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Dr. Ruaridh Smith
Dr. Ruaridh Smith
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Ruaridh
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Professorship for Tectonics
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Research groups | GeoZentrum Nordbayern
Applied Geology
Hydro- & Environmental Geology
Modeling of Environmental Systems
Laboratory | Modeling of Environmental Systems
News | Modeling of Environmental Systems
Publications | Modeling of Environmental Systems
Research Projects | Modeling of Environmental Systems
Chaos-AD
GrARBeKo
Hydropeaking
MicroDrink
Optim-karst
Rivercast
UnSAT-EIE
Team | Modeling of Environmental Systems
Team | Applied Geology
Prof. Johannes Barth, PhD
Prof. Dr. Gabriele Chiogna
PD Dr. Robert van Geldern
Dr. Anna-Neva Visser
Dr. Beatrice Richieri
Dr. Dmytro Sytnyk
Dr. Francesca Ziliotto
Dr. Mohammad Al-Qadi
Dr. Mónica Basilio Hazas
Dr. Sachintha Senarathne
M.Sc. Aixala Gaillard
M.Sc. Anushruti Kukreja
M.Sc. Carla Feistner
M.Sc. Catalina Zapata
M.Sc. Christina Schubert
M.Sc. Jan Maier
M.Sc. Klara Höbenreich
M.Sc. Michael Wehrl
M.Sc. Michelle Kotynek-Winter
Anja Schuster
Christian Hanke
Christina Zametzer
Irene Wein
Mark Bauer
Emeriti and Alumni
Laboratories | Applied Geology
Publications | Applied Geology
Projects | Applied Geology
Applied Mineralogy
Education | Mineralogy
Staff | Mineralogy
Prof. Dr. Friedlinde Götz-Neunhoeffer
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Neubauer
PD Dr. Katrin Hurle
PD Dr. Daniel Jansen
M. Sc. Franz Becker
M. Sc. Irina Kirchberger
M.Sc. Yannik Köpplinger
M.Sc. Anika Mielkau
M.Sc. Tillmann Schramm
Dr. rer nat. Pauline Rost
M. Sc. Jakob Schreiber
M. Sc. Saskia Franke
MSc. Florian Rafalski
M. Sc. Marie Singer
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Christian Abe-Sauber
Bettina Engl
Cornelia Geisler, B.A.
Jocelyne Grosshauser
Bernd Schleifer
Alumni Mineralogy
Laboratory equipment | Mineralogy
X-Ray powder diffraction
BET – Belsorp Mini X®
Calorimetry
EMPA
H-TD-NMR
High Temperature Synthesis
IMETER M20b measuring system
Powder Characterization
Simultaneous Thermogravimetry - Differential Scanning Calorimetry
Research fields | Mineralogy
Biomaterials
Cement Mineralogy
Sustainability in the cement production
Publications | Mineralogy
Contact | Mineralogy
Applied Sedimentology
Contact | Applied Sedimentology
Schools | Applied Sedimentology
Team | Applied Sedimentology
Prof. Dr. H. Stollhofen
Stefan Liedel
Scientific staff
Dr. Muhammad Usman
Dr. W. Bauer
Dr. D. Bertermann
Dr. L. Caracciolo
M.Sc. A. Eberts
Dipl.Pol. M. Faude
M.Sc. A. Feder
Dr. S. Freitag
Dr. M. Janßen
Prof. Dr. M. Joachimski
Dr. N. Jocić
M.Sc. J. Müller
Dr. A. Pérez Ponce
M.Sc. M. Rammler
M.Sc. D. Ravidà
PD Dr. A. Regelous
M.Sc. H. Schwarz
Dr. T. Stephan
M.Sc. O. Suft
Dr. Y. Sun
M.Sc. J. Wagner
Dr. J. Wienke
Associated scientists
Prof. Dr. O. Lehnert
Research | Applied Sedimentology
Projects | Applied Sedimentology
Publications | Applied Sedimentology
Courses and Teaching
Laboratories | Applied Sedimentology
Cathodoluminescence
Stable Isotope Laboratory
Porosimetry
Ultrasound Logger
Thermal Conductivity Scanning
Alumni
Endogenous Geodynamics
Team LEG
Prof. Dr. Karsten Haase
Christine Scharf
PD Dr. Manuel Keith
PD Dr. Marcel Regelous
Research
Melanie Hertel
Dr. Edward W. Marshall
Dr. Eric Runge
Dr. Paul Sotiriou
Esther Hars
Fabian Hampel
Julian Wolf
Nils Baumann
Patrick Hehn
Research LEG
Research topics LEG
Research vessel expeditions
New Zealand, 2025 – RV Sonne – Cruise SO311
Milos, 2023 - RV Meteor - Cruise M192-2
Papua-Neuguinea, 2023 - RV Sonne - Cruise SO299
Biscay Connection, 2021 – RV Meteor – Cruise M176
Vesteris Seamount, 2019 - RV MS Merian - Cruise MSM86
Rio Grande Rise, 2019 - RV MS Merian - Cruise MSM82
Fiji-Tonga, 2018 – RV Sonne – Cruise SO263
Paphsanias Volcano (Aegean), 2017 – RV Poseidon – Cruise POS512
Azoren Plateau, 2016 – RV Meteor – Cruise M128
RV Meteor - Cruise M113 Azoren Plateau (2015)
Vanuatu, 2013 - RV Sonne - Cruise SO-229
Lab resources LEG
Clean laboratory
Mass spectrometry
XRD/XRF
XRF calibration
XRF Precision
Projects LEG
ERASMUS+ ARTeMIS
Publications LEG
Contact LEG
Geochemistry and Ore deposits
Team - Geochemistry and Ore deposits
Prof. Dr. Barbara Kleine-Marshall
Katharina Heyne
Yessica González Ixta
Lisa Lebrun
Nico Müller
Elisa Toivanen
Projects - Geochemistry and Ore deposits
GZN Facility for Laser Ablation Tandem Quadrupole ICP-MS (LA-ICP-MS/MS)
Paleontology
Team I Paleontology
Secretary
Professors
Wolfgang Kießling
IPCC Report
Axel Munnecke
Rachel Warnock
Scientific Staff (Pal)
Aldo Benites Palomino
Anna Lene Claussen
Danijela Dimitrijević
Elizabeth Dowding
Patrycja Dworczak
Ruilin Hao
Patrick Hänsel
Adam Kocsis
Anna Merkel
Ines Pyko
Isaiah Smith
Tasnuva Ming Khan
Sebastian Teichert
Technical Staff
Thomas Hübner
Birgit Leipner-Mata
Cristina Krause
Christian Schulbert
Barbara Seuß
Associated Staff
Dieta Ambros
Patrick Chellouche
Wagih Hannaa
Brigitte Hilpert
Michael Link
Matthias López Correa
Former employees
Franz Fürsich
Kenneth De Baets
Paläontologische Zeitschriften (outdated)
Richard Höfling
Roman Koch
Jeroen van Dijk
Baba Senowbari-Daryan
Emilia Jarochowska
Andreas Lauchstedt
Gregor Mathes
Theresa Nohl
Carl Reddin
Vanessa Julie Roden
Bryan Shirley
Jansen Smith
Mingyang Wei
Emma Dunne
Laura Mulvey
Paulina Nätscher
Contact I Paleontology
Research I Paleontology
Excavation site Hunas
Global Change Palaeobiology
Dynamics of Biodiversity
Carbonate Sedimentology & Facies Analysis
Equipment I Paleontology
Room booking I Paleo-Labs
Chemistry Lab
Cutting Lab
Epoxy Lab
Grinding Lab
Light Microscopy Lab
Micropal Lab
Preparation Lab
SEM Lab
Zeiss Fluorescence Microscope
Publications & Journals I Paleontology
Flügel Courses I Paleontology
Projects I Paleontology
Collection, Databases, Software I Paleontology
Discover Fossils with an App
International Master's
Becoming a student assistant I Paleontology
News I Paleontology
Petrology
Team - Petrology
Prof. Dr. Esther Schmädicke
Katharina Heyne
Projects - Petrology
Structural Geology and Tectonics
Team | StrucTec
Prof. Dr. Daniel Köhn
Dr. Eric Salomon
Dr. Hamed Fazli Khani
Dr. Jürgen Lang
Dr. Rahul Prabhakaran
Dr. Ruaridh Smith
Dr. Sofia-Katerina Kufner
Bakul Mathur, M. Sc.
Ehsan Ahmadi Olyaei, M. Sc.
Javad Karimi, M. Sc.
Maxime Fatzaun, M. Sc.
Research | StrucTec
Labs | StrucTec
Teaching | StrucTec
Publications | StrucTec
Projects | StrucTec
Contact | StrucTec
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