Curriculum vitae

Study of Biology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

Guest Scientist at Department of Geology, University of Oslo, Norway.

"Assistent in Opleiding” (= PhD position) at the Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Utrecht University“, The Netherlands.

Defence of Dissertation. Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

Postdoc within the “Graduiertenkolleg: Stoff-Flüsse in marinen Geosystemen“, Fachbereich 5-Geowissenschaften, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany.

Assistent Professor (C1) Fachbereich Geologie; Allgemeine Geologie mit dem Schwerpunkt Historische Geologie/Paläontologie, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany.

maternity leave

maternity leave

Habilitation in “Fachgebiet historische Geologie/Paläontologie” at the University of Bremen, Germany

Wissenschaftlicher Angestellte (BAT 1b, unbefristet) Fachbereich Geowissenschaften; Allgemeine Geologie mit dem Schwerpunkt Historische Geologie/Paläontologie, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany.

vice-speaker of the international graduate college “Proxies in Earth History”; EUROPROX. Employs 14 PhD studentes (until dec 2007), 16 PhD students (2008 – 2010), 2 PostDoc’s, 7 research students and 1 secretary.

international co-ordinator of the European Graduierten Kolleg "Proxies in Earth History" (EUROPROX).

Project leader of project A8 of the “Research Centre Ocean Margins”: “Influence of Atlantic Ocean thermohaline circulation on tropical sea-surface temperature and North African climate”.

Supervisor of research activities in project A9 of the “Research Centre Ocean Margins”: “The impact of climate changes on the planktonic sedimentary imprint in ocean-margin systems”.

Frauenbeauftragte of the Fachbereich 5-Geowissenschaften, University of Bremen

Organisation of the international Workshop “Ecologic and biologic aspects of dinoflagellate cysts and their use in palaeoclimatic research”, Bremen Dec. 2003.

Representative of the scientific staff in the „Fachbereichsrat des Fachbereichs 5- Geowissenschaften“, University Bremen.

Project leader of project B1 of the “Research Centre Ocean Margins”: "Oxygen minimum zones in high-productivity regimes: Biochemical cycling and geological documentation"

Project leader of projects 4 and 5 of the International Graduierten Kolleg “Proxies in Earth History”.

Financial supervisor of the department of Histodrical Geology/Palaeontology at the University of Bremen.

Member of the editorial board of “The Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology”

Reviewer of articles for the journals: Paleoceanography, Marine Micropalaeontology, Marine Geology, Journal of Quaternary Sciences, Phycologia, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Quaternary Science Reviews

Within the Graduiertencolleg: Stoff-flüsse in marinen Geosystemen” several (international) Courses, Workshops and meetings were organised.

Zonneveld, C.A.F. and Versteegh, G.J.M. (Editors) Special issue. Dino-5; 5th international conference on modern and fossil dinoflagellates. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 84 (1/2): 199pp.

Principal organisor of the International conference Dino V; The fifth International Conference on modern and fossil dinoflagellates, Zeist, The Netherlands. ±120 Participants

Financial supervisor and committee member of the „Palynologische Kring The Netherlands“.

Guide in the Botanical Garden of the Utrecht University.

Editor of „De Voelhoorn“; Students journal of the Biology Faculty, Utrecht University.

Principal Scientist on Poseidon Cruise P339 (CAPPUCCINO) Calabrian and Adriatic (palaeo-)productivity and Climatic variability in the last two millennia. Piräus - Messina

METEOR M65/1 Climate history and sedimentation processes off NW Africa. Dakar – Dakar.

METEOR M57-3 Oxygen minimum zone of the Namibian upwelling system. Walvis Bay-Dakar

„Netherlands Indian Ocean Expeditie“, Leg D2, Arabian Sea; Murray Ridge Region.

Principal scientist on 1 day excursions of the R.V. Senkenbergia and R.V. Aurelia in the scope of educational activities.