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Geology

Dr. Harry Becker
Professor of Geochemistry

Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Geological Sciences
Geochemistry

Malteserstraße 74-100, 12249 Berlin

Areas of Expertise

  • Age, origin, and composition of meteorites
  • Formation of the solar system and planets
  • Chemical evolution of the Earth
  • Volcanism and its causes

Dr. Marco Bohnhoff
Professor of Geophysics

Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Geological Sciences
Department Section Geophysics

Malteserstrasse 74-100, 12249 Berlin

Phone (Office)
838-70587 ; GFZ Potsdam +49 331 288-1327
Phone (Assistant)

Areas of Expertise

  • Earthquakes
  • Seismic monitoring
  • Induced seismicity (geothermal, CO2 storage)
  • Fracking

Dr. Margot Böse
Professor of Geograhical Sciences

Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Geographical Sciences

Malteserstraße 74-100, 12249 Berlin

Areas of Expertise

  • Quaternary research
  • Climate history
  • Glacial history
  • Landscape genesis and development in Central Europe, with and without human influence
  • Glacial and Holocene relief formation in Taiwan, especially in the high mountains and coastal areas
  • Climate history in the East Asian monsoon region

Dr. Mark Handy
Professor of Geology

Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Geological Sciences
Geology

Malteserstraße 74-100, 12249 Berlin

Areas of Expertise

  • Earthquakes, especially the traces of earthquakes along major fault zones in the Earth’s crust
  • Movement of tectonic plates in the Earth today and in a historical perspective
  • The formation of mountains

Dr. Helmut Keupp
Professor of Paleontology

Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Geological Sciences
Paleontology

Malteserstr. 74-100 Haus H, 12249 Berlin

Areas of Expertise

  • Paleontology
  • Invertebrates

Dr. Hannelore Kußerow
Privatdozent

Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Geographical Sciences
Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics

Malteserstraße 74-100, 12249 Berlin

Areas of Expertise

  • Desertification in the Sahel region of Africa
  • Focus on Mali, Niger, and Darfur/Sudan
  • Strategies for combating desertification
  • Resource protection
  • Remote sensing
  • Early recognition of crisis
  • Security policy

Dr. Reinhold Leinfelder
Professor of Geology

Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Geological Sciences

Malteserstraße 74-100, 12249 Berlin

Areas of Expertise

  • Anthropocene
  • Coral reefs
  • Sustainability transformation
  • Research communication
  • Museology
  • Geology

Dr. Frank Postberg
Professor of Planetary Science

Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Geological Sciences
Planetary Science and Remote Sensing

Malteserstrasse 74 - 100, 12249 Berlin

Areas of Expertise

  • Planets and their moons
  • Asteroids and comets
  • Space probes
  • Evolution of the solar system
  • Cosmochemistry
  • Astronomy
  • Planetology
  • Space travel

Dr. Dirk Scherler
Professor of Earth Sciences

Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Geological Sciences

Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam

Areas of Expertise

  • Processes of the Earth's surface (rivers, slopes, glaciers)
  • Landscape development
  • Himalayan glaciers

Dr. Serge Shapiro
Professor of Geophysics

Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Geological Sciences
Geophysics

Malteserstr. 74-100, 12249 Berlin

Areas of Expertise

  • Oil and gas exploration
  • Earthquake physics
  • Geothermal energy and earthquakes
  • Seismology
  • Seismic exploration
  • Rock physics

Dr. Kai Wünnemann
Professor of Geology

Department of Earth Sciences
Institute of Geological Sciences, Planetology, and the Berlin Museum of Natural Sciences

Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin

Areas of Expertise

  • Meteorite impacts
  • Moon
  • Asteroids and comets
  • Meteorites
  • Terrestrial planets
  • Tsunamis
  • Landslides