Research Interests
point defects in inorganic, nonmetallic compounds
transport of matter and charge in ceramic solids, including glass
kinetics and morphology of solid state reactions
phase equilibria
ceramic single crystal growth

Selected Awards and Honors
Nernst­ prize 1984, awarded by the 'Deutsche Bunsengesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie' (German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry)

Fellow of the American Ceramic Society (elected 12/2000)

1985-1990 member of the editorial board of the journal 'Reactivity of Solids'

member of the American Ceramic Society, Deutsche Bunsengesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie, Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (Society of German Chemists), and the Materials Research Society