Wolf-Dietrich Herold
	Wolf.Herold@bluewin.ch
	51 yrs., from Nürnberg, Germany Physicist, PhD from ETH Zürich 3 Years research scientist at Yale University, since 1986 in particle physics research at Paul Scherer Institute in Switzerland
	Glider license 1971, participation in various regional/national contests in Germany, Switzerland, and USA, ca 2500hrs, flies an ASW 22
	soaring in different geographical and topographical regions generated a Strong interest in atmospheric sciences leading to a 9 months sabbatical at NCAR, Boulder, CO to study thundercloud electrification and thermal waves using (motor-)gliders
	in MWP he will be responsible for mission planning, instrumentation, data acquisition and analysis, as well as take part in record attempts