Dr. rer.nat. Michael KretschmerJustus Liebig University, Giessen
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SPECIAL SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE |
Computer |
Work with these operating systems: Windows 98/2000/XP/7, MacOS X, MacOS 7-9, iOS, Unix, VAX-VMS, OS-9, GEM/TOS, DOS. Software development with these languages: C/C++, Pascal, IDL, Modula, Fortran, Basic, Assembler, Machine Code. Additional knowledge: Web publishing with (source code) HTML, CSS, JavaScript; Text processing and presentation technique (wysiwyg systems, LaTeX, PowerPoint, etc.); Digital image processing; Non-linear video editing (DV, DVD). |
Electronics |
Digital and analog electronic circuit design; Printed board layout;
Programming of microcontrollers; ESA High-Reliability Soldering certificate (ESA PSS-01-708) |
Languages |
German (native); English (conversation); French
(school level); Spanish, Russian (rudimentary). |
Memberships |
DPG (Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft),
EPS (European Physical Society), IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), TPS (The Planetary Society), VdS (Vereinigung der Sternfreunde), GWUP (Gesellsch. z. wiss. Untersuchung von Parawissenschaften), and more... |
Miscellaneous |
FAA Class III pilot medical certificate
(for participation in parabolic flights); Parabolic flight experience (10 campaigns, >720 parabolas so far) Boat license (sails and motor); Scuba Diving certificate; Driving license. Astronomical equipment: Siberia 150 6'' Newton reflector, several binocolars (10x50,...), long exposure digital cams with sev. lenses & filters, ... Regular sports: Swimming, Karate (blue belt). Musical instruments: drums, keyboard/pipe organ. Three pieces of music I would take to a desert island: Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells; Emerson, Lake & Palmer - ELP; Glenn Gould - Bach, Goldberg Variations. My favourite citations: ''Earth is truly the cradle of mankind. But no man can stay in the cradle forever.'' (Konstantin Tsiolkovsky) and this one by Carl Sagan. |
REFERENCES |
Prof. Dr. Berndt Feuerbacher |
Director Emerit. of DLR Institute for Space Simulation Founding Director of DLR Institute for Space Flight Systems Am Fallturm 1 28359 Bremen, Germany E-mail: Berndt . Feuerbacher @ dlr . de |
Prof. Dr. Gregor Morfill |
Director of Max Planck Institute of Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) Giessenbachstraße 85741 Garching, Germany E-mail: gem @ mpe . mpg . de |
Prof. Dr. Mihály Horányi |
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics & Department of Physics University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-0392, USA E-mail: mihaly . horanyi @ colorado . edu |
Prof. Dr. F. M. Neubauer |
Institute for Geophysics & Meteorology University of Cologne Zülpicher Str. 49a, 50674 Köln, Germany E-mail: neubauer @ geo . uni-koeln . de |