Dr. Patrick J. Frings
GFZ-Helmholtz-Zentrum für Geoforschung, Potsdam
Guest-Professor from april 14th to may 31th, 2025
Topic:
I am broadly interested in Earth surface processes, in particular those that contribute to our planet's habitability. I focus on weathering, including the idea of 'Enhanced Weathering' as a CO2 sequestering process, and use 'novel' metal isotope tools to investigate these processes.
Course:
GEO.MG26UF "Selected Topics in Aqueous Geochemistry and Stable Isotopes”
focussing on Metal stable isotopes as fingerprints in the Earth and the environment

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Dr. Aurélie Pace
University of Granada (Spain)
February 1st to April 30th, 2025
Topic:
Amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) at a micro- to nanoscale. Towards a better understanding of the formation of abiotically synthesized ACC in the scope of biomineralization and environmental (isotope) proxies.

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Xinning Xu (PhD candidate)
School of Ocean and Earth Science
Tongji University (China)
April to October, 2025
Topic:
Mineralogical indication of reverse weathering in the Changjiang Estuary
and East China Sea shelf

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