Olaf Bubenzer Werdegang

GRADUATE STUDIES

06/1992: Diploma, Geography, Geology and Soil Sciences
1985-1992: Study of Geography, Geology, Meteorology and Soil Sciences, Universities of Cologne (Köln) and Bonn, Germany

7/1998: Dissertation (PhD) (Dr. rer. nat), Thesis: Sedimentfallen als Zeugen der spät- und postglazialen Hang- und Talbodenentwicklung im Einzugsgebiet der Schwülme (Südniedersachsen), University of Cologne (Köln), a contribution to the Priority Programme Changes of the Geo-Biosphere during the last 15,000 Years. Continental Sediments as Evidence for Changing Environmental Conditions of the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) as part of IGBP-Pages and PEPIII.

since 07/2024 elected member of the review board 3.45 `Geography´ of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
since 07/2023: Member of the extended executive board, Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE)
since 07/2022: President, Heidelberg Geographische Gesellschaft e.V. (HGG)
since 09/2017: Full Professor (W3), Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University, Germany
01/2015 - 01/2023: Vice President, Heinrich-Barth-Institute of Archaeology & Environment of Africa (HBI e.V.), Cologne, Germany
since 1/2008: Speaker of the working group Desert Margin Research of the German Geographical Society
2014-2022: Member and treasurer, Steering Committee Verband für Geographie an deutschsprachigen Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen (VGDH), Germany

since 09/2017: Full Professor (W3), Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University, Germany
07/2012-08/2017: Full Professor (W2), Institute of Geography, University of Cologne (Köln), Germany
07/2011-06/2012: Managing Director of the Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE), Germany
4/2009-3/2010: Marsilius Fellow, Initiative for Excellence (Center for Advanced Studies), Heidelberg University, Germany
10/2008-09/2010: Vice Dean Earth Sciences, Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Heidelberg University, Germany
10/2007-06/2012: Professor (representation of Prof. Dr. B. Eitel), Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University, Germany
04/2006-03/2014: Secretary of the Commission Arid Lands, Humankind and Environment of the International Geographical Union (IGU)
1/2004-09/2007: Assistant Professor (C2), Department of Geography, University of Cologne (Köln), Germany
10/1998-12/2003: Senior Lecturer (C1), Department of Geography, University of Cologne (Köln), Germany
10/1993-9/1998: Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Cologne (Köln), Germany
8/1992-9/1993: Assistent Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Cologne (Köln), Germany
8/1991-11/1991: Research Assistant, Department of Geography, University of Göttingen; Germany
8/1990-1/1991: Work experience, LANDSCAPE Geo Press Services, Cologne (Köln), Germany
4/1987-2/1991: Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography, University of Cologne (Köln), Germany

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