Institute for Occupational Physiology (Institut für Arbeitsphysiologie) at Dortmund University (IfADo), Ardeystr. 67, D-44139 Dortmund, Fed. Rep. Germany
Phone: +49 231 1084 221, Fax: +49 231 1084 400, (Email)

Qualification/Position

• MD (specialized in Occupational Health, Environmental Physiology)
  
• Professor for Environmental Physiology and Occupational Health,
• Member of the Faculty of Statistics
  
• Deputy Director of the Institute
  
• Responsible for research on the effects of physical factors at the workplace and the non-occupational environment (noise, vibrations, climate) and on chronobiology (shiftwork).

Special functions

• Past-President of the International Commission on Biological Effects of Noise.
  
• Chairperson of the workgroup 'Noise Effects' within the research network 'Quiet Traffic'.
  
• Permanent delegate for WHO in occupational health (member of Planning Committee).
  
• Expert adviser for professional associations, member of national and international standardisation groups on climate (DIN, CEN, ISO).

Experience (concerning noise, since 1971)

• Experimental studies on primary and secondary physiological and psychosocial effects of noise (mainly transportation noise) during consciousness and during sleep.
  
• Studies on individual characteristics and situational influences that interfere with noise processing (gender, age, health disorders).
  
• Field studies on the effects of tranportation noise.
  
• Modelling of upper limits for intermittent traffic noise.

Collaborations

• Extended experience in international collaboration since 1971
  
• EU-funded research on noise and on climate since 1978.