Curriculum Vitae

  Studies:  

1984-1986            University of Heidelberg (Geology and Palaeontology)  
1986-1987   University of Edinburgh, Faculty of Earth Sciences (Geology and Geophysics)
1987-1990  University of Heidelberg (Geology and Palaeontology)                 

  Degrees:                      

1990  Diploma (Master) in Geology and Palaeontology at Heidelberg University  
1993 Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) at Heidelberg University

Dissertation (Doctor/PhD Thesis): Der Leuchtenberger Granit und seine assoziierten magmatischen Gesteine: Zeitliche und stoffliche Entwicklungsprozesse im Verlauf der Entstehung des Nordoberpfalz-Plutons (in German)

Advisors: Prof. Dr. I. Wendt, Prof. Dr. H.J. Lippolt  

2003        

Habilitation (Dr. rer. nat. habil.) at Tuebingen University

Habilitationsschrift (Habil. Thesis): Global magmatism and implications for mantle and crustal evolution: geochemical and isotopic perspectives (in englisch). Reviewers: Prof. Dr. M. Satir, Prof. Dr. A.W. Hofmann  

Venia Legendi for Petrology and Geochemistry  

 Positions:

1990-1993    

Wissenschaftlicher Angestellter (Research Associate) at the Federal Institute of Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Hannover  

1993-1999 

Wissenschaftlicher Angestellter (Research Associate) at the GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ), Potsdam

1999-2001    

Wissenschaftlicher Angestellter (Research Associate) at the Department of Earth Sciences, Tuebingen University

2001-2003        

Wissenschaftlicher Assistent (Research Assistant) at the Department of Earth Sciences, Tuebingen University

2003-2004 Wissenschaftlicher Oberassistent (Senior Assistant) at the Department of Earth Sciences, Tuebingen University
2004-2007 Hochschuldozent (Associate Professor) at the Department of Earth Sciences, Tuebingen University
since 2007 apl. Professor at the Department of Earth Sciences, Tuebingen Universiy  
 
2012-2013 visiting Professor at the University of Science and Technology China (USTC), Hefei  
 
since 2015 interim Professor at the Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Freiburg University   
 
 
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