Positions held
Currently: Research Associate Professor / Electron Microprobe Lab Manager at the University of Minnesota
10/2012 – 05/2020: Research Associate / Electron Microprobe Lab Manager at the University of Minnesota
05/2009 – 09/2012: Akademische Rätin (= C1 position/Assistant professor) at the University of Freiburg.
02/2008-04/2009: Post-doctoral research scholar at the University of Hawaii, Geology and Geophysics Department. Project: Reconstructing the architecture of slow-spreading crust through thermobarometry.
Education
06/2008: Dr. rer. nat (summa cum laude), Max-Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Geochemistry Division. Thesis title: Deciphering petrological signatures of cooling and reactive melt stagnation at ultraslow-spreading ridges. Committee: Prof. Albrecht Hofmann (Max-Planck Institute for Chemistry), Dr. Eric Hellebrand (University of Hawaii), Prof. Richard White (University of Mainz).
09/2003: Diplom-Geologin. Thesis title: Impregnation-triggered breakdown: a case study of plagioclase peridotites from the Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean. Supervisor Dr. Jonathan Snow (Max-Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, now University of Houston)
09/1999: Vordiplom (± BSc) in Geology at the University of Bonn
Awards and Honors
NSF #1849465: Collaborative Research: Midwest Low KV Collaboration: Continuation of Development of Low KV High Spatial Resolution EPMA Technique to Sub-micron Geological Features, $99,541
NSF #1923271: Early Career Scholar Support for Topical Conference on Electron-Probe Microanalysis (Quantitative Microanalysis 2019), $25,000
NSF #1625422: Acquisition of a next-generation electron microprobe at the University of Minnesota, $1,192,105
International Travel Grant to attend EMAS 2017 (UMN, $1500)
Acquisition of an EDS SDD System (UMN Research Infrastructure Investment Program; $90 000)
Field trip Iceland (DAAD; 5760€)
Field trip Iceland (Freunde und Förderer der Universität Freiburg; 1300€)
Conference participation AGU 2011 (Rinne Stiftung; 1620€)
Workshop participation SIMS Workshop, ASU 2012 (Rinne Stiftung; 1600€)
Conference participation EMC 2012 (Rinne Stiftung; 5085€)
Modena 2012 (Rinne Stiftung; 1400€)
Poster price Science day, Department of Chemistry, Pharmacy, Geoscience, University of Freiburg (2009, 2010)
JEOL image contest winner October 2017, February 2019
Community Service and Outreach:
Director (2018-2020) of the Microanalysis Society (https://the-mas.org/)
President of the Minnesota Microscopy Society (2020-2021)
Co-initiator and Leader (2019-2020) of the Focused Interest Group on Microanalytical Standards (https://figmas.org/)
Moderator of the JEOL probeusers listserv (http://probelab.geo.umn.edu/jeoluserlist.html)
Host and Co-organizer of "QMA 2019" - Topical Conference on Quantitative Microanalysis, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Co-organizer of Pre-Meeting Congress X60 - "Standards and Reference Materials for Microanalysis" at M&M2018, Baltimore.
Co-convener of "Standards, Reference Materials, and their Applications in Quantitative Microanalysis". Microscopy and Microanalysis 2017.
Organizing committee of "EPMA 2016" - Topical Conference on Electron Probe Microanalysis, Madison, Wisconsin.
Co-convener of “Advanced Techniques for Determining Elemental Composition, Isotopic Abundance, and Radioisotopic Age Using Bulk and Microanalysis". AGU 2014
Moderator and Contributor at the Probesoftware user forum (http://probesoftware.com/smf/index.php)
Reviewer for Journal of Petrology, Lithos, G3, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie, Microscopy and Microanalysis
Organizer of internal brown bag lunch seminar (Hard Rock Lunch), University of Minnesota (2013 - )
Participation Girls' Day, University of Freiburg (2009, 2010, 2011)