Function and Responsibilities:

Research Interests:

-          CO₂ production in the Earth’s mantle

-          Micro- and nanophases in the sub-Hawaiian mantle plume

-          Volcanic and geochemical evolution of Jailolo volcano, Halmahera, Indonesia

-          Stratigraphic correlation of Miocene tephra across central Europe using zircon U-Pb chronometry

-          Biodiversity crisis in the Upper Miocene of the Black Sea

Career:

Since 2013          Research Scientist / SIMS Group / GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

2002-2013           Research Scientist and Academic / University of Munich (LMU), Germany

1999-2001           Research Scientist / TIMS Group / GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

1994-1998           Research Scientist / University of Heidelberg, Germany

1992-1994           Research Scientist / University of Karlsruhe, Germany

1991                   Research Scientist / University of Mainz, Germany

1991                   Doctor degree (PhD) / Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany