Ph. D. at Kiel University, Germany 1970
Radiation Officer at Kiel University and Siegen University
Radiation Advisor for Fire Brigades in Matters of Radiation Protection, Siegen, Germany
Visiting Fellow of the Royal Society of England 1971 at the University of Durham
working with Sir Arnold Wolfendale (Prof. Dr. and Astronomer Royal emeritus)
Guest Professor at Tokyo University in 1980 and 1985
Visiting Scientist at CERN during sabbaticals in 1990, 1994 and 2000
Special High Energy and Particle Physics Prize of the European Physical Society
for the Discovery of the Gluon (along with other members of PETRA Experiments) in 1995
Full Professor at Siegen University since 1980
Units of Radiation Protection.- Basic Nuclear Physics.- Interaction of Ionizing Radiation with Matter.- Detectors for Radiation Protection.- International Safety Standards for Radiation Protection.- Organization of Radiation Protection.- Practical Safety Measures1.- Radiation Sources.- X Rays and X-Ray Regulations.- Environmental Radioactivity.- Nuclear Power Plants.- Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation.- Radiation Accidents.- Non-Ionizing Radiation.- Solutions to the Problems.- Written Test on Radiation Protection.- Radiation-Protection Glossary1.
This account of sources of ionizing radiation and methods of radiation protection describes units of radiation protection, measurement techniques, biological effects, environmental radiation and many applications. Each chapter contains problems with solutions.