
| 2006 | Arts & Sciences Summer Professional Development Award 2006 Supersymmetry and Non-Commutative Geometry |
| 2006 | (with Cornelius Pillen) Arts & Sciences Support and Development Award Mathematics Colloquium Series and Algebra Seminar 2006/2007 |
| 2005 | Special Faculty Development Fund 2005/2006 |
| 2005 | (with Cornelius Pillen) Arts & Sciences Support and Development Award Mathematics Colloquium Series and Algebra Seminar 2005/2006 |
| 2004 | Special Faculty Development Fund 2004/2005 |
| 2004 | USA Research Council Grant 2004 Classification of Solvable Lie Algebras over Finite Fields |
| 2004 | (with Cornelius Pillen) Arts & Sciences Support and Development Award Mathematics Colloquium Series and Algebra Seminar 2004/2005 |
| 2003 | Special Faculty Development Fund 2003/2004 |
| 1997 - 1998 | Fellowship of the German Research Council (Habilitandenstipendium der DFG) Representation Theory of Finite-Dimensional Lie Algebras over a Field of Prime Characteristic |
Theses
| Ph.D. Thesis | Homological Aspects in the Representation Theory of Modular Lie Algebras
(in German) (Advisor: Prof. Dr. Helmut Strade) University of Hamburg, 1989 |
| Masters Thesis | Cohomology of Lie Algebras (in German) (Advisor: Prof. Dr. Helmut Strade) University of Hamburg, 1985 |
Academic Degrees
| Ph.D. in Mathematics | University of Hamburg, July 10, 1989 |
| Highschool Teacher Exam for Mathematics and Physics | University of Hamburg, May 28, 1986 |