Prof Wulf Depmeier
University of Kiel, Germany

Title of Presentation:  Cross fertilization of mineralogy and crystallography:  A tribute to the International Year of Crystallography at IMA 2014

Qualifications:
Dr. rer. nat., U. Hamburg, Germany, 1973
Habilitation, U. Geneva, Switzerland, 1983
Prof. of Crystallography, TU Berlin, Germany, 1987 - 1992
Prof. of Crystallography-Mineralogy, U. Kiel, Germany, 1992
Doctor honoris causa, St. Petersburg State University, Russia, 2006
Honorary Member of the Russian Mineralogical Society, 2010

Positions held:
DFG referee for Crystallography, 1992 - 2000
Chairman German National Committee, 2000 - 2003
President German Crystallographic Association (DGK), 2003 - 2006
Chairman ECA SIG 5 "Mineralogical Crystallography", 2005 - 2008
Chairman IUCr Commission on Inorganic and Mineral Structures (CIMS), 2008 - 2011
Member Executice Committee ECA, 2009 - 2012
Member Executive Committee IUCr, 2011 -

Fields of research:
Mineralogical Crystallography
Inorganic Crystal Chemistry
Modulated Structures
Porous and Nano-structures
Crystal chemistry of Actinide oxysalts