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Thorsten Schäfer

Prof. Dr. habil.

Telephone: 03641 /  948640
Telefax: 03641 / 948622

E-Mail: thorsten.schaefer@uni-jena.de

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Personal information

Birth Date and Place: 11.09.1969, Wiesbaden, Germany
Marital Status: Married, 3 children

Educational history

• 2008
  
  • Habilitation (Priv. Doz. Dr. habil., 2008)
    Freie Universität Berlin,  Department of Geosciences, Germany
    Advisor: Prof. Dr. A. Pekdeger
    
    
• 1998
  
  • Ph.D. in Hydrogeology (Dr. rer. nat., 1998)
    Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Department of Geosciences, Germany
    Advisors: Prof. Dr. D. Schenk, Prof. Dr. F. Sirocko (University of Mainz)
    
    
• 1994
  
  • Diploma in Geology (Dipl. Geol., 1994)
    Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Department of Geosciences, Germany
    Advisors: Prof. Dr. D. Schenk & Dr. H. Knoke, Depart­ment of Geoscience

Employment

• seit 6/2017
  University Professor and Chair of Applied Geology
  Friedrich-Schiller-Universität (FSU) Jena, Germany
  Institute of Earth Sciences
  
  
• 10/2014 – 2017
  Professor of Chemical Environmental Geology
  Karlsruher Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
  Department of Applied Geosciences, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Geo and Environmental Sciences
  
  
• 2014 – 2017
  Deputy Director
  Karlsruher  Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
  of the Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE)
  
  
• 2009 – 2017
  Deputy divisional head "Geochemistry"
  Karlsruher  Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
  of the Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE)
  
  
• 2008 – 2009
  Deputy Head of the "Geochemistry" Department
  Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, INE, Germany
  
  
• 2004 – 2012
  Group Leader "Radionuclide Migration"
  Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, INE, Germany
  
  
• 2002 – 2009
  Group Leader "Colloid Chemistry"
  Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, INE, Germany
  
  
• 1999 – 2000
  Staff scientist
  Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, INE, Germany
  
  
• 2000 – 2001
  Postdoctoral Research Associate
  Brookhaven National Laboratory (NSLS) & State Univer­sity of New York, USA
  
  
• 1996 – 1998
  Research Associate
  Johannes Gutenberg  University of Mainz, Germany
  DFG priority program 546 "Geochemical processes with long-term effects in anthropogenically- affected seepage and groundwater"
  
  
• 1994 – 1995
  Research Associate
  Johannes Gutenberg  University of Mainz, Germany
  German Research Foundation (DFG) priority program 546 "Geochemical processes with long-term effects in anthropogenically-affected seepage and groundwater"
  
  
• 1994
  Research Associate
  Johannes Gutenberg  University of Mainz, Germany
  Compilation of a hy­drocarbon reservoir rock data base for the expert system FROCKI (German Society for Petroleum and Coal Science and Technology, DGMK)
  
  
• 1995 – 1996
  Military Service
  Department of air traffic control (AFSBw)

Awards and recognitions

• 2000
  Johannes Gutenberg PhD award for outstanding scientific research
  
  
• 2008
  Scientific Highlight of the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS)
  (http://www.bnl.gov/isd/documents/44323.pdfExternal link)

Service

International

• 2017 – present
  Associated Editor for Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry, Elsevier
• 2016 – present
  Guest Editor for Geothermal Energy Journal, Springer
• 2015 –2016
  Guest Editor for Clays and Clay Minerals
• 2014 – present
  Associated Editor, Applied Geochemistry, Elsevie
• 2010 – present
  Member of the expert panel on radionuclide migration in plastic clays for the ONDRAF/NIRAS and SCK∙CEN preparation of the Safety and Feasibility Case-1 (SFC-1)
• 2006 – present
  Laboratory coordinator of the Grimsel Test Site (GTS) Colloid Formation & Migration (CFM) project
• 2005 – present
  Representative of INE in the NEA-OECD "ClayClub" focusing on the characterization, the understanding and the Performance of Argillaceous Rocks as Repository Host Formations
  Proposal Review Committee (PRT) member of the PSI-SLS synchrotron facility "Hard XAS", Advanced light source (ALS, Berkeley) & Canadian Light Source (CLS) Panel on Geoscience applications

National

• 2013 – present
  Principal investigator (PI); research field energy proposal for a Helmholtz research programme "Renewable Energies Topic 4: Geothermal Energy Systems" (2015-2019)
• 2013 – present
  Principal investigator (PI); research field energy proposal for a Helmholtz research programme "Nuclear Waste Management and Safety as well as Radiation Research Topic 1: Nuclear Waste Management" (2015-2019)
• 2016 – 2017
  Member "Geo/Water" of the Council for Research and Promotion of Young Scientists (CRYS) at KIT
• 2014 – 2017 
  Deputy Topic speaker "Georesources" of the KIT Climate and Environment Center
• 2012 – present
  Member of the Holcim-Award
• 2009 – present
  Advisory committee member of the "Center of Competence for Material Moisture, CMM"

Katrin Schönherr

Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Raum H 101

Telephone: 03641 /  948621

Telefax: 03641 / 948622 

Email: katrin.schoenherr@uni-jena.de

 

Dirk Merten

Dr.

Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room H118

Telephone: 03641 / 948616

E-Mail: dirk.merten@uni-jena.de

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Research focus: BioGeo processes, (Nano)particles

Employment

Dr. Dirk Merten, born on 29. January 1969 in Lünen

• since 11/03 
  
  • Head of the Hydrogeochemical lab at the Institute of Geosciences at the Friedrich Schiller university Jena

• since 07/99
  
  • Responsible for the ICP-MS system at the Institute of Geosciences at the Friedrich Schiller university Jena

• 12/98 
  
  • Grade: Dr. rer. nat.

• 07/97 – 08/97 
  
  • Stay abroad at ISA Jobin Yvon in France, funded by the LEONARDO-Project oft he European Union

• 09/95 – 12/98 
  
  • PhD in the group Analytical Chemistry (translated from German):
    "Development of direct and coupled methods for the analysis of ZrO₂
    based ceramic powders using fast sequential atomic emission spectrometry with the inductively coupled plasma."

• 08/95 
  
  • Grade: Dipl.-Chem.

• 01/95 – 08/95 
  
  • Diploma thesis (translated from German):
    "Modelling and experimental verification of the evaporation behaviour
    of refractory particles for ICP-OES with pneumatic nebulization of suspensions"

• 10/94 – 11/94 
  
  • Diploma examination

• 10/89 – 11/94 
  
  • Studies of Chemistry at the University of Dortmund

Academic teaching

Bio-Geo-Colloquium (WS and SS), in English

In a weekly lecture series lecturers report on their research on the manifold interactions in the systems atmosphere, plant, soil, and groundwater. The lecture series is focused on the spatially and temporally extremely diverse microbiological, molecular genetic, geological, hydrogeochemical, mineralogical, pedological, and geoecological mechanisms transport and impact of substances in the environment rely on.

The current program can be found hereExternal link

Schedule: during the lecture period, Tuesday, 4.15 p.m. to 6 p.m., Lecture Hall, Wöllnitzer Str. 7

Methods applied in hydrogeochemistry (WS), in German

Knowledge of sampling groundwater and surface water and its preservation for analysis for organic and inorganic water constituents is provided. An introduction to various analytical methods for dissolved and colloidal water constituents and for extraction from soils is given. Practical applications are made to check plausibility and to evaluate and present analytical results. 

(For current dates please search in the course catalog External linkunder event no.: 45686)

Biogeoscientific career field (WS)

Career orientation is of fundamental interest to students. For this reason, a new module was established for the winter semester 2023/2024, which combines the support offered by the Career Point de for career orientation and applications with the legal and business management knowledge for setting up and working in companies taught in the Business Competence course. The module is supplemented by a seminar in which graduates from the biogeosciences report on their current professional fields and the relevant qualifications acquired during their studies.

Bio-Geo-Interactions 1 (Part 2) , in German

Literature and database research on selected topics in the geosciences and biosciences and the presentation of the acquired knowledge promote the ability to work independently in a scientific manner.

(For current dates please search in the course catalog External link under event no.: 22750)

Projects

• AquaDiva
• SPIEG3L
• CONCERT_CCair

Research

Rare earth elements as tools for process studies in various environmental compartments

After normalization to suitable standards such as Post Archean Australian Shale Rare earth elements (REE: La- Lu) can be applied to study processes such as dissolution, co(preciptation), sorption in the system water, soil, rock, and biota.

However, the application of REE for process studies relies on high qualitative analytical data. Typically, concentrations of REE in the environment are rather low while matrix elements are often highly concentrated thus impeding analytical measurements. For this reason methods for matrix separation/enrichment of REE from the water phase and for the interfrence free determination of REE are developed (further).

A further research topic is the microbial impact on geochemical processes.

Saeid Sadeghnejad

Dr.

Room: H 307

Telephone: 03641 / 948618

E-Mail: s.sadeghnejad@uni-jena.de

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Research interest: Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in porous media during the energy transition period

Employment

• since January 2024
  • Researcher at Friedrich Schiller University Jena
    Institute for Geosciences
• 2020-2022
  
  • Researcher, Alexander von Humboldt fellowship
    Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany
• since 2020
  
  • Associate Professor of Petroleum Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Engineering
    Tarbiat Modares University, Iran
• 2014-2021
  • Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Engineering
    Tarbiat Modares University, Iran
• 2014-2024
  • Company Advisor, Core analysis laboratory
    Bien company, Iran
• 2017
  • Visiting Research Scholar
    University of Waterloo, Canada
• 2006-2014
  • Senior Reservoir Ingenieur/Software developer
    MAPSA Co., Iran

Education

• 2006-2011
  
  • PhD candidate in Petroleum Engineering
    Sharif university of Technology, Tehran, Iran
    Dissertation: Estimation of reservoir performance parameter using percolation approach

• 2004-2006
  
  • Master program: Reservoir Engineering (Petroleum Engineering)(M.sc.)
    Sharif university of Technology, Tehran, Iran
    Masterthesis: Characterization of reservoir rock properties using wavelet transform
    and fractal analysis

• 2000-2004
  
  • Bachelor program: Chemical Engineering (B.Sc.)
    Sharif university of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Awards/Grants

• 2020-2022
  Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers at Institut für Geowissenschaften, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany
• 2010
  Innovation award for distinguished innovation in research and education for phD thesis (Certificate of Dr. Mojtahedi), Sharif University of Technology

Lectures

Introduction to Machine Learning in Geosciences (MGEO005, MGEO006)

How is Artificial Intelligence (AI) being used in Geosciences today? This block course  will answer this question by introducing the capabilities of AI and, more specifically, machine learning techniques for geoscience applications. Participants in this course not only gain proficiency in programming (in Python) but also acquire a thorough understanding of the diverse applications of machine learning (in Pytorch) within this framework.

Coring and core analysis analysis in oil and gas (in Vorlesung Rohstoffgeologie)

In this course, formation evaluation via integrated core analysis and geological studies is presented. The role of geoscience in analyzing core rock properties extracted from hydrocarbon reservoirs is introduced. The course covers the essential steps of coring, routine core analysis (RCAL), special core analysis (SCAL), and geological studies.

Digital rock physics (DRP)

The two paradigms of digital rock physics (DRP) are imaging and computation. Participants in this course delve into the revolutionary advancement of rock analysis through advanced imaging techniques and computational technologies. They learn to construct digital twin of rock samples at the pore scale, enabling detailed simulations and analyses of their physical properties and behaviours. Participants in this course will learn the steps involved in CT scanning using the available 3D x-rax microscope Xradia versa 620 (Zeiss Co.). Additionally, they will gain proficiency in image preprocessing and analysis (using Avizo, ImageJ, and Dragonfly). Furthermore, various pore scale modelling approaches, including PNM, LBM, and DNS, will be taught to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of the subject matter

Marjan Ashrafizadeh

Dr.

Room: H 307

Telephone: 03641 / 948618

E-Mail: marjan.ashrafizadeh@uni-jena.de

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Research interest: Design, synthesis, and characterization of smart polymeric systems for various applications

Employment

• since 2024
  
  • PostDoc at Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
    Institute for Geosciences
• 2019-2021
  
  • Lab Data Analyst, Core Analysis Laboratory, Bien Company, Iran
• 2017
  • Visiting Research Scholar, Laboratory for Functional Colloids and Sustainable Nanomaterials, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada
• 2016
  • Teaching Assistant, Fluid Mechanics, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran
• 2015-2016
  • Research Assistant, Laboratory for Dynamic Surface Phenomena and Colloidal Systems, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran
• 2010-2012
  • Teaching Assistant, Heat Transfer Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran

Education

•  2019
  • Ph.D. Chemical Engineering
    University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
    Dissertation: Synthesis and performance investigation of pH-sensitive polymer for water flow pattern control
    
    
• 2011
  
  • M.Sc. Polymer Engineering (Chemical Engineering)
    Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
    Master thesis: Experimental investigation and theoretical modelling of swelling and solution of nanoscale coated polyacrylamide particles in porous media

• 2009
  
  • B.Sc. Chemical Engineering
    Technische Universität Sharif, Teheran, Iran
    Bachelor thesis: Laboratory investigation of the viscosity of dilute polyacrylamide solutions in high saline media

Marcus Böhm

Dr.

Telephone: 03641 948697

Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room H121

E-Mail: marcus.boehm@uni-jena.de

Project assignment: BMBF-Project TRAVARIS

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Employment

• Since January 2018
  
  • PhD-student at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
    Institute of Geosciences
    Chair of Applied Geology

Education

• October 2014 - February 2017:
  
  • Master program: Geography (M.Sc.)
    Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
    Master's thesis: The importance of internal re-dissolution potentials of nutrients and heavy metals in polymictic shallow lakes using the example of Lake Süsser See
    
    
• October 2011 - September 2014
  • Bachelor program: Geography (B.Sc.)
    Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg

Field of research interests:

My last research topics were related to the investigation of the Fe-S-C-systems of (semi-)terrestrial and aquatic sediment bodies. Within my PhD thesis in the TRANS-LARA project I am working on the effect of colloids/nanoparticles on the transfer of radionuclides from the saturated groundwater system through the vadose zone to the biosphere (soil) under different climatic scenarios expected within the safety assessment period of a deep geological nuclear waste repository.

Further Interests: Limnology, GIS, Botany

Dietrich Berger

Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room H307

Telephone: 03641 / 948618

E-Mail: dietrich.berger@uni-jena.de

Vegetation is a main landscape feature. It is anthropogenic influenced more or less and subjected to succession.  Particularly dynamic changes can be observed in devastated post mining areas as around Ronneburg. Standardized vegetation surveys are necessary to analyze such changes, for example vegetation survey according to Braun-Blanquet. With ecological indicator values of different species site conditions can be concluded."

Frank Buchwald

Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room H009

Telephone: 03641 / 948603

E-Mail: frank.buchwald@uni-jena.de

Ulrike Buhler

Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room H309D and L002

Telephone: 03641 / 948641 und 03641 / 948649

E-Mail: ulrike.buhler@uni-jena.de

Ruth Amenuvela Ewouame

Room: 111A

Telephone: 03641 / 9-48669

E-Mail:ruth.amenuvela.ewouame@uni-jena.de

Project assignment: AquaDiva

Employment

• Since October 2022
  • Ph.D candidate at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
    Institute of Earth Sciences
    Chair of Applied Geology

Education

•  September 2020 – July 2022
  • Master program: Environment Management: Soils, Wastes and Polluted Sites Management (M.Sc.)
    Aix-Marseille University, France
    Master's thesis: Role of the colloidal fraction in the transport and the fate of metallic pollutants in surfaces waters

•  September 2019 – June 2020
  • Bachelor program: Environmental Sciences (B.Sc.)
    Perpignan University, France
    Bachelor's thesis: Application of analytical chemistry in Environmental Sciences

•  October 2014 – August 2018
  • Bachelor: Water and Environment Management
    Lomé University, Togo
    Bachelor's thesis: Organic wastes composting and use on corn crop

 

Valentin Gabert

M.Sc. Biogeosciences

Room: Burgweg 11, H 312 C

Telephone: 03641 / 948634

E-Mail: valentin.gabert@uni-jena.de

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Research focus: Transport properties of radionuclides

Project assignment: SPIEG3L

 

 

 

 

Education

• since April 2024
  
  • Ph.D candidate at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
    Institute of Earth Sciences
    Chair of Applied Geology

• 11/2020-03/2024
  
  • Master program: Biogeosciences (M.Sc.)
    Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
  • Master's thesis: Methodischer Vergleich zur Pflanzenaufbereitung von Getreide/Holz zur Ermittlung möglicher Verunreinigungen im Arbeitsprozess für Spurenelementanalyse

• 10/2017-09/2020
  
  • Bachelor program: Biogeosciences (B.Sc.)
    Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
    Bachelor's thesis: Investigation of the production of metallophores in the chemosphere of the macroalga Ulva under copper stress

Steffen Hellmann

M. Sc. Chemistry – Energy – Environment

PhD student in the structured PhD program of the International Max Planck Research School for global Biogeochemical Cycles (IMPRS-gBGC) at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena associated with the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena

Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room H 305

Telephone: 03641 / 948667
Fax: 03641 / 948622

E-Mail: steffen.hellmann@uni-jena.de

Project affiliation(s): DFG SPP 2005, CONCERT_CCair

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Employment

• since Feb. 2021
  
  • PhD student at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
    Institute of Geosciences
    Working group: Applied Geology
    associated with the
  • Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
    Biogeochemical Processes
    Working group: Molecular Biogeochemistry
    Thesis-Working title: Application of single particle/single cell ICP-MS to geotechnical and biogeochemical suspension

• October 2018 – December 2020
  • Master program: Chemistry - Energy - Environment (M. Sc.)
    Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
    Master’s thesis: Analytical Investigations to estimate phosphorus re-dissolution rates in trace levels of selected topsoils and river sediments (applied at: Thuringian State Office for Agriculture and Rural Areas, Jena)
    

• September 2014 – February 2018
  • Bachelor program: Chemistry- and Environmental Engineering (B. Sc.)
    Technische Hochschule Lübeck
    Bachelor’s thesis: Element fingerprint of sediment samples from the German river Weser as well as method development for the measurement of stable Pb isotope ratios using ICP-MS/MS (applied at: Helmholtz-Centre Geesthacht)
    

• August 2012 – June 2014
  • Further apprenticeship to Environmental Protection Engineer
    Freiherr-vom-Stein-Berufskolleg Werne
    Title of project work: Documentation of the remediation of contaminated sites on an industrial site in “Kreis Warendorf (Germany)” with the focus on the comparison of remediation alternatives and the interpretation of pollutant analysis (applied at: Umweltlabor ACB GmbH, Münster)

• August 2008 – June 2011
  • Apprenticeship to Chemistry Laboratory Worker
    Umweltlabor ACB GmbH, Münster

Career

• July 2011 – August 2012
  • Chemistry Laboratory Worker (full time),
    Department: Organic chemistry, GC-ECD / GC- MS, PCB analytics
    Umweltlabor ACB GmbH, Münster

Awards

• November 2018
  • Winner of the Possehl-Engineer price 2018
    Possehl-Stiftung Lübeck for the best thesis of TH Lübeck

Stay abroad

• April 2018 – August 2018
  • ERASMUS+ research internship
    Department: Trace Element Speciation Laboratory (TESLA)
    University of Aberdeen, Scotland
• September 2022 – December 2022
  
  • Research stay as part of the PhD
    Mass Spectrometry and Biomedical Analysis group, University of Oviedo, Spain

Publications

• Akhdhar A, Schneider M, Hellmann S, Orme A, Carasek E, Krupp  E M, Feldmann, J (2021) The Use of Microwave-Induced Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry for Fluorine Determination and its Application to Tea Infusions External link
• Deng F, Hellmann S, Zimmermann T, Pröfrock D (2021) Using Sr-Nd-Pb isotope systems to trace sources of sediment and trace metals to the Weser River system (Germany) and assessment of input to the North SeaExternal link, Science of the Total Environment 791, 148127.
• Hellmann S, Kießling G, Leiterer M, Schindewolf M, Orme A M, von Tümpling W (2022) Analytical investigations to estimate phosphorus re-dissolution rates in trace levels of selected topsoils and river sedimentsExternal link. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 22,  3304–3321.
• Pott U, Crasselt C, Fobbe N, Haist M, Heinemann M, Hellmann S, Ivanov D, Jakob C, Jansen D, Lei L, Li R, Link J, Lowke D, Mechtcherine V, Neubauer J, Nicia D, Plank J, Reißig S, Schäfer T, Schilde C, Schmidt W, Schröfl C, Sowoidnich T, Strybny B, Ukrainczyk N, Wolf J, Xiao P, Stephan D (2023) Characterization data of reference materials used for phase II of the priority program DFG SPP 2005 “Opus Fluidum Futurum – Rheology of reactive, multiscale, multiphase construction materials"External link. Data in Brief 47, 108902.
• Hellmann S, García-Cancela P, Alonso-Fernández S, Corte-Rodríguez M, Bettmer J, Manteca A, Merten D, Gil-Díaz T, Schäfer T, Montes-Bayón M (2024) Single cell ICP-MS to evaluate the interaction behaviour for Cd, Ce and U with Streptomyces coelicolor sporesExternal link. Chemosphere 347, 140633.
• Hellmann S, Gil-Diaz T, Böhm M, Merten D, Grangeon S, Warmont F, Unbehau S, Sowoidnich T, Schäfer T  (2024, submitted) Characterization of nanoparticles in ethanolic suspension using spICP-MS: application for cementitious systems. ACS Omega.

Sarah Hupfer

Dr.

Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room H 304

Telephone: 03641 / 948634

E-Mail: Sarah.Hupfer@uni-jena.de

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Employment

• Since 08/2019
  • Postdoc at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute for Geosciences
    
  • responsible person for the 3D x-ray microscope

• 08/2014-12/2018
  
  • Research fellow at Leibniz-Institut for Applied Geophysics in the section Rock Physics & Borehole Geophysics
    Project: Junior Research Group Subrosion - Investigation of the complex electrical properties for the characterization of carbonate rocks.
    PhD thesis: Spectral Induced Polarization of an enhanced pore space characterization and analysis of solution processes of carbonate rocks

Education

• 2011-2014
  
  • Master program: Geosciences (M.Sc.)
    Specialization geophysics
    University of Potsdam
    Master's thesis: Systematic Investigations of the Complex Electrical Resistance of Mineral-Sand-Mixtures

• 2008-2011
  
  • Bachelor program: Geosciences (B.Sc.)
    University of Potsdam
    Bachelor's thesis: Coulomb Voltage Changes caused by the Tohoku-oki Earthquake

Ines Kamp

Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room L002 and H015

Telephone: 03641 / 948649 und 03641 / 948708

E-Mail: ines.kamp@uni-jena.de

Anna Kogiomtzidis

Telephone: 0511 762 3895

Adress: Herrenhäuser Str. 2, 30419 Hannover, Buildung 4113, Room 020

E-Mail: kogiomtzidis@irs.uni-hannover.de

Research focus: Radionuclide transport in soil

Project assignment: BMBF-Project Travaris

 

 

Employment

• since May 2024
  • PhD student at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
    Institute for Geosciences
    Chair of Applied Geology
  • since January 2022
    • PhD student at the Leibniz University Hannover
      Institute of Radioecology and Radiation Protection

Education

• 2019 - 2021
  • Master program: Physics (M.Sc.)
    Master thesis: Development of a Python application for isotope pattern recognition and ligand analysis of mass spectra measured with an Orbitrap mass analyser
• 2015 - 2019
  • Bachelor program: Physics (B.Sc.)
    Bachelor thesis: Identification of europium species with time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy (TRLFS)

Annemie Kusturica

M.Sc. Geoscience

Telephone: 03641 948644

Room: H111B

E-Mail:

annemie.kusturica@uni-jena.de

Project assignment:

WTZ-Granit

 

Professional career

• Since July 2021
  
  • Ph.D candidate at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
    Institute of Earth Sciences
    Chair of Applied Geology
    Project: WTZ-Granit

Education

• April 2018- May 2021
  
  • Master program: Geoscience (M.Sc.)
    Specialization Geology
    Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
    Master´s thesis: Calcite fracture-fillings as geochemical archive and natural retention of trace-elements
    
    
• Oktober 2014 - September 2018
  • Bachelor program:  Bio-Geoscience (B.Sc.)
    Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
    Bachelor´s thesis: Aufreinigung von Siderphoren aus Bodenbakterien des Schlöppnerbrunnen

Dan Frederik Lange

M.Sc. Marine Geosciences
PhD student in the graduate program International Max Planck Research School for Global Biogeochemical Cycles at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, in association with the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

Room: B1.019 (Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry)

Telefon: 03641 / 576146

Telefax: 03641 / 948622

E-Mail:dan.frederik.lange@uni-jena.de

 

 

Academic Education

• since Feb. 2021
  • PhD-Student an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
    Institute of Geosciences.
    Faculty for Applied Geosciences.
    Associated with the
  • Max Planck Institute for Biogeosciences
    Department Biogeochemical Processes
    Working group: Molecular Biogeochemistry

• Oct. 2017 – Sept. 2020
  • Master program: Marine Geosciences (M.Sc.)
    Specialization: Biogeochemistry
    University of Bremen
  • Master's thesis: Position-specific ¹³C labeling of amino acids: Water column turnover and microbial transformation pathways in the shelf region off Cape Blanc. Hinrichs Lab, Marum

• Oct. 2012 – March 2017
  • Bachelor program: Geosciences (B. Sc.)
    University of Bremen
    Specialization: Geochemie
  • Bachelor's thesis: Vergleich von lipidischen SST-Proxys in Partikel- und Sedimentproben in Abhängigkeit von der Wassertiefe am Kontinentalrand vor Nordwest-Iberien. Hinrichs Lab, Marum.

• August 2003 – Mai 2012
  • Abitur, A level.
    Sophie-Scholl-Gymnasium, Itzehoe

 Awards

• Dec. 2020
  • Best Thesis Award in Marine Geosciences, for the master thesis. University of Bremen

Alessio Leins

Telephone: +49 331 288 28702

E-Mail: alessio.leins@gfz-potsdam.de

 

Project affiliation: REFLECT - Redefining geothermal fluid properties at extreme conditions to optimize future geothermal energy extraction.

Education

• since January 2020
  
  • PhD Candidate
    GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam
    Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute for Earth Sciences

• 2015-2019
  
  • Master program: Geoecology (M.Sc.)
    University Potsdam
    Master's Thesis: Release and fate of organic and inorganic matter from the Batagaika thaw slump to the Yana River in central Yakutia (Russia) due to rapid permafrost degradation

•  2012-2015
  
  • Bachelor progam: Biogeosciences (B.Sc.)
    Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

Ariunzaya Löwe

Room: H304

Telephone: 03641 / 948634

E-Mail: ariunzaya.loewe@uni-jena.de

Project assignment:
RENA Biological radionuclide removal using natural association processes - (BMBF: 02NUK066B)

Field of Work:
Pore space characterisation and reactive transport modelling

Project assignment: RENA

Employment

• since July 2022
  
  • Ph.D candidate at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
    Institute of Earth Sciences
    Chair of Applied Geology
    Project: RENA

Education

• October 2015 – April 2019
  • Master program: Geoscience (M.Sc.)
    Specialization Geophysics
    Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
    Master’s Thesis: Petrophysical characteristics of core materials from Muschelkalk drilled in the framework of the INFLUINS Project
• 2010 – 2013
  • Master program: Geophysics (M.Sc.)
    Mongolian University of Science and Technology, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
    Master Thesis: Software based analysis of gravity anomalies caused by faulted thin slabs using a least squares-method
    
    
• 2006 – 2010
  • Bachelor program: Software Engineering (B.Sc.)
    Huree University of Information, Communication and Technology, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
    Bachelor’s Thesis: E-Book of Mongolian language (C#)

Sarah Nettemann

Dr.

Telephone: 03641 / 948667

Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room H 305

E-Mail: sarah.nettemann@uni-jena.de

Research focus: GeoBio interactions, (bio)colloid/nanoparticle characterization, rhizosphere processes

Project affiliation: BMBF-Projekt MykoBEst

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Education

• since 2024
  
  • Postdoc in the project MykoBEst de
• August 2019 - April 2024
  
  • Ph.D candidate at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
    Institute of Earth Sciences
    Chair of Applied Geology
    PhD thesis: Mobility of trace elements associated with natural nanoparticles in acid mine drainage influenced pore-and groundwaters

•  October 2016 – March 2019
  • Master program: Biogeosciences (M.Sc.)
    Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
    Master's thesis: Nanoparticle Tracking Fluorescence Analysis (Fluo-NTA): a new method to differentiate between inorganic nanoparticles and biocolloids?

•  October 2013 – September 2016
  • Bachelorprogram: Biogeosciences (B.Sc.)
    Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
    Bachelor's thesis: Investigation of the diversity of methylamine-utilizing microorganisms in freshwater ecosystems

Michael Pirrung

PD Dr.

Responsibilities: Room plan, lecture plan and exam dates (Friedolin) for the study paths B.Sc. and M.Sc. Geosciences, lectureships geology, proportionaltely organisation of biogeoscientific field course. 

 

Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room 111B

Telephone: 03641 / 948644

E-Mail: michael.pirrung@uni-jena.de

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Teaching (in german language)

WS: introduction to geosciences field trip, introduction to remote sensing/GIS, proportionately soft rocks.

SS: mapping for biogeosciences, geological mapping course for biogeosciences, earth history field trip for M.Sc. Geography, proportionately introduction to applied geology.

Projects

• Dust sources
• FluviMag
• Saale Clarke

Research

• Dust as environmental signal from geogenic and anthropogenic sources
• magnetic susceptibility of recent fluvial sediments and their catchment rocks in Germany and surrounding areas
• geochemistry of catchment rocks and recent fluvial sediments in the catchment of river Thüringische Saale

Caroline Pukallus

Telephone: 48667

Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room: H305

E-Mail: caroline.pukallus@uni-jena.de

Project affiliation: BMBF-Projekt MykoBEst

Field of research: Dendroanalysis

 

 

 

 

Employment

• Since February 2024
  • PhD student at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
    Institute of Geosciences
    Chair of Applied Geology

Education

• October 2021 – March 2024
  • Master program: Environmental and Georesources Management (M. Sc.)
    Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
    Master’s thesis at Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry Jena: 
    Monitoring of soil enzymes involved in C, N and P cycle and their response to different forest management practices
• October 2017 – March 2021
  • Bachelor program: Environmental engineering (B. Sc.)
    Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena – University of Applied Sciences
    Bachelor's thesis at Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS Hermsdorf: Synthesis and characterization of palladium-based membranes for the separation of hydrogen from gas mixtures

Markus Riefenstahl

M. Sc. Biologie

Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room D305

Telephone: 03641 / 948667

E-Mail: markus.riefenstahl@uni-jena.de

 

Field of activity: Phytoremediation, Bio-Geo-Interactions

Project affiliation: BMBF-Projekt MykoBEst, Phytoremediation experiments with fast-growing tree species

Employment

• since 2013
  • PhD candidate
    Institute of Geosciences, Working group Applied Geology

• since 2012
  • Scientific assistant
    Institute of Geosciences, FSU in Jena

• 2003–2012
  • Bachelor + Master program: Biology, Geography und Geology (B.Sc. + M.Sc.)
    Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
    Masterthesis: Studies on the effect of microbial factors and Ethanolamin on growth parameters and heavy metal tolerance in plants

Michael Ude

Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room 213

Telephone: 03641 / 948721

E-Mail: michael.ude@uni-jena.de

Léon van Overloop

Phone: 03641 948669

E-mail: leon.van.overloop@uni-jena.de

Office: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room 111A

Project: EVIDENT

Professional experience:

July 2022 – November 2023

Technical assistant at the Chair of Hydrogeology, Institute of Geosciences, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Employment

• Since December 2023
  • PhD student at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
    Institute for Geosciences
    Chair of Applied Geology

Education

• October 2019 – July 2022
  Master program: Biogeosciences (M.Sc.)
  Friedrich Schiller University Jena
  Master's thesis: Dynamic relocation experiments using the example of agricultural loess soils
• October 2016 – September 2019
  • Bachelor program: Biogeosciences (B.Sc.)
    Friedrich Schiller University Jena
    Bachelor thesis: Investigation of the temperature dependence of the reactive transport of PEG polymer colloids in a circulation column experiment
• October 2013 – June 2016
  • Training: State-certified chemical-technical assistant
    Justus-von-Liebig School Hanover

Gerit Weinzierl

Address: Burgweg 11, 07749 Jena, Room L003

Telephone: 03641 / 948653

E-Mail: gerit.weinzierl@uni-jena.de

Mirgorodsky-Hausig, Daniel

Dr.

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Member of the working group from: 2008 – 2022

Participation in the following projects: USER IIExternal link, USERExternal link

Teba Gil-Díaz

Dr.

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Member of the working group from: 2019 - 2022

Participation in the following projects: CONCERT_CCAirExternal link

Janis Leon Pingel

 

M. Sc. Geowissenschaften

 

 

Member of the working group from: 2020 – 2023

Participation in the following projects: Kollorado-e3 de

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Susanne Seidel

Dr.

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Member of the working group from: 2021 – 2023

Participation in the following projects: RENAExternal link

Neele van Laaten

Dr.

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Member of the working group from: 2016 – 2023

Participation in the following projects: Anthropogenic and geogenic sources of dust in urban areas in central GermanyExternal link

Secretary until 2023

Jara Heredia, Daniel

Dr.

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Member of the working group from: 2018 – 2024

Participation in the following projects: TRANS-LARAExternal link