Anne Sturm
Institut für Geowissenschaften
Im Neuenheimer Feld 236, Raum 401
D-69120 Heidelberg
E-Mail: Anne.Sturm@geow.uni-heidelberg.de
Tel.: +49 (0) 6221 544825
Fax: +49 (0) 6221 545503
Education and career
- 2021 - present: PhD Student, Universität Heidelberg, Germany
- 2018 - 2021: Universität Heidelberg, M.Sc. in Geosciences; Thesis title: "Geochemical fingerprinting of Middle Pleistocene cryptotephras from ODP Site 967, Levantine Basin: Extending the Mediterranean tephrostratigraphic framework towards the East"
- 08/2020- 11/2020: Universität Heidelberg, Student assistant at the Institute of Geosciences, responsible for the concept and production of the institute’s promotional video.
- 02/2020 - 08/2020: Erasmus exchange at the University of Catania, Sicily, Italy
- 2017 - 2020: Universität Heidelberg, Student research assistant in the Isotope Geology and Petrology research group
- 2016 - 2018: Heidelberg University of Education (PH Heidelberg), student research assistant at the GIS Station / Klaus Tschira Competence Center for Digital Geomedia
- 2014 - 2018: Universität Heidelberg, B.Sc. in Geosciences; Thesis title: "Xenoliths from the Gemündener Maar & Meerfelder Maar, West Eifel Volcanic Field (WEVF): Crustal provenance and pyrometamorphism revealed by petrology and high spatial resolution zircon geochronology"
- 2012 - 2017: Universität Heidelberg, B.Sc. in Geography; Thesis title: “Remote Sensing Approaches as an Opportunity for Disaster Management: Evaluation of satellite-based Multi-Hazard Assessment at Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala”
Research Focus and Projects
- Geochronology, Volcanology, Geochemistry
- Quaternary Eifel volcanism; crustal xenoliths; U–Pb and U–Th/He geochronology of zircon.
- Pleistocene volcanism in the Mediterranean region; cryptotephra; geochemistry and tephrochronology
Honors and Awards
- 2020: Erasmus Scholarship
- 2019: Geology Award (Foundation of the Institute of Geosciences, Heidelberg University), awarded for the best thesis
- 2017–2021: Germany Scholarship (Deutschlandstipendium)
Expeditions
- July 2021: Field measurement campaign at Mount Etna, Sicily
- October 2021: Fieldwork and sample collection in Methana–Aegina–Poros, Greece