Studies:  

1984-1986  University of Heidelberg (Geology and Palaeontology) 

1986-1987  University of Edinburgh, Faculty of Earth Sciences (Geology and Geophysics)

1987-1990 University of Heidelberg (Geology and Palaeontology)                 

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Degrees:                      

1990 Diploma (Master) in Geology and Palaeontology, Heidelberg University  

1993 Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.), Heidelberg University. Thesis title: Der Leuchtenberger Granit und seine assoziierten magmatischen Gesteine (in German)

2003  Habilitation (Dr. rer. nat. habil.), Tübingen University

Habil. Thesis: Global magmatism and implications for mantle and crustal evolution: geochemical and isotopic perspectives

Venia Legendi for Petrology and Geochemistry  

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Positions:

1990-1993 Research Associate, Federal Institute of Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Hannover  

1993-1999 Research Associate, GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ), Potsdam

1999-2001 Research Associate, Department of Earth Sciences, Tübingen University

2001-2003 Research Assistant, Department of Earth Sciences, Tübingen University

2003-2004 Senior Assistant, Department of Earth Sciences, Tübingen University

2004-2007 Associate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Tübingen University

since 2007 Apl. Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Tübingen Universiy  

2012-2013 Visiting Professor, University of Science and Technology China (USTC), Hefei  

since 2015 Interim Professor, Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Freiburg University