1976 Diplom (= M.Sc.) in Civil Engineering at Technische Universitaet Darmstadt.
1976 - 1981 Scientific Research Assistent at Technische Universitaet Darmstadt in the Institute and Laboratory for Geotechnics.
1981 PhD-Thesis: "Developments in Construction and Computation in Urban Tunnelling"; Result: "summa cum laude".
Professor Dr.-Ing. Rolf Katzenbach is Director of the Institute and Laboratory of Geotechnics of Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany and CEO of his private Consulting Office “Ingenieursozietaet Professor Dr.-Ing. Katzenbach GmbH”. He is post Chairman of TC 212 – Deep Foundations – of ISSMGE and Board Member of several other international and national organisations.
He is member of the Chamber of Engineers and publicly certified Expert of Geotechnics and Independent Checking Engineer working with his expertise for national and international courts of justice, arbitration committees, insurance companies, state ministries, building authorities and big national and international financial institutions and investors.