Dr. Callum Banfield

I am a staff scientist and lab manager with more than ten years experience on isotope applications on the field and lab scale - and especially interested in solving technical and analytical challenges to make research possible.

My responsibilities for the labs of the Geo-Biosphere group include

• radioisotope labs (¹⁴C, ³³P, ³H and, in future, ⁵⁵Fe), and CSIA labs (¹⁵N, ¹⁸O, ²H, ¹³C),
• including the radiation protection for three ⁵⁷Co Mössbauer specs and _⁶³Ni-electron capture detectors for different ZAG groups
• method development for stable and radioactive isotope applications (GC-C-IRMS, GC-MS, LC-MS, GC-ECD/FID, low-level scintillation counting, phosphor imaging).
• technical solutions for lab experiments (e.g., 3D printing) and field experiments (e.g., cm-accuracy GPS).

Furthermore, I take care of

• the biosafety for the Dippold, Mason-Jones and Kappler groups (German: "S1-Projektleitung"),
• our EU pest quarantine station (EU 2016/2031, German: "Quarantäne-Station für Unionsquarantäneschädlinge"),
• and I am an instructor for lab technicians (German: "Ausbilderschein"), currently training two apprentice lab techs.

I am head of the working group "Isotopes in Soil Science" of the German Soil Science Society (German).