• Born 1949 in Lübeck.
• Studied Biology at the University of Hamburg.
• From 1977 to 1979
• scientific research on amphibians of Panguana, biological fieldstation at the Río Llullapichis, Peru. Thesis for doctorate on amphibians of temporary ponds in the peruvian tropical rainforest.
• Since 1984
• curator of Herpetology at the SMNS
• Since 2001
• leader of the Zoological department.
• Continuation of taxonomical and ecological research on amphibians and reptiles of ponds and streams in the peruvian rainforest.

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