Dr. Maria-Elena Vorrath
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September 2022 - today
Postdoctoral researcher, Institute for Geology, CEN, University of Hamburg, Germany
August 2021 – July 2022
Postdoctoral researcher, Marine Biogeosciences, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany
November 2020 – July 2021
DAAD Postdoctoral scholarship, Marine Biogeochemistry and Trace Metal Cycles, University Brest, France
February 2017 – September 2020
Research assistant, Marine Geology, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany
September 2012 – January 2017
Student assistant, Institute for Geology, CEN, University of Hamburg, Germany
Academic education
2020 Doctoral thesis “Reconstruction of Paleo Sea Ice and Climate Dynamics based on Highly Branched Isoprenoids at the Western Antarctic Peninsula”
2017 Master Thesis “Analysis of Sinking Particle Flux Patterns in the Benguela Upwelling System”
2008 Bachelor Thesis “Partikelflussuntersuchungen am Kontinentalhang im Benguela-Auftriebsgebiet vor Namibia“
2011-2017 Bachelor and Master, Geosciences, University Hamburg, Germany
Current projects
RETAKE: CO2 removal by alkalinity enhancement: potential, benefits and risks
PyMiCCS: Pyrogenic carbon and carbonating minerals for enhanced plant growth and carbon capture and storage
Former projects
TONGA: Shallow hydrothermal sources of trace elements: potential impacts on biological productivity and the biological carbon pump
PALICE: Paleo sea ice and climate dynamics
GENUS: Geochemistry and ecology in the Namibian Upwelling System
Outreach
Award-winning science slammer with “Das ist keine Lösung!, finalist at the German Science Slam Championship 2019 with “Schnee von gestern”.
Science communicator for carbon dioxide removal, paleoclimate, current and future global warming: presentations, contributions, interviews, keynote speaker on TV, radio, podcasts, online (Twitter @MEVorrath)