Otto-G. Richter
Extended chronological, tabular
Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Otto-Georg Richter
© 11.03.2005
| 26.02.1953 | Born in Lüneburg (Lower Saxony, Germany) as only Child of Otto-Heinrich Richter and his wife Käthe Richter nee Neumann |
| 04.05.1957 | Move to Adendorf (Lüneburg County) |
| 06.04.1959 - 05.04.1963 | Elementary School (Grades 1 - 4) in Adendorf |
| 22.04.1963 - 08.06.1971 | Gymnasium (German High School, Grades 5 - 13): Johanneum Lüneburg |
| 08.06.1971 | Matriculation ("Abitur") (Average Grade: "Good") |
| 01.07.1971 - 30.06.1973 | Voluntary Military Service (in the Army) |
| 15.08.1973 - 13.07.1978 | Study of Physics (major), Astronomy and Computer Science (minors) at the University of Hamburg |
| 01.01.1975 - 30.06.1980 | Side Job as Insurance Agent for the "CONCORDIA Versicherungs-AG" (Lüneburg principalship) |
| 04.02.1976 | BA ("Vordiplom") in Physics, Computer Science, and Astronomy (Grade in all 3: "Good") |
| 13.07.1978 | MA ("Diplom") in Physics (Average Grade: "Good", Grade for the Diploma Thesis: "Very Good") |
| 14.07.1978 - 13.08.1982 | Ph.D. Studies of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Hamburg and the Max-Planck-Institut for Radioastronomy (M.P.I.f.R.) in Bonn |
| 01.12.1978 | Civil Marriage with Jutta Koslowski (born 30.12.1952 in Schledehausen, Osnabrück County, Lower Saxony, Germany) |
| 15.03.1979 - 31.03.1980 | Part-time Work as Assistant Astronomer at the Hamburg Observatory ("Hamburger Sternwarte") in Bergedorf |
| 01.04.1980 - 31.03.1981 | Part-time Work as Assistant Scientist for the Project "Galaxy Parameters", at first in Hamburg, later in Bonn (support by a Grant from the "Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG", DFG) |
| 30.06.1980 | Move to Niederdollendorf (Siegburg County, Northrhine-Westphalia) |
| 01.04.1981 - 31.07.1982 | Ph.D. Study Stipend at the M.P.I.f.R. in Bonn |
| 08.03.1982 | Birth of older Daughter Ellen in Bonn |
| 01.08.1982 - 16.08.1982 | Postdoctoral Fellowship at the M.P.I.f.R. in Bonn |
| 13.08.1982 | Ph.D. in Physics and Astronomy at the University of Hamburg (Grade: "Very Good") |
| 23.08.1982 | Move to Unterschleißheim (Munich County, Bavaria) |
| 01.09.1982 - 30.09.1984 | Postdoctoral Fellowship at the European Southern Observatory, ESO in Garching near Munich |
| 01.10.1984 | Move to Towson (Baltimore County, Maryland, USA) |
| 01.10.1984 - 30.09.1992 | System Study Scientist, Planning Scientist, and Astronomer with the European Space Agency (European Space Agency, ESA) at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore |
| 01.05.1985 | Move to Timonium (Baltimore County) |
| 24.05.1987 | Birth of younger daughter Tanja in Towson (Baltimore County, dual citizen of Germany and the United States of America) |
| 02.09.1990 - 17.01.1993 | Leader of the Adult Sunday Church School Group at the Grace English Evangelical Lutheran Church in Timonium |
| 01.10.1992 - 22.01.1993 | Guest Scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute |
| 27.10.1992 - 18.12.1992 | Scientific-Technical Consultant for Hughes STX Co. (in Lanham, Maryland, USA; NASA-Contractor, today part of Raytheon Company) |
| 22.01.1993 | Move back to Germany (Adendorf) |
| 25.01.1993 - 31.12.1994 | Guest Scientist at the "Hamburger Sternwarte" |
| 10.05.1993 - 30.09.1997 | Public Relations Officer for the M.P.I.f.R. at the 100-m-Radiotelescope in Effelsberg |
| 03.08.1993 | Move to Grafschaft-Gelsdorf (Ahrweiler County, Rhineland-Palatinate) |
| 15.09.1994 - 08.05.1996 | Parent Council ("Schulelternbeirat") at the Elementary School "Obere Grafschaft" in Gelsdorf |
| 14.03.1995 - 01.10.1996 | Founder and President of the PTA at the Elementary School "Obere Grafschaft" in Gelsdorf |
| 20.05.1996 - 21.06.1999 | Organizer, Technical Advisor, and Lecturer for the PTA Computer Study Group at the Elementary School in Gelsdorf |
| 29.08.1997 | Move to Bad Neuenahr |
| Since 01.10.1997 | Freelancing as Science and Computer Consultant (Running own Company "Richter EDV-Consulting") |
| 15.10.1997 - 15.10.1999 | Parent Council ("Schulelternbeirat") at the Peter-Joerres-Gymnasium (High School in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler) |
| 01.04.1999 - 30.04.2000 | Research Scientist in the Project "Fiber Analysis" at the Umwelt-Campus in Birkenfeld (supported by the "Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft", DFG) |
| 01.05.2000 - 30.09.2001 | Research Coordinator at the Umwelt-Campus Birkenfeld |
| 01.12.2000 | Move to Hoppstädten-Weiersbach (Birkenfeld County) |
| 20.08.2001 | Divorce from Jutta Richter nee Koslowski |
| 01.10.2001 - 31.12.2003 | Head of Operations for the Center for Microsystems Technology (ZEMI) in Berlin-Adlershof |
| 01.11.2001 | Move to Berlin (Bezirk Neukölln, Stadtteil Rudow-Gartenstadt) |
| 27.12.2001 | Civil Marriage with Maria Schowengerdt (born 15.11.1954 in Sasebo, Japan, US citizen) |
| 26.05.2002 | Elected deputy speaker and webmaster of the Bernbeck Family Union during its 60th reunion, on the same day church wedding with Maria nee Schowengerdt in the church on the Wirberg near Giessen. |
| 01.12.2003 | Move to Adendorf (Lüneburg County) |
| 27.02.2005 | Move to Costa Mesa, Orange County, California, USA (Green Card holder) |
| Since 28.08.2006 | Adjunct Professor for Astronomy at the Coastline Community College, Orange County, California, USA |
Membership in professional Societies:
- American Astronomical Society (AAS), since 1987,
- Astronomical Society of the Pacific (A.S.P.), since 1988.
Personal and Special Interests, Hobbies:
- History, Philosophy, Genealogy,
- Education, Research, Culture and Environmental Policy,
- Stamp and Coin Collecting,
- Go, Chess, and Table Tennis.
Publications:
My List of Publications can be found here.