Research Group
Paleooceanography & Paleoclimate

Head of group

Prof. Dr. Ralph Schneider 

E-Mail: schneider[@]gpi.uni-kiel.de
fon: +49 (0)431 880 1457

Room 13

• marine geology & paleo climatology
• organic-geochemical proxy methods
• paleo oceanography and productivity 
  in the ocean

TEAM

Dr. Thomas Blanz
Head of biomarker lab

 E-Mail: tbl[@]gpi.uni-kiel.de
 fon: +49 (0)431 880 2095
room #16

• organic geochemistry
• biomarker research
• anthropogenic pollutants

Karen Bremer

Technical Assistent

E-Mail: kas[@]gpi.uni-kiel.de
fon: +49 (0)431 880 3488
Room 512/562

• Operating the simultaneous ICP-optical emission spectrometer
• High-precision analysis of trace element proxies Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca
• Sample preparation and multi-element analysis

Camille Butruille

PhD Student

E-Mail: cbutruille [@]gshdl.uni-kiel.de
fon: +49 (0)431 880 4618
J.Mestorf-Str. 2-6, Room 11

• holocene climate variability
• sedimentology

Kristin Doering 

PhD Student

E-Mail: kd [@]gpi.uni-kiel.de
fon: +49 (0)431 880 2372
Ludewig-Meyn-Str. 10, Room 15

• isotope geochemistry (nitrogen, silicate)
• Holocene nutrient cycles and OMZs
• paleoceanograohy and productivity

Dr. Dieter Garbe-Schönberg

Head ICP-MS-Lab

 E-Mail: dgs[@]gpi.uni-kiel.de
 fon: +49 (0)431 880 2872
Room 507

• trace elements
• deep sea systems
• development of analytical and sampling methods

Bettina Kaste

Secretary

E-Mail: paleoclimate[@]gpi.uni-kiel.de
 fon: +49 (0)431 880 2883
 Fax: +49 (0)431 880 1912
Room 8

Emma Khadun

PhD Student

 E-Mail: edk[@]gpi.uni-kiel.de
 fon: +49 (0)431 880 2884
Room 11

• Marine palaeoclimatology
• Organic geochemistry
• Quaternary climate variability and palaeoceanography

Silvia Koch
Technical Assistant 

 E-Mail: skoch[@]gpi.uni-kiel.de
 fon: +49 (0)431 880 7324
Room 17

• chemical preparation

Veronica R. Krossa
PhD Student

E-Mail: vr[@]gpi.uni-kiel.de
 Tel.: +49 (0)431 880 2372
Room 15

• organic geochemistry & isotope geochemistry
• climate changes in the holocene
• paleo oceanography/ limnology/ climatology

Dr. Guillaume Leduc
Postdoc

 E-Mail: gl[@]gpi.uni-kiel.de
 fon: +49 (0)431 880 2372
room  15

• temporal variations in geomagnetic field intensity
• cosmogenic nuclides production rate in the atmosphere
• modes of rapid climatic variability at low latitudes

Dr. Elfi Mollier-Vogel


E-Mail: mollierv[@]gpi.uni-kiel.de
 Tel.: +49 (0)431 880 2884
Room 11

• alkenone & isotope geochemistry
• global nutrient cycles & Oxygen Minimum Zones
• Holocene, LGM & recent climatic changes

Birgit Reiner
project coordinator

 E-Mail: breiner[@]gpi.uni-kiel.de
 fon: +49 (0)431 880 4000
Room 18

• project coordination / science management
• assistance of Marie Curie ITN fellows GATEWAYS
• Head of Administration IMAGES

Janne Repschläger
PhD Student

 E-Mail: jr[@]gpi.uni-kiel.de
 fon: +49 (0)431 880 2884
room 11

• AMOC during interglacials
• Mg/Ca and stable isotopes as climate proxies
• planktonic foraminifera assemblages

Dr. Christian Schwab


E-Mail: chs[@]gpi.uni-kiel.de
 fon: +49 (0)431 880 3789

Room 452

• relation between primary productivity and climate
• use of coccolithophorides as paleoceanographic proxys
• quaternary climate

Jeroen van der Lubbe

PhD Student

E-Mail: jvdl[@]gpi.uni-kiel.de 

fon: +49 (0) 431-880-2372

Room 15

Dr. Yiming Wang
Postdoc

E-Mail: yw[@]gpi.uni-kiel.de
fon: +49 (0)431 880 2861
room 7

• stable isotopes/ biomarkers
• Holocene climate variability in low latitudes & polar regions
• hydrological & atmospheric cycles

Ulrike Westernströer
Technical Employee

E-Mail: uw[@]gpi.uni-kiel.de
 fon: +49 (0)431 880 2688
room #512

• operator of ICP-Mass spectrometry & UV Laser Ablation
• multielement analysis (ultra-trace elements)
• lab organisation & logistics for expeditions

Research Group
Paleoclimate Modeling

 Head of group

 Prof. Dr. Birgit Schneider 

E-Mail: bschneider[@]gpi.uni-kiel.de
fon: +49 (0)431 880 3254

Room 14

• biogeochemical modeling
• marine biogeochemistry
• (paleo) climate modeling
• development and validation of numerical models

TEAM

Laura Bordelon

PhD Student

E-Mail: lb[@]gpi.uni-kiel.de 

Tel.: +49 (0) 431 880 2947

Room 114

• Geology, Biology
• Ocean acidification
• organic matter turnover

Klaus Getzlaff

Postdoc

E-Mail: kg[@]gpi.uni-kiel.de
 fon: +49 (0)431 880 3253
Room 12

• climate variability in the Baltic Sea                                   
• large scale ocean circulation                                            
• interannuale and decadal variability in the Indian Ocean

Dr. Anke Regenberg

E-Mail: ar[@]gpi.uni-kiel.de 

fon: +49 (0) 431 880 2947

Room 114

• ocean acidification
• (paleo) climate variability
• numerical modeling

Dr. Uta Krebs-Kanzow
Postdoc

E-Mail: uk[@]gpi.uni-kiel.de
 fon: +49 (0)431 880 3253
Room 12

• dynamics of the climate system
• past and future climate change
• computational science and climate modeling

Dr. Vyacheslav Khon
Postdoc

E-Mail: vk[@]gpi.uni-kiel.de
 fon: +49 (0)431 880 2947
Room 114

• dynamics of atmosphere and hydrlogical cycle
• thermohaline cirkulation
• climate of polar regions

former head of working group, retired

Prof. Dr. J. M. Sarnthein-Lotichius

• Monitoring changes in 14C reservoir ages and Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC)
   in the global ocean oduring glacial Termination I
• Oceanographic and associated climate changes near the onset of the Quaternary
• Changes in nutrient content and plankton productivity in the subarctic North Pacific over the last 500 ky