My Research

• Developing state-of-the-art analytical techniques for high-precision U-Pb dating
• Timescales for the formation of Large Igneous Provinces and their intercalibration with periods of environmental and biotic change
• Timing and tempo of magmatism in the crust
• Calibration of the geological time scale by U-Pb dating of zircon in volcanic ash beds
• The state of the U-Pb system in zircon and baddeleyite under varying ambient physical and chemical conditions

Teaching

Bachelor Courses

Master Courses

Fieldtrips

Service to the Community

• Member of the owner committee of SwissSIMS, University of Lausanne
• Steering committee of Paul Niggli Foundation, Zürich
• Science officer of the GMPV section of the European Geoscience Union
• Science editor of GEOLOGY
• Guest editor of CHIMIA