Germany

Ulrich Heimhofer

Professor of Geology
Institute of Geology
Leibniz University Hannover
30167 Hannover
Germany
Email: heimhofer@geowi.uni-hannover.de

Education

• Diploma in Geology/Paleontology, University of Erlangen, Germany (1999)
• Doctor in Natural Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ), Switzerland (2004)
• Postdoc at University of Oxford, Department of Earth Science, United Kingdom (2004-2006)
• Junior professor at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany (2006-2011)
• Professor of Geology in Hannover since 2011

Research Interests

• Stable Isotope Geochemistry and Chemostratigraphy of Mesozoic Sedimentary Rocks
• Transport, Deposition and Preservation of Sedimentary Organic Matter
• Mesozoic Palaeoclimate and Paleoceanography

Current Projects

Current research projects involve PhD, MSc and BSc students and primarily focus on the following topics:

• The distribution of particulate organic matter in Early Cretaceous mudstone succession in Poland, France and Germany
• The occurrence and stratigraphic significance of angiosperm pollen in Albian successions of the Lusitanian Basin
• The response of continent-derived organic matter input to the late Cretaceous oceanic anoxic event (OAE) 2
• Carbonate platform drowning and recovery during Cretaceous climate anomalies