I came into this world the first time on October 05, 1968 in Telgte, in the Münsterland, a small region in north western Germany.
I grew up the first nearly four years at Ostbevern, near Telgte. To minimize my fathers daily travel to his employer at Halle/Westfalen, we moved to Hesselteich in June 1972

I attended primary school at Oesterweg from September 1975 until August 1979 and then entered the Gymnasium in September 1979 in Versmold, located near the towns of Bielefeld, Osnabrück and Münster

In July 1988 I started a 15-month vacation, courtesy of the FRG. I spend most of this time in Rendsburg and Lütjenburg, both in the north of Germany.

After such a long and relaxing vacation I was looking forward to my study of physics, which I began in October 1989 at University of Paderborn. After two years I moved to Heidelberg's University mainly to do research in astronomy. In September 1993 I started my diploma thesis in the GALLEX Collaboration at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik in Heidelberg. I completed my thesis and received my diploma (Master's degree) in September 1994

After 2 month of looking around I started my PhD thesis in December 1994 about the development of galaxies especially the faint blue ones. This thesis had been done in the context of CADIS, an large extragalactic survey at the Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie in Heidelberg. Also I have been initially involved in improving the observational facilities at MPIA's 70cm telescope on top of the Königstuhl in Heidelberg.

Starting in industry took place on March 1999 near mainstation in Darmstadt, where I am also currently located at.

During my leisure time I am involved in the organization of the Chorus Vocalissimo Heidelberg, further trying to get the Fockenbrocks Homepage up to date and never the less cultivating our garden.