born in Hannover, Germany

Abitur, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

Graduate Structural Engineer (Dipl.-Ing.), University of Hannover, Germany

Graduate Architect (Dipl.-Ing.), University of Hannover, Germany

Doctoral Examination (Dr.-Ing.), Thesis: ETFE-Foil as Structural Element, Technical University of Munich, Germany

Vice President R&D Building Components, ecoworks GmbH, Berlin, Germany

Director of Research & Development (R&D), Taiyo Europe GmbH, Sauerlach, Germany

Technical Director, seele cover GmbH, Obing, Germany

Director of Research & Development (R&D) incl. Test Laboratory, seele cover GmbH, Obing, Germany

Structural Engineer and Co-Owner, ENGINEERING + DESIGN Linke and Moritz GbR, Engineering Office for lightweight and Membrane Structures, Rosenheim, Germany

Assistant Professor, Research in the field of lightweight Structures, Technical University of Munich, Faculty of Architecture, Chair of Structural Design, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rainer Barthel, Munich, Germany

Structural Designer and Construction Engineer, Deputy Head of Engineering Department, KOCH MEMBRANE STRUCTURES GmbH (later: SKYSPAN EUROPE GmbH), Company for planning and building in the field of membrane structures, Rimsting, Germany; 10/1998: Secondment to TENSYS Ltd., Office for structural design and engineering in the field of lightweight Structures, Bath, U.K.

Project Manager, OBERMEYER PLANEN + BERATEN GmbH, planning and consulting company for buildings, environment, traffic and technical equipment, department of architecture and building construction, Hannover, Germany

Registered and licensed as qualified Structural Engineer and as Specialist Engineer in Membrane Structures, Chamber of Engineers, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg, Germany

Director of the Teaching Programme for Specialist Engineers in Membrane Structures, IMS BAUHAUS^® Archineer^® institutes e.V., Dessau-Rosslau, Germany

Registered and licensed as Architect, Bavarian Chamber of Architects, Munich, Germany

Member of Working Groups ETFE (WG05), Pneumatic Structures (WG06) and Sustainability & Comfort, TENSINET, Brussels, Belgium

Peer Reviewer of Scientific Papers regarding to Applications with Fluoropolymer Films, ELSEVIER SCIENCE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Member of the Scientific Committee, CIMNE, International Conference Structural Membranes, Munich/Germany, Barcelona and Valencia/Spain

Professor (hon.) for Membrane Structures and Materials, University of Appplied Sciences, FH Anhalt, Dessau