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Name: Wolf-Achim Kahl
Date of birth:     November 30, 1968, Niebüll (Germany)
Citizenship: German
Languages: German (native), English (fluent), Italian (basic)

Research and Employment

since 04/2020 Lab Manager 3D X-Ray Microscope, MAPEX Center for Materials and Processes, University of Bremen (Germany)
2012-03/2020 Post-doctoral research fellow in a Reinhart Koselleck Project with Prof. Dr. W. Bach, Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, Germany
2011-2012 Post-doctoral research fellow in the Schwerpunktprogramm "Integrated Ocean Drilling Program" with Prof. Dr. W. Bach, Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, Germany
2007-2011 Post-doctoral research fellow in the joint research project CO2-MoPa "Modelling and parameterisation of CO2-sequestration" with Prof. Dr. A. Holzheid, Institute of Geosciences, University of Kiel, Germany
  • Setup and management of the X-ray µ-CT laboratory (SkyScan 1172)
  • Management of the High-Temperature Solution-Calorimeter laboratory and DSC laboratory (Perkin-Elmer Pyris1DSC, DSC7)
2004-2007 Post-doctoral research fellow R&D Cooperation "Automotive catalysts" with Dr. U. Klein, Umicore AG & Co. KG, Hanau; Germany and Prof. Dr. V. Schenk, Institute of Geosciences,University of Kiel, Germany
  • Preparation of precious metal-bearing catalysts for XRF analysis
2002-2003 Software consultant isn GmbH, Hamburg/Kiel, Germany
2001 Training as Application engineer client-server systems, Siemens Business Services, Kiel, Germany

Education

July 2000 Dr. rer. nat. in Mineralogy
1996-2000 Doctorate studies, Department of Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics, University of Bochum, Germany
  • Setup of the High-Temperature Solution-Calorimeter laboratory and DSC laboratory (Perkin-Elmer Pyris1DSC)
  • Thesis supervisor: Prof. Dr. W. V. Maresch
January 1996 Diploma in Mineralogy
1988-1996 Studies in Mineralogy, Institute of Mineralogy, University of Kiel, Germany
  • Supervisor of diploma thesis: PD Dr. John Schumacher

Synergistic activities

  • Webmaster of the International Confederation for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (ICTAC, http://www.ictac.org) since 2011
  • 2010: Appointment as Radiation Safety Official at the Institute for Geosciences Kiel, Germany
  • Webmaster of the German Society of Thermal Analysis (GEFTA, http://www.gefta.org) and guest of the board since 2004

Additional qualifications

  • Requisite qualification courses (Fachkundegruppen R2, R3, R4, R10) in radiation protection according to the German National X-Ray Ordinance at the Norddeutsches Seminar für Strahlenschutz, Kiel (2009)
  • IT skills Webdesign (HTML, PHP, mysql), application design (java, VB), databases

Affiliations

Member of the "Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft e. V." (DMG)
Member of the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA)