Absolute time constraints on multistage tungsten enrichment and re-distribution processes in the Felbertal scheelite deposit (Eastern Alps)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Sachbeihilfe Normalverfahren SCHU 676/25-1 in Priority Program SPP 2238 Dynamik der Erzmetallanreicherung DOME. Cooperation with Dr. Joachim Krause at Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology.

Petrochronology with Th-U-Pb-monazite dating in the Zone Erbendorf-Vohenstrauß (ZEV) (Saxothuringian Allochthon, NE-Bavaria)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Sachbeihilfe Normalverfahren, SCHU 676/24-1

Magmatic and metamorphic record of the West Gondwana Amalgamation in the South Brasilia Orogen
This is a DAAD financed Ph. D. project for M. Sc. Mikaella Balis. In cooperation with Prof. Dr. Mario da Costa Campos Neto, University of São Paulo, Brazil

Electron probe microanalyser (EPMA) Th-U-Pb age dating of monazite in various Paleozoic and older orogens (Bohemian Massif, Patagonia, Cameroon, Namibia)
In cooperation with colleagues from other institutions e.g. Dr. J. Akame, Prof. Dr. S. Owona, Prof. Dr. T. Will, Dr. Martinez, Prof. Dr. Meinhold, Dr. M. Lapp and Dr. S. Weber (LfULG Saxony), and J. Krause (Helmholtz Institute Freiberg) - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Sachbeihilfe Normalverfahren, SCHU 676/20-1, B. Schulz (TUBAF) und J. Krause (HIF).

SEM-based Automated Mineralogy with Mineral Liberation Analysis (MLA)
Characterisation of metal ores and their processing products (numerous single projects)

SEM-based Automated Mineralogy analytical routines applied to petrology
Characterisation of metamorphic, magmatic and sedimentary rocks by SEM-AM. Semiquantitative EDX spectral mapping of metamorphic garnet in metapelites. Spectral mapping of eclogites and blueschists. Quantification of porphyric volcanic rocks.

Detrital zircon in the Austroalpine basement units, Eastern Alps.
Studies on age dating and isotope geochemistry of detrital zircon in paragneisses and micaschists of the Early Paleozoic Austroalpine Basement of the Eastern Alps. In cooperation with S. Siegesmund (GZG at Göttingen), S. Oriolo (CONICET at Buenos Aires) and M. Stipp Basei, Universidade de Sao Paolo, Brazil.

SAXMON: Th-U-Pb age pattern of metamorphic monazite in the Variscan high pressure units of the Saxothuringian Zone (Saxony, NE-Bavaria).
In cooperation with U. Schuessler (U Wuerzburg), E. Stein (TU Darmstadt), M. Lapp (LfULG Saxony), and J. Krause (Helmholtz Institute Freiberg) - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Sachbeihilfe Normalverfahren, SCHU 676/20-1, B. Schulz (TUBAF) und J. Krause (HIF). 

Archean Rare-metal Pegmatites in Zimbabwe and Western Australia. Geology and Metallogeny of Pollucite Mineralisations.
In cooperation with T. Dittrich and T. Seifert (TU Freiberg)

EMP-monazite dating and geothermobarometry in the Araçuai Orogen, Brazil. 
In cooperation with G. Queiroga and M. Martins (University Ouro Preto), and A. C. Pedrosa-Soares (University Belo Horizonte), Brazil

Crystallization and decomposition of monazite during Early-Alpine high pressure overprint in the Saualpe nappe pile, Eastern Alps.
In cooperation with F. Finger and E. Krenn (Salzburg). Financed by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SCHU 676/13).

EMP-monazite age dating and geothermobarometry in the Variscan Austroalpine basement of Oetztal-Stubai (Eastern Alps, Austria).
Project which bundles the diploma theses by D. Rösel, S. Rode, F. Kaiser, D. Käbisch, K. Reiter and M. Richter.

Time resolution of metamorphic-magmatic events in the Palaeozoic active margin of the northern Wilson Terrane (Ross Orogen, North Victoria Land).
In cooperation with U. Schüssler (Würzburg). Financed by funds of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (U. Schüssler, SCHU 873/6) in the SPP 1158 Antarctic Research Priority Program).

Trace elements in garnet and monazite and EMP Th-U-Pb dating of tectonothermal processes in the inverted metamorphic series of La Sioule and Haut Allier (French Massif Central).
In cooperation with F. Finger and E. Krenn (Salzburg). Financed by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SCHU 676/12).

Dating of metamorphism in metapelites of the Léon Domain (Armorican Massif, France) by trace element analysis in monazite and garnet (EMP and LA-ICPMS).
In cooperation with F. Finger, Salzburg; R. Klemd, H. Brätz, H. de Wall, Würzburg. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft SCHU 676/10.

EMP monazite Th-U-Pb dating of polyphase metamorphism in metapelites from the Austroalpine Schobergruppe, Eastern Alps.
In cooperation with F. Finger and E. Krenn, Salzburg; R. Klemd and H. Brätz, Würzburg. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft SCHU 676/9.

Host rock compositional controls on zircon trace-element signatures in metabasites from the Austroalpine basement.
In cooperation with R. Klemd and H. Brätz (Würzburg). Financed by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, SCHU 676/8-2.

Isotope geochemistry (Pb-Pb-zircon, Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, O) in metabasites and orthogneisses, and pre-Variscan geodynamics in the Austroalpine basement (Eastern Alps).
In cooperation with M. Tichomirowa and K. Bombach, Freiberg; S. Pawlig, Göttingen. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, SCHU 676/8-1.

Metamorphism of basic rocks in the classical Barrovian mineral zones in Scotland.
In cooperation with M. Zenk (Erlangen) and C. Triboulet (Paris). Financed by DAAD German Academic Exchange Organization.

Oxygen isotope record of fluid-rock-SiO₂ interaction during Variscan progressive quartz veining and deformation in the meta-volcanosediments of Belle-Ile (Southern Brittany).
In cooperation with Z. Sharp (Lausanne) and C. Audren (Rennes). Financed by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, SCHU 676/6.

Variscan metamorphism of glaucophane-eclogites, blueschists and greenschists from Ile de Groix, Brittany.
In cooperation with C. Triboulet (Paris) and C. Audren (Rennes). Financed by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, SCHU 676/6.