Dr. Rik Tjallingii
Building
C,
Room
326 (Büro)
Telegrafenberg
14473
Potsdam
Function and Responsibilities:
Leading Laboratory for XRF Element Scanning
Research Interests:
- Quaternary climatic and environmental changes
- Linking geochemical XRF scanning records and sedimentology
- Calibration and application of XRF core scanning data
- Multivariate analyses of geochemical XRF scanning records
Career:
- Since 2014: Senior scientist, GFZ Section 4.3 Climate Dynamics and Landscape Evolution (Potsdam, Germany)
- 2009-2013: Post-doctoral researcher, NIOZ, Department of Marine Geology (Texel, The Netherlands)
- 2007-2009: Post-doctoral researcher, Kiel University, Department of Sedimentology and Coastal Geology (Kiel, Germany)
Education:
- 2003-2007: PhD at MARUM, University of Bremen (Bremen, Germany)
- 1996-2001: Study geology at Utrecht University, (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Projects:
The focus of my scientific work is on the development and application of non-destructive XRF scanning for past climate and environmental reconstructions. I am responsible Laboratory for XRF Element Scanning at GFZ section 4.3 and involved in several projects.GFZ Projects
- DFG-SPP PROHYDRO-I & -II
- DFG-SPP PALEX
- ERC-STEEP - Lago Grande di Monticchio
- Helmholtz-Virtual Institute ICLEA
External Projects
- DFG - Bad Waldsee ( with TU Darmstadt )
- Jubbah Green Arabian Drilling ( with MPI -SHH Jena )
- Climate and cultural responses at Diss Mere ( with RHUL (UK) )
- DiaMiCT - Diagenetic Analyses and Modelling using Integrated Core scanning Technology ; with KU Leuven (B) & TU Delft (NL)