Education:
23/9/2019
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD); Macquarie University, Australia Thesis: “Subduction zone metasomatism and its consequences on potassium-rich magmatism and deep nitrogen cycling”
21/7/2015
Diplom Geologist (MSc equiv.) Examination: A+ (excellent)
Thesis: “From MARID to lamproite, creating ultrapotassic melts in piston-cylinder experiments”
Awards and Grants:
12/2021
ARC LIEF grant “Integrated volatile-mineral-isotope micro-analysis of Earth environments”; ~345k $
09/2021
Invited article for special volume at MDPI Geosciences "Ancient and Modern Subduction Zones: Tectonic, Petrological and Geochemical Aspects of Ore and Magma Genesis", Sponsored Open Access Fees; CHF 1500 (~2,2k $)
10/2020
Macquarie Research Fellowship (MQRF) 2021-2024; Project: “Sediments under pressure: experiments on deep nitrogen cycling and ore formation”; ~400k $
11/2018
Faculty of Science and Engineering Award for Higher Degree Research
07/2018
Stipend from CAMECA for presentation at Geoanalysis 2018 in Sydney, Australia; 550 $
06/2018
Bernd Rendel-Prize of the German Research Association (DFG); ~2,4k $
05/2018
Invited article for special volume at MDPI Minerals "Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Gems“, Sponsored Open Access Fees; CHF 1200 (~1,7k $)
08/2017
Travel Grant (Postgraduate Research Fund, PGRF) for Goldschmidt2017 Conference in Paris, France; 5k $
01/2016
International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) (for 3-year PhD studies, 27k $ per annum)
08/2015
Travel Grant from the “Foundation for Gem Material and Economic Geology” to attend the Goldschmidt2015 Conference in Prague for oral presentation; ~800 $
12/2013
Bonus for excellent achievements at SCHOTT; ~800 $
Invited talks:
08/2022
Seminar at The Asian School of the Environment and Earth Observatory Singapore at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore: "Nanoscale phase-identification using Photo-induced Force Microscopy (PiFM): Application examples from biomineralogy and experimental petrology"
06/2022
Seminar at the Bayerische Geoinstitut, Bayreuth, Germany: "Subduction Zone Metasomatism and its Consequences for K-rich Magmatism and Deep Nitrogen Cycling"
12/2020
Online seminar at The China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China: "Subduction Zone Metasomatism and its Consequences for Potassium-rich Magmatism and Deep Nitrogen Cycling"
Employment History:
11/2023 - now
Lab manager of spectroscopic facility at RSES, ANU, Canberra
11/2023 - now
Honorary research fellow, Macquarie University, Sydney
11/2020 – 11/2023
Honorary postdoctoral research fellow, ANU, Canberra
04/2019 – 11/2023
Postdoctoral research fellow at Macquarie University, Sydney
03/2016 – 6/2017
Prac Tutor (teaching and marking), Macquarie University, Sydney
01/2014 – 12/2015
Research Assistant at the EPMA-lab at University Mainz
6/2013 – 12/2013
Research-based Internship at SCHOTT, Mainz