• Name: Elmar Christof Fuchs
  
• Date of birth: 1.10.1975
  
• Place of birth: Klagenfurt, Austria
  
• e-mail: elmar.fuchs(at)wetsus.nl
  
• Marital status: married, one child
• Current occupation: Program Manager at Wetsus - Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands

Course of Studies:

• 09/94 - 09/99 Study of Technical Chemistry at the Graz University of Technology
• 09/99 - 06/01 Study of Physical Chemistry at the Graz University of Technology
  
• Diploma thesis: "Spectroscopy and Colour Rendering of some Rare Earth Ions in Yttrium Aluminum Borate Single Crystals"
• 06/01 - 07/08 Employment at the Technical University of Graz as scientific assistant including research and teaching at the Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
• 10/01 - 07/06 PhD study at the Technical University of Graz
• 07/06 Passing of the Viva voce of the doctorate exam with distinction
  • PhD thesis: "White and Red Light Emitting Lanthanide Doped Crystals"
• 08/06 - 08/08 PostDoc at the Technical University of Graz
  • Optimisation of the patent "Ultraviolet-excited white phosphor and light-emitting devices that use this phosphor" (UK-0608905.6) and
    preparations of this material for industrial applications.
  • Investigations and publications about the "Floating Water Bridge"
• 09/08 - 02/09 Employment at the Wetsus Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology as PostDoc
• 03/09 - 11/11 Scientific Project Manager at the Wetsus Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology
• 01/12 - current: Program Manager at the Wetsus Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology

Research stays and activities:

• 2006 – ongoing: Research at the laser lab of Prof. Jakob Woisetschläger, Institute of Thermal Turbomachinery and Machine Dynamics, TU Graz, Austria (several times per year)
• 01/06 and 12/13: Elettra Synchrotron Facility (Italy) , IUVS study of the floating water bridge (Dr. Filippo Bencivenga, Dr. Silvia DiFonzo)
• 2008, 2009 and 2011: LLB/Saclay (France), several neutron scattering studies of the floating water bridge (Prof. José Teixeira)
• 06/09: ISIS Oxford (United Kingdom), S(Q) neutron scattering study of the floating water bridge (Prof. Alan Soper)
• 09/10: NASA Ames (USA), Infrared emission study (Prof. Friedemann Freund) and bacterial behavior in the water bridge (Prof. Lynn Rothschild)
• 11/10 and 04/13: AMOLF Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Ultrafast vibrational relaxation study of the water bridge (Prof. Huib Bakker)

Secondary, social and free time activities:

• 07/92 and 07/93: English language course in Brighton, UK, for several weeks each
  
• 08/93 - 09/93 Employment at the Planetarium Klagenfurt
  
• 94 - 00: Yearly summer internship at Klagenfurt waste water treatment plant
  
• 10/03 - 09/04: Civil Service in Graz at the „Megaphon“ street newspaper, caring for asylum seekers
  
• 03 - 05: Participation in the following employee training programs of the TU Graz:
  
  • Didactics I, II and III; handling of resistances and conflicts
• 04/10: Communication for Excellence course (HOW company)
• 11/13: Leadership for Excellence course (HOW company)

Membership in organisations & societies:

• Kendo Verein Graz (board member 2006-2009)
• KEN - Verein für Japanische Kampfkunst und Kultur
• Shindokan Dojo Graz
• Shinbukan Dojo Groningen
• Kitanamikai Dojo Drachten
• Astronomische Vereinigung Kärtnens (board member 1996-2002)
• Steirischer Astronomen Verein (board member 2004-2012)
• Sane Society
• Weinlandgalerie (2005-2010)
• Athens Art
• eloah-art society (founder and board member)

Additional Qualifications:

• Languages: German (mother tongue), English (fluent), Dutch (fluent), Italian (Basics); Latin (Basics)
• EDP: IBM Lotus Smart Suite; MS Office; Corel Graphics Suite; Dreamweaver; Origin; GRAMS
• Programming in the following languages: Delphi, GAUSS, BASIC, assembler, HTML, javascript

Personal Interests:

• Sports: Japanese Martial Arts (Battodo, Iaido, Jodo, Kendo), Tai Chi Chuan, swimming;
• Other: Musician, Painter, Photographer, Poetry (Author), Astronomer, Philosopher, Cook, Reiki