Research interests

I'm a Geologist whose research interests span a broad range of geological topics and mainly include sedimentary provenance analysis, tectonics and sedimentation, basin analysis, regional geology, and palaeogeography.

• Palaeogeographic and geodynamic evolution of North Gondwana and its periphery throughout the Phanerozoic
• Palaeogeographic and geodynamic evolution of Baltoscandia with a focus on the late Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic
• Environmental changes at the dawn of animal life
• Testing the reliability and improving methods and tools in sedimentary provenance analysis
• Research towards the exploration of natural resources

Scientific Positions

• Since 10/2021, Full Professor, Exogenous Geology / Sedimentology, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
• 2017–2021, Lecturer in Geoscience, Keele University, Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom
• 2016–2017, Lecturer (Privatdozent), Geoscience Center, University of Göttingen, Germany
• 2010–2016, Lecturer (Akademischer Rat auf Zeit), Geoscience Center, University of Göttingen, Germany
• 2008–2010, Research Geologist, CASP, Cambridge, United Kingdom
• 2003–2007, Research Associate, University of Mainz, Germany
• 2002–2003, Scientific Assistant, University of Jena, Germany

Academic Degrees

• 2016, Habilitation and Venia Legendi for Geology, University of Göttingen, Germany
• 2007, Doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat.), University of Mainz, Germany
• 2002, Diplom (M.Sc.) in Geology, University of Jena, Germany

Miscellaneous

• Elected Member of the German Research Foundation (DFG) Review Board 3.42 "Geology and Palaeontology", since 2024
• Guest Editor, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften (ZDGG), Special issue on "Regional geology: A key for answering questions in geosciences", 2023
• Editorial Board, International Journal of Earth Sciences, since 2019
• Editorial Board, Geological Magazine, since 2013
• Hans-Cloos-Prize 2013 by the German Geological Society (DGGV)
• One of the three founding members of the international Sedimentary Provenance Analysis Short Course at the Geoscience Center of the University of Göttingen, Germany
• Regular member of the Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft ‒ Geologische Vereinigung (DGGV), International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS), Thüringischer Geologischer Verein (TGV), Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Geowissenschaften Jena e. V. (GFG Jena; one of the founding members), and Freunde und Förderer der TU Bergakademie Freiberg e. V. (VFF)