Function and Responsibilities:

Gastwissenschaflter

Research Interests:

• Field and laboratory study of igneous rocks
• Granites, pegmatites und magmatic-hydrothermal processes
• The role of magmas in ore formation
• Magmatism and geodynamics  at plate boundaries
• The use of boron isotopes to study fluid-rock interaction

Career:

• since  2023: Guest scientist, Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam GFZ
• 1995-2022: Senior scientist, Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam GFZ
• 1993-1995: Research scientist, Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam GFZ
• 1990-1993: Assistant, Technical University of Munich
• 1990:          Dr. rer. nat. (Geochemistry), Technical University of Munich
• 1979 / 1984: BSc geology, Stanford University / MSc geology, University of New Mexico

Projects:

2009 - 2015:   Magmatism and continental breakup in the South Atlantic (DFG SPP 1375)

2014 - 2018:   Applied Mineralogy for Resource Efficiency of Platinum Metals, South Africa (BMBF)

since 2016:     Magmatic and hydrothermal processes in Andean ore belts of NW Argentina (DFG-IRTG StRATEGy)

since 2020:     Melts-Fluids-Models: Neves Corvo massive suphide deposit (DFG-SPP- 2238 DOME)

since 2020:    Boron isotope fractionation between silicate melts and aqueous fluids (DFG-SPP-2238 DOME)

since 2020:    How was the Bushveld Complex assembled? (DFG-SPP-1006 ICDP)