Our Team
GeoZentrum Nordbayern has developed three very successful, internationally recognized research priority areas: Crustal Dynamics, Paleo-Environments and Applied Geosciences. Our research-focused team comprises 11 working groups. Here you will find all current employees of the GeoZentrum Nordbayern.

Christian Abe-Sauber
Chair of Mineralogy

Ehsan Ahmadi Olyaei
Professorship for Tectonics

Dr. Mohammad Al-Qadi
Professorship for Applied Geology and Environmental Systems Modeling

Dr. Dieta Carola Ambros
Chair of Paleoenvironmental Analysis

Prof. Johannes Barth (Ph.D.)
Chair of Applied Geology

Dr. Mónica Basilio Hazas
Professorship for Applied Geology and Environmental Systems Modeling

Mark Bauer
Chair of Applied Geology

Dr. Wolfgang Bauer
Chair of Geology (Exogenic Dynamics)

Dr. Aldo Marcelo Benites Palomino
Chair of Paleoenvironmental Analysis

Dr. David Bertermann
Chair of Geology (Exogenic Dynamics)

PD Dr. Luca Caracciolo
Chair of Geology (Exogenic Dynamics)

Prof. Dr. Gabriele Chiogna
Professorship for Applied Geology and Environmental Systems Modeling

Anna Lene Claußen
Chair of Geology (Exogenic Dynamics)

Dr. Marina Costa Rillo
Chair of Paleoenvironmental Analysis

Dr. Danijela Dimitrijevic
Chair of Paleoenvironmental Analysis

Dr. Elizabeth Dowding
Chair of Paleoenvironmental Analysis

Patrycja Genowefa Dworczak
Chair of Paleoenvironmental Analysis
Bettina Engl
Chair of Mineralogy
Maxime Fatzaun
Professorship for Tectonics
Dr. Hamed Fazli Khani
Professorship for Tectonics

Carla Feistner
Professorship for Applied Geology and Environmental Systems Modeling

Saskia Franke
Chair of Mineralogy

Dr. Simon Freitag
Chair of Geology (Exogenic Dynamics)

Aixala Gaillard
Chair of Applied Geology

PD Dr. Robert van Geldern
Chair of Applied Geology

Yessica Gonzalez Ixta
Professorship for Geochemistry of Ore Deposits

Prof. Dr. Werner von Gosen
Faculty of Sciences

Prof. Dr. Friedlinde Götz-Neunhoeffer
Chair of Mineralogy

Jocelyne Grosshauser
Chair of Mineralogy

Felix Gsell
Chair of Geology (Exogenic Dynamics)
Zhen Guo
Chair of Paleoenvironmental Analysis

Prof. Dr. Karsten Haase
Chair of Endogenous Geodynamics

Fabian Hampel
Chair of Endogenous Geodynamics

Christian Hanke
Chair of Applied Geology
Wagih Hannaa
Chair of Paleoenvironmental Analysis

Ruilin Hao
Professorship for Paleontology (Facies Analysis)

Melanie Hertel
Chair of Endogenous Geodynamics
Lisa Heß
Chair of Geology (Exogenic Dynamics)
Dr. Brigitte Hilpert
Chair of Paleoenvironmental Analysis
Klara Höbenreich
Professorship for Applied Geology and Environmental Systems Modeling

Thomas Hübner
Departmental Library 12 Geosciences

PD Dr. Katrin Hurle
Chair of Mineralogy

PD Dr. Daniel Jansen
Chair of Mineralogy

Dr. Meike Janßen
Chair of Geology (Exogenic Dynamics)

Prof. Dr. Michael Joachimski
Chair of Geology (Exogenic Dynamics)

Javad Karimi Aghsaghali
Research Training Group 2423/2 – Fracture across scales: Integrating mechanics, materials science, mathematics, chemistry, and physics

PD Dr. Manuel Keith
Chair of Endogenous Geodynamics

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kießling
Chair of Paleoenvironmental Analysis

Prof. Dr. Barbara Kleine-Marshall
Professorship for Geochemistry of Ore Deposits

Joël Koelewijn
Professorship for Systems Paleobiology

Prof. Dr. Daniel Köhn
Professorship for Tectonics
Yannik Köpplinger
Chair of Mineralogy
Michelle Kotynek-Winter
Professorship for Applied Geology and Environmental Systems Modeling

Mihaela-Cristina Krause
Chair of Paleoenvironmental Analysis

Dr. Sofia-Katerina Kufner
Professorship for Tectonics
Anushruti Kukreja
Professorship for Applied Geology and Environmental Systems Modeling

Dr. Jürgen Lang
Professorship for Tectonics

Lisa Lebrun
Professorship for Geochemistry of Ore Deposits

Prof. Dr. Oliver Lehnert
Faculty of Sciences

Birgit Leipner-Mata
Chair of Paleoenvironmental Analysis

Stefan Liedel
Chair of Geology (Exogenic Dynamics)

Matthias López Correa
Professorship for Paleontology (Facies Analysis)

Jan Maier
Chair of Applied Geology

Dr. Edward Marshall
Chair of Endogenous Geodynamics
Bakul Mathur
Research Training Group 2423/2 – Fracture across scales: Integrating mechanics, materials science, mathematics, chemistry, and physics

Anna Merkel
Chair of Paleoenvironmental Analysis

Anika Mielkau
Chair of Mineralogy

Nico Müller
Professorship for Geochemistry of Ore Deposits

Prof. Dr. Axel Munnecke
Professorship for Paleontology (Facies Analysis)

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Neubauer
Faculty of Sciences
Dr. Rahul Prabhakaran
Professorship for Tectonics

Ines Anna Pyko
Chair of Paleoenvironmental Analysis

Florian Rafalski
Chair of Mineralogy

PD Dr. Anette Regelous
GeoZentrum Nordbayern

PD Dr. Marcel Regelous
Chair of Endogenous Geodynamics

Dr. Beatrice Richieri
Professorship for Applied Geology and Environmental Systems Modeling

Dr. Pauline Rost
Chair of Mineralogy

Dr. Eric Salomon
Professorship for Tectonics

Bernd Schleifer
Chair of Mineralogy

Prof. Dr. Esther Schmädicke
Professorship for Mineralogy

Kathrin Schmid
Chair of Geology (Exogenic Dynamics)

Tillmann Schramm
Chair of Mineralogy

Jakob Schreiber
Chair of Mineralogy

Christina Schubert
Chair of Applied Geology

Christian Schulbert
Chair of Paleoenvironmental Analysis

Anja Schuster
Chair of Applied Geology

Bastian Seidl
Chair of Paleoenvironmental Analysis

Franziska Semmler
Professorship for Tectonics

Sachintha Lakshan Senarathne
Chair of Applied Geology

Dr. Barbara Seuß
Chair of Paleoenvironmental Analysis

Marie Singer
Chair of Mineralogy

Isaiah Smith
Chair of Paleoenvironmental Analysis
Dr. Ruaridh Smith
Professorship for Tectonics

Prof. Dr. Harald Stollhofen
Chair of Geology (Exogenic Dynamics)

Dr. Sebastian Teichert
Chair of Paleoenvironmental Analysis

Elisa Toivanen
Professorship for Geochemistry of Ore Deposits
Claudia Uebelein
Chair of Applied Geology
Dr. Muhammad Usman
Chair of Geology (Exogenic Dynamics)

Dr. Anna-Neva Visser
Chair of Applied Geology

Prof. Dr. Rachel Warnock
Professorship for Systems Paleobiology

Irene Wein
Chair of Applied Geology

Dr. Jeannette Wienke
Chair of Geology (Exogenic Dynamics)

Julian Wolf
Chair of Endogenous Geodynamics

Sabine Wolf
Chair of Paleoenvironmental Analysis
Dai Xu
Chair of Paleoenvironmental Analysis

Christina Zametzer
Chair of Applied Geology
Francesca Ziliotto
Professorship for Applied Geology and Environmental Systems Modeling