Prof. Dr. Frank E. Brenker
Team Leader
Curriculum Vitae
1988 - 1994 Studies of Geology / Paläontology at Technischen Universität Darmstadt and Institute for Erdwissenschaften der ETH-Zürich, Zürich, Schweiz
1994 Diploma in Geologie, Technische Universität Darmstadt
1995 Max-Planck-Institut für Geochemie, Mainz
Project: Transmissions electronen microscopical (TEM) investigation of Microtextures in Peridotites.
1998 Dissertation "Mikrogefügethermochronometrie für Eklogite" J.W. Goethe-University, Frankfurt a. Main
1998 - 2004 Hochschulassistent (C1) Institute for Mineralogy and Geochemistry at University Köln
2004 venia legendi for Geology/Paläontology and Mineralogy
2004 - 2005 Hochschuldozent (C2) Institute for Mineralogy and Geology at University Köln
2005 - 2006 Heisenberg scholar holder of the DFG at Goethe-University Frankfurt
2007 -2010 Heisenberg-Professor "Planetare und Extraterrestrische Prozesse auf der Nanoskala" an der Goethe Universität Frankfurt
Since 2010 Universitätsprofessor "Planetare und Extraterrestrische Prozesse auf der Nanoskala" an der Goethe Universität Frankfurt
Research abroad
1998 Geoscience Department, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
2000, 2010, 2015 Hawai´i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, Manoa, USA.
2009 Earth and Atmospheric Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
2012 GEMOC, Macquari University Sydney, Australia.
2014 Department of Geosciences, University of Padua, Italy.
2015 Geoscience Department, University of Bristol, UK.
2017 Hawai´i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, Manoa, USA.
2018 Department of Geosciences, University of Padua, Italy.
research projects
- non-destructive in situ investigation on the structure and chemistry of syngenetic mineralinclusions in sub-lithospheric diamonds (from Juina and Kankan) by means of micro-Raman-Spektroscopy, confocal mikro-XRF
- Diffusion in reactive systems
- Combined nano SIMS and TEM investigation of presolar silicates
Awards
- 1996 - Paul Ramdohr Award of the DMG
- 2005 - Heisenberg-grant of the DFG
- 2007 - Heisenberg-Professur of the DFG
- 2010 elected in to the scientific community of the Goethe University
- 2013 NASA Group Archievement Award
- Seit 2014 "Affiliate member" der "University of Hawaii, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology"
Ämter (pdf)
Lectures
WS: Geomaterialien, Planetare Geologie, Seminar spezieller Fachrichtung, Nanoanalytik II
SS: Mantle Plumes, Kosmochemie, Materialanalytische Methoden in den Geowissenschaften, Nanoanalytik I