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"

Publications

Ämter (pdf)


Lectures

WS: Geomaterialien, Planetare Geologie, Seminar spezieller Fachrichtung, Nanoanalytik II

SS: Mantle Plumes, Kosmochemie, Materialanalytische Methoden in den Geowissenschaften, Nanoanalytik I