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Vita Joachim Hecker
After graduating from the Technical High School in Mainz, he completed his civilian service in a retirement home. After studying electrical engineering in Darmstadt, he worked briefly as a development engineer at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research. He then completed a two-year newspaper traineeship at the Westfalenpost (Funke Mediengruppe). From 1995 to 2017, he was employed by Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), most of the time in the science editorial department as an editor & 1st reporter. His series "Joachims Experimente" is part of the programme with the "Maus zum Hören" (since 2001 on WDR) and is one of the oldest formats in German-language children's and youth radio.
born and raised in Mainz.
participation in competition «Youth research» (1981).
electrical engineering studies in Darmstadt.
development engineer at «GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung», Darmstadt.
newspaper internship at Funke-Meidengruppe.
Editor at Westdeutschen Rundfunk Köln (WDR) since 1995.
science editor and 1. reporter for the Westdeutschen Rundfunk (WDR) (inter alia «Quarks») since 1998.
author of the series «Joachim's Experiments» in («Series with the Mouse») since 2001.
2001‒2003 parental leave.
2005 « The Children Brockhaus. Experiments ‒ On Track of Science» (Brockhaus-Verlag).
2007 «The Children Brockhaus. Even more Experiments ‒ Science to Try out» (Brockhaus-Verlag)
and «The House of Little Scientists ‒ Exciting Experiments to Try at Home» (Verlag Rowohlt•Berlin).2008 «The House of Little Scientists ‒ Exciting Experiments to Try at Home» as audiobook (Der>Audio<Verlag).
2009 «The House of Little Scientists ‒ Exciting Experiments to Try at Home» as paperback (Rowohlt-Verlag).
2010 New edition«The Children Brockhaus. Experiments ‒ On Track of Science» (Brockhaus-Verlag).
2011 «Ask … the mouse! Exciting Experiments to Try out, Research and Wonder» (cbj-Verlag in der Verlagsgruppe Random House).
2012 «The House of Little Scientists ‒ Exciting Experiments to Try at Home» as paperback (Carlsen-Verlag).
2013 «The Children Brockhaus. Brilliant Experiments – Science to Try out» (Brockhaus-Verlag).
Summer 2014 «The Great Construction Book Adventure Electronics with LEDs ‒ 15 Brilliant Projects with Lights and Light Effects for Cool Kids» (Franzis-Verlag).
2017 «The Spaceship of the Little Scientists – Exciting Experiments to Try at Home» (Rowohlt-Verlag).
2019 double volume «The House of Little Scientists & the Spaceship of the Little Scientists – Exciting Experiments to Try at Home» (impian-Verlag).
performances in Thailand since 2009.
member of the GENIALE-Kuratoriums 2014 in Bielefeld.
jury member for NRW national competition «FameLab Germany» in Bielefeld in 2015 and 2016.
a dozen trips to the USA and science shows in 25 different states since 2015, at schools form Alaska to Florida and California to New York.
performances in the Russian federation in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021 (Astrakhan, Yaroslavl, Kaliningrad, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Moscow, Novosibirsk and Ufa).
two-week tour through Poland in 2019.
online-shows for Argentina, Germany, India, Iran, Kazakhstan , Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Russia, Sri Lanka, Czech Republic, Thailand and the USA in 2020 and 2021.
tour through Sibiria in 2021 with stops in Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk and Akademgorodok.
tour through Bosina and Herzegovina as well as performances in Ethiopia, Djibouti, Austria and Slowenia in 2022.
four-week tour through Pakistan, Sri Lanka und India in 2023 with stops in Karachi, Colombo, Panadura, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Coimbatore, Mumbai, Kolkata und Delhi.
Joachim Hecker is father of a daughter.