Prof. Liane G. Benning
Function and Responsibilities:
- Head of section 3.5 "Interface Geochemistry"Career:
since April 2016: Professor in Interface Geochemistry, FU Berlin and GFZ Potsdam
since Oct 1st 2014: Head of Interface Geochemistry group, German Research Centre for Geosciences, GFZ Potsdam, Germany
2007– 2020: Professor in Experimental Biogeochemistry, School of Earth and Environment, Univ. Leeds, UK
2005-2007: Reader in Geobiology, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, UK
2004-2005: University Lecturer, School of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds, UK
1999-2004: University Research Fellow, School of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds, UK
1996-1999: Postdoctoral Research fellow, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Education:
1995 PhD: Aqueous Geochemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
Projects:
European Research Council Synergy Grant "Deep Purple " Darkening the Greenland Ice Sheet" 2020 -2026
European Union HORIZON 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network "ICEBIO: Center for Glacial Biome Doctoral Network"
Individual Fellowships hosted / co-hosted in the section:- Marie Sklodowska Marie Curie Fellow: Dr Christoph Keuschnig: MICOL-FUNTRANS: Microbial soil colonization and structure formation by fungal hyphae mediated transport (2024-2026)
- GFZ Discovery Fellow (co-host): Dr Jeffrey P Perez: Coupled dynamics of iron and carbon (bio)geochemistry in (sub)Arctic peatlands in a future warming climate (2022-2025)
Diamond Ltd (+- every 6 months beam time allocation at the UK synchrotron radiation facility)
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (+- every beam time allocation at the ESRF)