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Hilmar W. Duerbeck -- Curriculum Vitae

1948 - born in Klarenthal (now Saarbrücken, Germany)

1966 - 1969 studied physics, University of the Saarland, Germany

1969 - 1972 studied astronomy and physics, Bonn University, Germany

1972 - diploma thesis “Astronomical observations with a photoelectic area photometer”

1974 - dissertation “The eclipsing binary VV Orionis”

1975 - 1985 scientific assistant at Hoher List Observatory, Germany

1975 - 1985 lecturer (astronomy) for the University of Maryland, European Division, Germany

1975 - marriage with Waltraut C. Seitter

1979 - member of the International Astronomical Union, Com. 42 (Close Binary Stars)

1980 - habilitation in astronomy at Bonn University “Eruptive variables - observations, analyses, models”

1981 - inaugural lecture, University of Bonn, Germany

1985 - 1991 lecturer (astronomy), University of Münster, Germany

1989, 1992, senior visitor, European Southern Observatory La Silla, Chile

1989 - member of the scientific organizing committee of IAU Colloquium 122 “Physics of Classical Novae” (Madrid, Spain, June 1989)

1990 - 1993 senior academic staff member, German-Israeli Foundation for Research and Development (Nova Project; Astr. Inst. Münster - Wise Obs. Tel Aviv Univ.)

1992 - 1995 member of the allocation committee of the International Ultraviolet Explorer satellite

1994 - member of the scientific organizing committee of IAU Colloquium 151 “Flares and Flashes” (Sonneberg, Germany, December 1994)

1994 - exchange professor (DAAD), Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago

1995 - lecturer (astronomy), University of Münster, Germany

1995, 1996 senior visitor, European Southern Observatory, Santiago, Chile

1996 - honorary professor, University of Münster, Germany

1997 - visiting scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md., USA

1997 - 2004 - member of the editorial board, Information Bulletin on Variable Stars, Budapest

1997 - exchange professor (DAAD), UC del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile

1998, 1999 - collaborative visitor, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md., USA

1998 - member (ESA) of the program panel “binary stars” of the Hubble Space Telescope

1999 - scientific collaborator, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

2001 - co-editor, Journal of Astronomical Data (VUB, Belgium)

2002 - member of the scientific organizing committee of the International Conference “Classical Nova Explosions”, Sitges (Barcelona), May 2002

2003 - second secretary of the “Arbeitskreis Astronomiegeschichte of the Astronomische Gesellschaft”

2006 - member of the editorial board of the book series “Acta Historica Astronomiae” (Frankfurt/M., Germany)

2006 - associate editor of the “Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage” (James Cook University, Australia)

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