Dr. Regina Mertz

Work experience

Aug 12 – present
	Laboratory manager Institut für Geowissenschaften, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
	Quadrupole ICP-MS Agilent 7500ce UP 213 and NWR 193 Excimer laser ablation system ESI/New Wave Trace element concentrations and isotope ratios of geological, biogenetic, archeological, and synthetic materials
Mar 11 – July 12	Post-doctoral research fellowship Berkeley Geochronology Center, USA
	Developing analytical methods for U-Th-Pb and U-series dating using multi-collector ICP-MS and laser ablation facilities (Thermo Neptune Plus and PhotonMachines 193 nm laser system) Application to palaeoenvironmental, geological, tectonic and archaeological studies Clean lab analytical work
May 09 – Feb 11	Post-doctoral research fellowship Biogeochemie, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Mainz, Germany
	Development of new instrumental methods for in-situ determination of Th-U isotope ratios using laser ablation ICP mass spectrometry Multi-element analyses on carbonates Elemental and isotopic characterization of reference materials using laser ablation techniques
Jan 08 – Apr 09	Member of research staff (German Research Foundation grant) Institut für Geophysik und Geologie, Universität Leipzig, Germany
	PhD Project (continued)
Oct – Dec 07 / Feb – Apr 09	Visiting researcher Berkeley Geochronology Center, USA
Jan 06 – Dec 07	Member of research staff (German Research Foundation grant) Institut für Geowissenschaften, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
	PhD Project: Seasonality and interannual climate variability during the Late Miocene: Testing and tuning climate models using oxygen isotope stratigraphy, growth increment analysis and new ground data
Education
Jan 06 – Mar 09	PhD thesis Institut für Geowissenschaften, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
	"Mediterranean-type climate in the South Aegean (Eastern Mediterranean) during the Late Miocene: Evidence from isotope and element proxies"
	Advisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas C. Brachert
June 96	Diploma in Geology and Palaeontology, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
June 92	Vordiplom, Universität Stuttgart, Germany