Prof. Liane G. Benning

Function and Responsibilities:
- Head of section 3.5 "Interface Geochemistry"Career:
since April 2016: Professor in Interface Geochemistry, FU Berlin and GFZ Potsdam
since Oct 1st 2014: Head of Interface Geochemistry group, German Research Centre for Geosciences, GFZ Potsdam, Germany
2007– 2020: Professor in Experimental Biogeochemistry, School of Earth and Environment, Univ. Leeds, UK
2005-2007: Reader in Geobiology, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, UK
2004-2005: University Lecturer, School of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds, UK
1999-2004: University Research Fellow, School of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds, UK
1996-1999: Postdoctoral Research fellow, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Education:
1995 PhD: Aqueous Geochemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
Projects:
European Research Council Synergy Grant "Deep Purple " Darkening the Greenland Ice Sheet" 2020 -2026
UK-Natural Environment Research Council + Helmholtz Recruiting Initiative: Black and Bloom - Understanding the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet; 2015-2020:
Individual Fellowships:- EU H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship: Dr. Jonathan Hawkings: ICICLES "Iron and Carbon Interactions and Biogeochemical Cyc Ling in Subglacial Eco Systems" (2018-2021)
- Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers: Dr. James Bradley: Biogeochemical modelling of the Greenland Ice Sheet Surface (2018-2022)
- Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers: Dr. Runa Antony: Storage, dynamics and fate or organic carbon on the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet (2021-2023)
- Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers: Dr. Elizaveta Kovaleva: Meteorite impact geothermobarometers and geochronometers derived from nano-structures in shocked accessory minerals (2021-2023)
Diamond Ltd (beam time allocation for work at the UK synchrotron radiation facility)
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (beam time allocation for work at the ESRF)