Vita, Research & Lecturing

Academic and Professional Career

• First State examination, 1974
• Second State examination, 1977
• Assistant Lecturer at the University of Cologne, 1977 - 1981
• PhD in Law, 1979
• Lecturer and Professor at the Federal College for Public Administration since 1981. Areas: Public Law and Aviation Law
• Acquisition of a PHPL (Private Helicopter Pilot´s License), 1984
• US Bar Examination, 1991
• Admission as Attorney at Law (New York), 1991
• Lecturer and Professor of Aviation Law at the Berlin University of Technology since 2005
• Certified Aviation Auditor since 2007
• Adjunct Professor of Aviation Law and Aviation Security Law at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University since 2008
• Admission to the bar (Berlin), 2014

Research

Focus on

• International Aviation Law and International Aviation Organisations
• Airport Cerification and Planning Law
• Certification and Licensing Law
• Aviation Liability Law

Lecturing

• Aviation Law at the Berlin University of Technology
• Aviation Law and Aviation Security Law at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• Regular courses/seminars at:
  – IUBH International University of Applied Sciences
  – Danube University Krems/Austria
  – Bildungszentrum der Bundeswehr (BiZBw) (Federal Academy of Defense Administration and Defense Technology)
  – European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
  – Aviation Academy of the Aviation Administration of the United Arab Emirates (IACT GCAA Dubai)

Fields of practical Consulting

• Regular consultant on issues relating to Aviation Law and Aviation Security Law
• Consultant to numerous Governments on drafting up-to-date aviation and aviation security laws and on restructuring their Aviation Administrations
• Consultant of victims in different air crashes (e.g. Lockerbie, BirgenAir, Concorde, Lake Constance midair collision, Air France 447, MH 17 Ukraine and Germanwings 9525)