Press Center / Staff

Dr. Michael Schwarz

Photo : Oliver Fink

1983 to present		Head of the Press Center of Heidelberg University. Press and information officer. Responsible for all media relations during the 600th anniversary of the University of Heidelberg in 1986. Today responsible for : science magazine "Ruperto Carola", university newspaper "unispiegel", Uniradio Baden, Campus-TV
1991-1992		Research fellow (Science journalism) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge/USA
1982-1983		Free-lance journalist with TV and daily newspapers. Development aid programs, lectures, seminars. Expert evaluations for "DESWOS" (German Development Aid Programs for Social Housing, Construction and Settlement Planning) in South America — Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Columbia, Venezuela.
1982		Ph.D.
1977-1981		Research Program in Mexico for the Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation, Bonn, Germany
1970-1975		Free-lance photographer and journalist for various newspapers and magazines
Education		Ph.D., Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Germany, 1982 Major: Architecture Thesis: "Housing in Rural Mexico; The Socio-economic Building and Settlement Conditions of Mexican Campesinos in the Federal State of Veracruz" Diploma Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Germany, 1977 Thesis: "Conservation and Renewal of the Aachen Inner City 'Königstrasse' Quarter"
6.8.1952		Born in Aachen, Germany
Memberships		International Science Writers' Association National Association of Science Writers USA (1992-2002) European Universities Public Relations and Informations Officers' Association Universitäts-Sport-Club Heidelberg, (President)