Dr. Vanessa Fichtner
Research Interests
• Formation and preservation of stable isotope signals (S, C, O, N) in extreme environments
• Mineral-microbe interactions in sedimentary systems
• Sulfur cycling during carbonate diagenesis and sedimentary dolomitization
• Sulfate incorporation in carbonates
Short CV
Since 2024 Postdoc at Department for Geobiology, University of Göttingen
2022 - 2024 Postdoc at Department of Biology and Environmental Science,
Linnaeus University Kalmar
2021 – 2022 Maternity leave
2020 – 2021 Postdoc at Institut für Geologie, Technische Bergakademie Freiberg
2018 – 2020 Postdoc at Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky
2013 – 2017 PhD candidate at the Department for Geology and Palaeontology, University of Münster.
PhD thesis: Incorporation and Diagenesis of Carbonate
Associated Sulfate - A Geochemical Study on naturally and
artificially altered Carbonates (Advisors: Harald Strauss, Adrian Immenhauser)
2012 Geology/Paleontology Diploma at University of Cologne. Diploma thesis: Barium isotope
compositions in primitive chondrites (Advisors: Carsten Münker, Frank Wombacher)
Current Teaching
• B.Geo.104: Erdgeschichte, 3-tägige Geländeübung
• B.Geo.109: Geochemie I: Quantitative Betrachtung geochemischer Prozesse (Übung)
• M.EES.103: Analytical, Experimental, and Preparation Methods in Earth and Environmental Sciences (laboratory exercises)
• M.EES.504: Aspects of Earth and Environmental Sciences I (lecture plus seminar)
• M.EES.212: Marine Biogeochemistry (Lecture)
• BSc and MSc Thesis supervision
Publications