Professor Dr. Andreas Pack

Research fields and current projects

Origin of the Earth-Moon system
Reconstruction of the ocean temperatures in the Archean and Proterozoic
Triple oxygen isotope variations in terrestrial materials
Understanding of processes and their chronology in the early Solar system (DFG-projects PA909/2-1, PA909/2-1 [DFG Emmy-Noether-Research Group], PA-909/7-1, PA-909/8-1)
Determination of paleo-CO2 concentrations and global bioproduction rates throughout the Mesozoic and Cenozoic by means of triple oxygen isotope analyses of fossil bioapatite (DFG-project PA909/5-1)
Thermodynamics of Si in metal solid solutions with application to the formation mechanisms of planetary cores
Characterization of the oxygen triple isotope composition (δ17O, δ18O) of atmospheric CO2 and its sources - methodological development and application (DFG-project PA909/4-1)
Determination of the isotope composition of stratospheric atomic oxygen using micrometeorites (shooting stars, DFG-projects PA909/2-1 und PA909/2-2, DFG Emmy-Noether-Research Group)
Investigation of the origin of non-metallic inclusions in continuously cast steel (third party funding, steel industry)
Sponges as proxy for the Si isotope composition of ocean water – analysis of δ29Si and δ30Si by means of laser fluorination
Development and application of aerodynamic levitation in geo- and cosmochemisty (DFG-projects PA909/2-1, PA909/2-2, PA909/7-1, PA909/8-1)