Prof. Dr. Ulrich Heimhofer

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Heimhofer
Address
Callinstraße 30
30167 Hannover
Building
Room
122
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Heimhofer
Address
Callinstraße 30
30167 Hannover
Building
Room
122
Positions
Executive Board
Institute of Geology
Deputy Management
Institute of Geology
Representatives for Professors
Examination Board, Geosciences
Professors
Institute of Geology
Professors
Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Palynology

Research Interests

  • Stable isotope geochemistry and chemostratigraphy of sedimentary rocks
  • Deposition and preservation of particulate organic matter
  • Stratigraphic palynology and plant evolution
  • Paleoclimatology and paleoceanography of the Mesozoic

Curriculum Vitae

  • Academic career

    Since 2011
    Professor for Geology at the Leibniz Universität Hannover (Germany)

    2006 - 2011
    Juniorprofessor at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany)

    2004 - 2006
    Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oxford (United Kingdom)

    2004
    Doctoral degree in Geology at ETH Zürich (Switzerland)

  • University degrees

    2004
    Doctoral degree in Earth Sciences, Eidgenössisch-Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

    1999
    Diploma in Geology/Palaeontology, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen Nürnberg

  • Awards

    2009
    Hermann-Credner-Award of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften

    2008 - 2011
    Member of the Junges Kolleg of the Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften und Künste

  • Academic Services

    Since 2018
    Member of the managing board of the Forschungszentrum GEO at LUH

    Since 2016
    Member of the advisory board of the Technischen Informationsbibliothek TIB

    Since 2015
    Member of the advisory board of the DGGV

    Since 2015
    Speaker Fachsektion SEDIMENTOLOGIE of the DGGV

    Since 2014
    Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Ambassador for Germany

    Since 2014
    Advisory Board for the journal “Cretaceous Research”

    2017 - 2019
    Elected Member of the faculty board (Faculty of Natural Sciences) LUH

    2014 - 2016
    Director of the Institute for Geology at LUH

    2009 - 2015
    EGU Secretary of the Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Paleontology division

    2007 - 2015
    Member of the “Subkommission für Kreidestratigraphie” of the DSK