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Last updated: 18.01.2009
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... or: Why does
somebody become a food-technologist? The childhood There
comes the time when every child is asked about the desired profession... It
has been the same in my life, too. After the time when I usually answered
with "locomotive driver" I began to think seriously about it that I
could do in future. When I
have been in form one I have found an answer - I wanted to become a writer.
Surely, I didn't know how to manage it, but fortunately I had found an answer
to this question. In the following years I have had to find out that
"writer" is not a really profession. So I must going on searching anything. At the
end of form nine I have had to find a decision, but I didn't decide anything
yet. So I went to the extended secondary school for two years. The choice of the profession Two
years later the question about the desired profession came back to me. First
I tried to become a interpreter, because it seemed a little bit similar to
the previously desired profession - writer. In order to have the possibility
to start with the studies I have had to carry out an entrance examination. By
doing this I have had a good feeling. Some weeks later I received a letter
from the university. I was advised to choose another profession. So I
studied my possibilities once more and decided for anything else which has
been really different - for food technology. The education My
studies started in 1985. Previously I have had to work in a big brewery in
Berlin in order to get practical experiences in the chosen field. In this
time I didn't like beer at all. My colleagues have been very surprised about
this. So they did explain me how to drink beer: First I should drink a lit
bigger amount of beer in one step in order to allow the palate to accept the
bitter taste. My palate accepted the taste very fast after this. It has
been much easier for me to learn the other things like e.g. how to clean in
the brewery and in my further way also how to handle the brewing equipment. When my
studies started one year later I could only hardly find out the connection
between the contents of the education and the final aim of the studies. I
have to study mathematics. chemistry, physics, philosophy, Russian and
English... But about one year later the specific contents began to follow the
basic education. Is it
possible to study without practical periods? Never! So I have been working in
a big brewery for half a year and later for three months at the University
for Food Technology in Plovdiv (Bulgaria) about the theme "Studies and
researches about the production of wines with reduced alcohol content and
wine like drinks". Getting the higher degree After
finishing the basic education I stayed at the university in order to start
researches about "Obtaining and application of malt enzyme compounds for
the improvement of beer filterability". A sponsorship by the "Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt" ("German
Foundation for Ecology") has been a very important contribution to the
successful conclusion of this part of my education in 2001 so that I finally
became a doctor of engineer sciences. The results of these studies are
published by the GCA-Verlag Herdecke (ISBN
3-89863-072-2). The further career After my
studies innovative products and procedures for the food industry have been my
special field of work. Many results of these researches and developments are
a published in several patent applications:
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