Research interests
- Palaeoclimate reconstruction
- Caves and speleothems
- U-series dating
- Stable isotope fractionation
- Development of age-depth models
Work experience
since 2015: University Professor (Heisenberg-Professorship) for Speleothem Research/Isotope-geochemical Palaeoclimatology, Institute for Geosciences, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz.
2009 - 2015: Junior-Professor and Head of the Speleothem Research Group, Institute for Geosciences, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz
2008 – 2009: Visiting Fellow (DFG Research Fellowship), School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
2005 – 2008: PostDoc, Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, DFG Research Group DAPHNE (www.fg-daphne.de)
Education
2005: PhD, Physics (“U-series dating of diagenetically altered fossil reef corals and the application for sea level reconstruction”), University of Heidelberg, Germany
2001: 1. Staatsexamen, Mathematics/Physics, University of Heidelberg, Germany
1998: Zwischenprüfung Mathematics/Physics, University of Heidelberg, Germany