| Name: | Dr. Jan Harloff-Puhr |
| Date of birth: | 19th of July 1969 |
| Place of birth: | Langen, Germany |
| Elementary and high school education: | ||
| 1975 - 1981: | Johann-Peter-Hebel-Grundschule (Elementary School), Berlin, Germany | |
| 1976 - 1977: | Lawrence Unified School District #497 (Elementary School), Kansas, USA | |
| 1981 - 1988: | Walther-Rathenau-Gymnasium (High School), Berlin, Germany | |
| Degree, obtained in June 1988: Abitur (High School Diploma) | ||
| University education: | ||
| Oct. 1988 - Sep. 1994: | Study of Mineralogy at the Free University Berlin, Germany | |
| Degree, obtained in August 1994: Diplom im Fach Mineralogie (Diploma in Mineralogy) | ||
| Diploma thesis: "Preparation and investigation of plasma-sprayed nonstoichiometric TiO2-coatings" | ||
| Oct. 1994 - Sep. 1995: | Study of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA | |
| Degree, obtained in December 1995: Master of Science in Engineering | ||
| Masters thesis: "In-situ quantitative measurement of electric fields in ZnO thin films using electrostatic force microscopy" | ||
| Oct. 1995 - Sep. 1999: | Ph.D. student at the Department of Chemistry and the Museum of Natural History of the Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany | |
| Degree, obtained in January 2000: Dr. rer. nat. im Fach Chemie (Ph.D. in Chemistry) | ||
| Ph.D. thesis: "Near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy of bulk analog materials for the igneous Martian crust" | ||
| Oct. 1999 - Sep. 2000: | Bibliotheksreferendar (library trainee, practical year) at the University Library of the Technical University Berlin, Germany | |
| Oct. 2000 - Sep. 2001: | Bibliotheksreferendar (library trainee, theoretical year) at the Library School in Frankfurt/Main, Germany | |
| Degree, obtained in September 2001: Bibliotheksassessor (Master in Library and Information Science) | ||
| Professional experience: | ||
| Jan. - Oct. 1990 and Feb. - Jul. 1992: |
Working student at the Siemens AG, Berlin, Germany Responsibilities: Among others the maintenance of a "dBase" data base |
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| Aug. - Oct. 1992: | Internship at the FFI (Research Institute of the High-Temperature Materials Industry), Bonn, Germany | |
| Final report: "Measurement of powder characteristics for thermal coating" | ||
| Nov. 1992 - Sep. 1994: | Teaching assistant at the Institute of Mineralogy of the Free University Berlin, Germany | |
| Responsibilities: Instruction of microscopy and computer classes | ||
| Nov. 1995 - Sep. 1999: | Research assistant at the Institute of Planetary Research of the DLR (German Aerospace Center), Berlin, Germany | |
| Since Oct. 2001: | Information Manager at the Working Group "Information, Documentation, Library" of the BAM (Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing), Berlin, Germany | |
| Membership in scientific societies: | ||
| BAK | Berliner Arbeitskreis Information (Berlin Work Group Information) | |
| DGI | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Informationswissenschaft und Informationspraxis (German Association for Information Science and Practice) | |
| DMG | Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft (German Mineralogical Society) | |
| VDB | Verein Deutscher Bibliothekare (Association of German Librarians) | |