Vita
Dr. Klaus Wemmer
Name
Klaus Wemmer
Date of birth
07. November 1960
Place of birth
Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Nationality
german
1971 - 1973 Gymnasium Sarstedt i.E. in Himmelsthür
1973 - 1980 Kreisgymnasium Sarstedt
05.06. 1980 Abitur
10/80 – 09/82
2 years volunteer in the German Army
10/82 - 04/88
Study of Geology/Palaeontology at the Universität of Göttingen
07.04.1988
Diploma in Geology/Palaeontology
Diploma thesis:
Vergleichende, systematische Untersuchungen der korngrößenabhängigen Illit-Kristallinität an Peliten und Psammiten des Frankenwaldes.
05/88 - 06/91
Research associate in the German Deep DrillingProject (KTB)
(funded by the German Research Foundation, DFG).
12.06.1991
Doctorate, Dr. rer. nat., magna cum laude
Doctoral thesis:
Applicabilities for K/Ar age determinations for retrograde deformation processes under brittle and ductile conditions. Examples from the KTB-pilot well (Oberpfalz) and the Insubric Line (N-Italy).
07/91 - 12/95
Researcher in the German Deep Drilling Project
(funded by the German Research Foundation, DFG).
since 16.04.1997
Researcher and Lecturer at the IGDL (today GZG), University of Göttingen (SFB 468).
since 01.04.2000
Head of the noble gas section, Department of Isotope Geology at the Geoscience Centre, University of Göttingen