Joachim Hecker
- 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.
- member of AAAS, DJV, ESOF, MNU, VDE, VDI and WPK.
- Joachim Hecker is father of a daughter.
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