Profile

Research focus

• Palaeoclimatology using speleothems and tree-rings as climate archives
• Annually laminated stalagmites from the Holocene
• Stalagmites from the Marine Isotope Stages 9 and 11
• Cave monitoring to understand the processes in the karst system
• Stable isotope composition of tree-rings (Dendrochronology)

 

Professional experiences and Education

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

since 2016

 

since 2024

 Postdoctoral lecture qualification at the Institute for Geosciences
Finishing planned for 2024

Research assistant at the Department of Chemistry, Project coordination “Halocycles” (Prof. Dr. C. Streb and Prof. Dr. S. Waldvogel)
2019 – 2023 Research assistant at the Institute for Geosciences
Research group Speleothem Research (Prof. Dr. D. Scholz)
01/2019 – 04/ 2019 Research assistant at the Institute for Geosciences
Research group Climate and Sediments (Prof. Dr. F. Sirocko)
2013 – 2018 Research assistant at the Institute for Geosciences
Research group Speleothem Research (Prof. Dr. D. Scholz)
2010 – 2013 Research associate at the Department of Geography
Research group Climatology (Prof. Dr. J. Esper)

Ruhr-University Bochum

2007 – 2010 Ph. D. student at the Institute for Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics (magna cum laude), supervised by Prof. Dr. D. K. Richter and Prof. Dr. A. Immenhauser, Subproject of the DFG-funded research group 668 „DAPHNE“
2009 – 2010 Studentship of the „Wilhelm and Günter Esser-Foundation“
2006 – 2009 Research assistant at the Institute for Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics
2004 – 2007 Master of Science in Geosciences (very good), Master thesis supervised by Prof. Dr. D. K. Richter and Prof. Dr. A. Immenhauser
2003 – 2006 Student assistant in different fields:

  • Geothermal energy project „PROMETHEUS“
  • Micropalaeontological sample preparation
  • Tutor for the lecture „Introduction in Palaeontology“ (WS 04/05)
2001 – 2004 Bachelor of Science in Geosciences (very good), Bachelor thesis supervised by Prof. Dr. D. Michalzik and Dr. T. Steuber

Deutsches Bergbau-Museum (Bochum)

2003 – 2004 Student assistant and work experience at the Deutschen Bergbau-Museum,        Department of Monument Conservation/Material Sciences