Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae
of
Susanne Hüttemeister

16 Sept 1963 born in Altena, Germany
Spring 1983 Graduation from Gymnasium (High School)
Fall 1983 - May 1990 Undergraduate student of physics and astronomy at Bonn University, Germany
May 1990 Diploma (master's degree) in physics from Bonn University; Grade: Sehr Gut
Feb 1989 - Jun 1990 Undergraduate employment (Diplom student) at Max-Planck-Institut for Radioastronomy in Bonn
1985 - 1990 Undergraduate Student's scholarship by the `Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes'
June 1990 - Oct 1993 Employed as Graduate Student by Max-Planck- Institute for Radioastronomy in Bonn
Oct 1993 Ph.D. in Astronomy granted by Bonn University
Thesis: `Molecular Clouds in the Galactic Center and Selected External Galaxies' (Grade: Sehr Gut); Secondary subject (`Nebenfach'): Petrology/Geology
July 1991 - Sept 1993 Graduate Student's scholarship awarded by the `Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes'
Dec 1993 - Dec 1996 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge (USA)
Continuation of work at international observatories; Development of new research focus: Millimeter interferometry of inner regions of galaxies; Start of a close cooperation with scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Pasadena) including several months of visits there
Jan 1997 - Dec 1999 Scholarship from the `Görres-Gesellschaft zur Pflege der Wissenschaft'
Return to Germany (Radioastronomical Institute of Bonn University); further cooperation with astronomers in Germany, Sweden, the USA and other countries
1997/98 Teaching assignment at RWTH Aachen (Aachen Technical University): Lecture and excercises on `Introduction into Astronomy and Astrophysics III', including stellar clusters, structure of the Milky Way, Extragalactic Astronomy
1998/2000 Teaching assignments at Bonn University: Lectures on `Galactic Structure', `Astronomy behind the Headlines: Current Topics', `Galaxy Evolution'. Organiser of the `Astrophysics Seminar'.
Feb - Jul 2000 Fellowship of the Graduiertenkolleg `The Magellanic Clouds and other Dwarf Galaxies' (Bonn/Bochum)
June 2000 Habilitation
Topic: The Molecular Interstellar Medium in its Galactic Context: Environmental Effects
Oct 2000/2001 Visiting Scientist
Onsala Space Observatory, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
from Jan 2001 Hochschuldozentin (Lecturer)
Astronomisches Institut der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany