The team of the Geochronology Section from left to right:
Rita Krause, Johannes Zieger, Ulf Linnemann, Jessica Gärtner and Mandy Zieger-Hofmann

Geochronology

Team

Management

Prof. Dr.  Ulf Linnemann
Deputy Director SNSD, Head of Museum for Mineralogy and Geology, Head of Geochronology and Mineralogy sections

Deputy Director SNSD, Head of Museum for Mineralogy and Geology, Head of Geochronology and Mineralogy sections

Honorary Professor for Geology and Plate tectonics at TU Dresden

Ulf Linnemann was educated as a geologist at the Mining Academy of Freiberg. He received a doctorate (PhD) and a postdoctoral lecture qualification (Habilitation) in the field of geosciences and works as geochronologist, sedimentologist, and field geologist. Ulf Linnemann was employed as a scientist at the universities of Freiberg, Dresden, and Jena. Today he is director of the Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden, division head of the Museum of Mineralogy and Geology, and leader of the Geochronology Section. Ulf Linneman´s research focusses on the U-Pb zircon age dating of diverse rocks and on provenance analysis of sedimentary deposits of the supercontinent Gondwana. He teaches as a Professor of Geology and Plate tectonics at the Technical University of Dresden.

Team

Dr Mandy Zieger-Hofmann
Leader Geochronology Lab
Dr Johannes Zieger
ICP-MS technician
Rita Krause
Technical Assistant/Lab Technician
M.Sc. Jessica Haschke
PhD student
Dr. Andreas Gärtner
External Scientific Associate