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Dr. Susanne P. Schwenzer


Dr. Susanne P. Schwenzer

Postdoctoral Fellow
E-mail: schwenzer@lpi.usra.edu

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Education

Diploma: Mineralogy, University of Mainz, Germany, 1998
Title of thesis: 87Sr/86Sr- und 143Nd/144Nd-Isotopenuntersuchungen an Karbonaten und Fluoriten aus postvariscischen Gangmineralisationen in SW-Deutschland
87Sr/86Sr- and 143Nd/144Nd isotopic investigations on carbonates and fluorites from post-variscan hydrothermal mineralizations in SW-Germany

PhD thesis: Max-Planck-Institut Mainz 2004
Title of thesis: Marsmeteorite: Edelgase in Mineralseparaten, Gesamtgesteinen und terrestrischen Karbonaten
Martian meteorites: Noble gases in mineral separates, whole rocks and terrestrial carbonates

Professional Experience

  • Post Doctoral Researcher, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, USA
    Group of Dr. David A. Kring, present
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Max-Planck-Institute Mainz, Germany
    Group of Dr. Ulrich Ott, 2004–2007, Principal Investigator 2006–2007
  • Research Associate, Max-Planck-Institute Mainz, Germany, PhD project
    Group of Dr. Ulrich Ott, 2000–2004
  • Laboratory Technican, Max-Planck-Institute Mainz, Germany, Geochemistry Department
    Group of Dr. K. P. Jochum, February, 2000–September, 2000
  • “GPoll”-Fellow (European Union Programme on Groundwater Pollution (GPoll)); Project at ETH Zürich,Switzerland: laser-ablation-ICP-mass spectrometry
    Group of Prof. Dr. Detlef Günther January 2000
  • Research Associate, project: Arsenic in Wiesbaden thermal (spa) waters
    Group of Prof. Dr. M. Kersten, Institute of Mineralogy, University Mainz, Germany, 1999–2000
  • Teaching Assistant, Institute of Mineralogy, University Mainz, Germany, for undergraduate (class on rocks and minerals and geochemical laboratory practical studies, March, 1999–December, 1999
  • Laboratory Technican, Institute of Mineralogy, University Mainz, Germany, 1999– 2007, Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz, Germany, field of archaeometry, investigation of Roman ceramics,1998–1999
  • Assistant of Curator of the Institute’s Rock and Mineral Collection, Institute of Mineralogy, University Mainz, Germany, 1991–1999
  • Undergraduate Research Assistant, Mineralogical Institute, University Mainz, Germany, assisting in undergraduate class on rocks, 1991–1998

Grants Received

  • Short term EU Scholarship for young scientists (Groundwater Pollution Programme; GPoll) especially to learn laboratory methods, January, 2000
  • German Science Foundation (DFG) Grant for 2006–2007, Verwitterung auf Erde und Mars: Einfluss auf Edelgase und Stickstoff in Mars-Meteoriten, (Weathering on Earth and Mars: influence on noble gases and nitrogen in Martian meteorites), within the framework of the priority program “Mars und die terrestrischen Planeten”

Further Experience, Professional Service and More

  • Training on radiation protection which enabled appointment as representative for radiation protection (§ 29 of “Strahlenschutzverordnung”)
  • Organizer of the subgroup “SNC-meteorites” within the framework of the DFG (German Science Foundation) priority program “Mars and the terrestrial planets“
  • Co-organizer (together with Dr. Fritz, Berlin) of the special session “Mars and the terrestrial planets” at the annual conference of the German Mineralogical Society in Aachen, 2005, within the framework of the DFG priority program “Mars and the terrestrial planets“
  • Co-organizer (together with Dr. Holzheid, Münster) of the workshop on Mars and Martian meteorites in Mainz, August 2006, within the framework of the priority program “Mars and the terrestrial planets“
  • Co-organizer (together with Dr. Fritz, Berlin) of the special session “Mars and the terrestrial planets” at the annual conference of the German Mineralogical Society in Hannover, 2007, within the framework of the DFG priority program “Mars and the terrestrial planets“

Award

  • Paul-Ramdohr award of the German Mineralogical Society

Memberships

  • Meteoritical Society
  • Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft (German Mineralogical Society)
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Massenspektrometrie (German Society for Mass Spectrometry)
  • Deutsche Vulkanologische Gesellschaft
  • Lahn-Marmor-Musuem e. V.
  • Nassauischer Verein für Naturkunde
  • Nassauischer Verein für Altertumskunde und Geschichtsforschung

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July 9, 2007