Curriculum Vitae
Since 2017 Professor, Institute of Applied Geosciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
2015 – 2016 Acting head Structural Geology, Institute of Applied Geosciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
2007 – 2017 Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Geosciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
2003 – 2007 Associate Professor, Geological-Paleontological Institute, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Germany
2003 Habilitation (Venia legendi) in Mineralogy and Geology, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg
2000 – 2003 Assistant Professor, Geological-Paleontological Institute, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg
1996 – 2000 Research Scientist, Geological-Paleontological Institute, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Germany
1994 PhD in Mineralogy, RWTH Aachen, Germany
1993 – 1995 Research Scientist, Institute of Geosciences and Lithospheric Research, Justus-Liebig University Gießen,
Germany (at KTB in Windischeschenbach)
1990– 1992 PhD studies, Institute of Mineralogy and Economic Geology, RWTH Aachen, Germany
1989 Diploma in Mineralogy, RWTH Aachen, Germany
1982 – 1989 Study of Mineralogy at RWTH Aachen Germany
Other Proofs of Qualification
Reviewer for scientific journals and national and international funding agencies
Since 2021 Associate Editor of Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth
2011 – 2020 Associate Editor of Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica
1996 Paul-Ramdohr Award of German Mineralogical Society (DMG), Germany
1994 Borchers Award of RWTH Aachen for PhD with distinction, Germany
1989 Springorum Award of RWTH Aachen for diploma with distinction, Germany
Research Grants
2023-2026 DFG project: Emplacement conditions of pyroclastic deposits inferred from magnetic properties
of the Eger maar-diatreme (ICDP-EGER Bohrung S4) and Eifel volcanoes (KO1514/20-1)
2020-2023 DFG project: Impact structures: Effect of post-shock thermal conditions on mineral magnetism (KO1514/17-1)
2017-2020 Co-applicant together with Prof. T. Neumann, TU Berlin, and others: Retardation and mobilization of As
at redox fronts under advective flow conditions – a concerted multidisciplinary approach (NE687/8-1)
2017-2020 DFG project together with Prof. Frank Schilling and Dr. Mario Walter: Magnetic fatigue of magnetite: effect of
cyclic loading on the magnetic and microstructural behavior at elevated temperatures (KO1514/13-1)
2013-2016 DFG project within priority program „Planetary Magnetism“: Mineral magnetism of shocked ferrimagentic
minerals (KO1514/8-1)
2011-2016 Co-applicant together with Prof. F. Schilling, KIT, within the BMBF program Rekonstruktion des
Neutronenleitersystems 7A und Neuaufbau des erweiterten Straindiffraktometers Epsilon-MDS am
Impulsreaktor IBR-2M (VIK Dubna)
2010-2013 Co-applicant together with Prof. R.O. Greiling, KIT, and Dr. R.B. Trumbull, GFZ, within DFG-project
GR682/12-2 Structures and mechanisms of dyke emplacement at a volcanic rifted margin – AMS, microfabric
analyses and geochronology of mafic dyke swarms from NW Namibia
2008-2011 DFG project within priority program“ICDP”: Rock magnetic properties and their anisotropy from the
Outokumpu assemblage in the Outokumpu deep drilling, Finland (KO1514/7-1,2)
2008-2012 DFG project within priority program“ICDP”: Rock magnetic properties and their anisotropy from host rock
and impact lithologies of drillings at the Chesapeake Bay impact structure (KO1514/6-1, -2)
2007-2009 DFG project together with Prof. R.O.Greiling: Magnetofabric and textural analysis from highly anisotropic
magnetite bearing shear zones in metamorphic nappes of the Scandinavian Caledonides (KO1514/5-1)
2005-2009 DFG project within priority program „ICDP“: Hot-spot related crustal magnetization and magnetic
petrology from scientific drillings (KO1514/3-1,2,3)
2005-2006 DFG project within priority program „ICDP“: Magnetic mineralogy and rock magnetic properties of impact
lithologies of the Bosumtwi crater drilling project, Ghana (KO1514/2-1)
2004-2006 Mitantragstellerin gemeinsam mit Prof. D. Lattard, Experimentelle Mineralogie, Heidelberg, im DFG-Projekt
LA1164/5 Experimentelle Modellierung magneto-mineralogischer Eigenschaften von Fe-Ti-Oxiden aus
Basalten der HSDP-2 Bohrung
2000-2004 Co-applicant within graduate school 273 of DFG Einwirkung fluider Phasen auf Locker und Festgesteine mit
Thema: Veränderung gesteinsmagnetischer Eigenschaften im Grund- und Deckgebirge des Oberrheingrabens
durch hydrothermale Aktivität und Verwitterung
Förderung aus Forschungspool der Universität Heidelberg: Gebänderte Eisenerzvorkommen im archaischen
granulitfaziellen Grundgebirge der Uweinat-Region, SW-Ägypten
2000-2004 DFG project within priority program „ICDP/KTB“: Magneto-mineralogische Charakterisierung von Laven des
Hawaii Scientific Drilling Project, USA (KO1514/1-1,2,3,4)
Publikationsübersicht
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