Michaela Aehnelt, Dr.
Michaela Aehnelt, Dr
Research foci
- Rock weathering and mineral surface alteration
- Facies, petrology and diagenesis of siliciclastic sediments
- Aquifer and reservoir properties
- Chemostratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy
Professional experience
- since 02/2010 Research Associate at the Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Jena
- 09/2008 - 01/2010 Research Associate at the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK; Research project in chemostratigraphy of submarine slope channel sediments together with industry partner IReS Ltd., Ellesmere Port
Education
- 05/2008 PhD in Geology at the Institute of Geography and Geology, University of Greifswald; Thesis: Facies and geology of the Middle Devonian in the coastal area of Western Pomerania (in German)
- 09/2000 Diploma in Geology at the Institute of Geography and Geology, University of Greifswald; Thesis: The Rotliegend of the Richelsdorfer Mountains - succession, lithology and tectonic (in German)
Memberships
- DGGV Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft - Geologische Vereinigung
Projects
- MAD SoilExternal link - Microagregates: Formation and turnover of the structural building blocks of soils (since 2016)
- BMBF project "Integrated fluid dynamics in sedimentary basins" (INFLUINS): EP3 - Aquifer geometry and characteristics (2010-2015)
- Sedimentology of Middle Jurrassic sediments in the Ostholstein trough (RWE-Dea, 2011-2012)
- Thermochronology in the Upper Carboniferous of NW Germany (RWE-Dea, 2011-2012)
- Sedimentology and petrography of Upper Carboniferous sandstones in NW Germany (RWE-Dea, 2010-2011)
- Feasibility study of options for later commercial use of the research drilling Erfurt 1, Investigations of the Rotliegend (Project with Reservoir Analytik Dr. Raufuss GeoConsulting, 2010)
- Chemostratigraphy in submarine slope channel sediments (IReS Ltd., Ellesmere Port, 2008-2010)
- Middle and Upper Devonian in the subsurface of NE Germany (2000-2009)