Dr. Franziska Wilke

Group Leader
Dr. Franziska Wilke
Building D, Room 222 (Büro)
Telegrafenberg
14473 Potsdam

Function and Responsibilities:

Head of the electron mircoprobe laboratory

Research Interests:

Petrology and petrography of metamorphic, effusive and intrusive igneous rocks (supporting Topic 3,5 and 8). (U)HP metamorphic rocks: investigations about subduction and exhumation ( Photo selected for the EGU blog). Geochronology using the U-Pb system but also using thermochronology (Ar-Ar, fission-track, (U-Th)/He.

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Mobility of elements (eg metals, radioactive elements, fluoride, REEs) in anthropgenically influenced systems suchsuch for underground storage or at geothermal energy production sites, as well as in natural systems (supporting Topic 8).
Weathering andalteration of minerals in complex environments, such as aquifers and in sediments, convenient for pure or impure CO2 injection, in geothermal systems as well as in the acidic or alkaline environment of volcanoes (supporting Topic 3 and 5).

Projects:

Ongoing: CRMgeothermal (EU-funded project - ongoing since July 2022) - also on GFZ webpage

Ongoing: REEs and Fluoride in geothermal systems of the East African Rift System (EU, VW and GFZ-funded)

Finalised: "Contaminants, distribution and transport in groundwater within the Central Kenya Rift" (VW-Foundation)

Finalised: M4ShaleGas (a Horizon 2020 Project)

Finalised: COSONOStRA – CO2-SO2-NOX-Stimulated Rock Alteration (in BMBF: GeoEn)


Research Boards and Committees:

Elected member of the internal scientific council of the GFZ (2016-2023)

Awards:

DFG Stipend (2007-2010), PhD-student in the Graduate School 1364 "Shaping earth's surface in a variable environment"

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