Prof. Dr. Dirk Scherler
Building
E,
Room
229 (Büro)
Telegrafenberg
14473
Potsdam
Function and Responsibilities:
Temporary Head of Section 3.3 Geochemistry of the Earth's SurfaceResearch Interests:
- Geomorphology
- Tectonics
- Cosmogenic nuclides
- Glaciology
- Remote sensing
Career:
- Since 04/2022 Professor for cosmogenic nuclides, GFZ Potsdam and Freie Universität Berlin
- 2014-2022 Assistant professor for cosmogenic nuclides, GFZ Potsdam and Freie Universität Berlin
- 2012 - 2014 Postdoc, California Institute of Technology, USA (Alexander von Humboldt fellowship)
- 2010 - 2012 Postdoc, University of Potsdam
Education:
- 2010 Ph.D. in Geology, University of Potsdam
- 2005 Diploma in Geography, Humboldt University Berlin
Projects:
Ongoing:
- TopoToolbox 3 – improving the quality and reuse of a research software for terrain analysis (since 2024; Co-PI; funded by DFG: SCHE 1676/7-1)
- Dynamics of erosion and vegetation in the Western Mediterranean Region (since 2022; Co-PI; funded by Freie Universität Berlin)
- Glacial and erosional contributions to Late Quaternary uplift of the European Alps (since 2021; funded by DFG: SCHE 1676/6-1)
Finished:
- Biota, fractures, thresholds: Emergent self-organization in landscape evolution? (2019-2022; funded by DFG: SCHE 1676/4-2)
- Climate sensitivity of glacial landscape dynamics (COLD) (2018-2023; funded by ERC Starting Grant)
- Tracing the variability of Himalayan paleo-erosion rates during the Pliocene-Pleistocene climatic transitions (2017-2019; funded by Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation postdoc scholarship to Dr. Sanjay Kumar Mandal)
- Testing biotic controls on erosion and sediment transport in the Chilean coastal cordillera with cosmogenic 10Be-derived erosion rates and a shear stress-based river incision model (2016-2019; funded by DFG: SCHE 1676/4-1)
- Quantifying the response of rapidly eroding landscapes to climate change with cosmogenic nuclides (2016-2019; funded by DFG: SCHE 1676/3-1)
Externe Seite: https://sites.google.com/site/scherlerdirk/