Research Group
Paleo Oceanography & Climate

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

Staff Members

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

Camille Butruille

PhD student

E-Mail: cbutruille [@]gshdl.uni-kiel.de
 fon: +49 (0)431 880 4618 or -2372
J.-Mestorf-Str. 2-6,

room #11

• holocene climate variability
• sedimentology

Kristin Doering 

PhD student

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 of 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

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
 fon: +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

Elfi Mollier-Vogel
PhD student

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

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

Christine Rautenstrauch
Technical assistant

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

• microscopy

Birgit Reiner
Project coordinator

 e-mail: breiner[@]gpi.uni-kiel.de
 fon: +49 (0)431 880 4000
room 18

Janne Repschläger
PhD

 E-Mail: jr[@]gpi.uni-kiel.de
 fon: +49 (0)431 880 3789
room #452

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

Christian Schwab
PhD student

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

Doktorand

E-Mail: jvdl[@]gpi.uni-kiel.de 

fon: +49 (0) 431-880-1761 

room 457

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
Biogeochemical Oceanography & Climate

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

Staff Members

Laura Bordelon

PhD student

E-Mail: lb[@]gpi.uni-kiel.de 

Tel.: +49 (0) 431 880 2947

• Geology, Biology
• Ocean acidification
• organic matter turnover

Dr. Anke Dürkop

Postdoc

E-Mail: aduerkop[@]gpi.uni-kiel.de 

fon: +49 (0) 431 880 2861

room #7

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

Dr. Uta Krebs-Kanzow
Postdoc

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

• 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 #12

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

Opeyemi R.S. Salau
PhD student

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

• numerical modeling
• paleo climatology
• geophysics

former head of working group, retired

Prof. J. M. Sarnthein-Lotichius

 list of publications

E-Mail: ms[@]gpi.uni-kiel.de
 fon: +49 (0)431 880 2882

• 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