Curriculum vitae Prof. Jens Herrle

Professional Career

2018 –  Chair of the “Geology and Geophysics” research group of the German Polar Research Society
2015 – 2016   Joubin James Guestprofessor,
University of Toronto, Canada
2009 –
Full Professor (W3) in Micropaleontology and Paleoceanography, Institute of Geosciences,
Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany
2007 – 2009 Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Micropaleontology, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2006 – 2009 Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2005 – 2006 Lecturer in Micropaleontology and Paleoceanography, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences,
University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
2003 – 2005 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Marie Curie Fellowship, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton,
University of Southampton, United Kingdom
2002 – 2003 Postdoc, Department of Earth Sciences,
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Switzerland
2002 Doctoral degree in Paleontology (Dr. rer. nat.; summa cum laude),
University of Tübingen, Germany
1998 Diploma in Geology (MSc. equivalent),
Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

Honours, awards, fellowships

2015 – 2016   Joubin James Guestprofessor, University of Toronto
2015 DAAD-Fellowship “Strategic Partnerships” between Goethe-University Frankfurt and University of Toronto, Canada
2009 Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung „Rückkehr deutscher Wissenschaftler aus dem Ausland”
2007 Nomination as a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Micropaleontology at the University of Alberta, Canada
2006 Honorary Research Assistant in the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences of the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
2003 – 2005 Marie Curie Fellowship of the 5. Framework Programme, European Union
2002 Award for the best PhD thesis in Geology 2002 at the University of Tübingen, Germany
1998 Best poster award, 2nd French Symposium on Stratigraphy, Paris, France