| Detlef H. Mache was born 1960 in Kamen/Westfalia (Germany). | |
| His main areas of interest are Applied Mathematics and its applications as well as Constructive Approximation and special interests in education, art and culture. | |
| 1980 | Examination (Abitur) at Ruhrgymnasium in Witten. |
| It followed the compulsory military service at German Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg and Munich (ROA). From Wintersemester | |
| 1981/82 | he studied Mathematics, Sport, Philosophy and Computer Sciences at the University of Dortmund, where he finished |
| 1988 | his "Diplom" in Mathematics (& Computer Sciences); Diploma thesis in Applied Mathematics - Approximation Theory. |
| 1988 - 1991 | Research Scientist at the Department of Mathematics, University of Dortmund. |
| 1991 | Doctor's degree (Dr. rer. nat) PhD in Mathematics, University of Dortmund. |
| 1992 - 1998 | Research Assistant (C1) at the Department of Mathematics, Dortmund. |
| 1997 | Habilitation (Dr. habil.) for qualifying as a University Lecturer (Venia Legendi) in Mathematics (University of Dortmund) |
| 1997 | Assistant Professor (C2) for Mathematics at the Institute of Applied Mathematics, Dortmund. |
| 1998 | Visiting Professor at the University of Witwatersrand, Center of Applicable Analysis, Johannesburg (South Africa). |
| 1998 - 1999 | Full University Professor (C4) for Applied Mathematics - Numerical Analysis (he took the function for the chair) at the University of Munich. |
| 2000 - 2001 | He took again the function for a chair for Applied Analysis (Numerical Mathematics) at the University of Duisburg. |
| since 2001 | University lecturer at the Faculty of Mathematics (TU Dortmund) |
| since 2003 | Professor at the University of Applied Sciences (TH Georg Agricola Bochum) for Mathematics and Applied Mathematics (Constructive Approximation) |