Function and Responsibilities:

Scientist in the Potsdam SIMS Laboratory (http://sims.gfz-potsdam.de):

• Assistance of internal and external users 
• Tuning and routine maintenance of the 1280-HR instrument
• Development of new analytical methods and reference materials

 

Research Interests:

• Fluid-Rock Interactions and Sulfide Mineralization in Ultramafic Systems 
• Crustal Anatexis and Differentiation of the Continental Crust
• Microanalytical Development for Constraining Fluid-Rock Interactions, Carbon Mobility and Sulfide Mineralization in Metamorphic Systems 

Please contact me for discussing collaborative projects.

Career:

Since 2021: Scientist in the Potsdam SIMS Laboratory, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences

2018-2020: Research Associate, University of Wisconsin and WiscSIMS Laboratory, Madison, WI, USA (Supervisors: John W. Valley, Noriko T. Kita)

Education:

2018: PhD in Isotope Geochemistry and Experimental Petrology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (Principal Supervisors: Daniela Rubatto, Ian Williams)

Projects:

1. Member of the working group of the project RUSTED titled: ”Role of ultramafic and related rocks in the cycle of carbon” (PID2022-136471NB-C22), funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities and cofunded by ERDF – a way of making Europe. (funding period: 09/2023 - 08/2026)
   • Principal Investigator: Vicente López Sánchez-Vizcaíno (University of Jaén, Spain), Co-Investigators: Manuel D. Menzel and José Alberto Padrón-Navarta (Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, CSIC Spanish Research Council) 
2. Member of the working group of the project with title: "ISPRA (Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research). Geological Map of Italy at 1:50000 scale. Sheet 551 Bisignano" funded by the Region Calabria (funding period: 2022-2026)
   • Principal Investigator: Francesco Muto, Co-Investigator: Eugenio Piluso (University of Calabria, Italy)

Research Boards and Committees:

Academic services

Reviewer for Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, Chemical Geology, Ofioliti, American Mineralogist

Member of the Geo.X Early Career Scientists Team 

Awards:

2013: Allan White HDR Scholarship, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia