Katharina Heẞ Curriculum Vitae
PhD thesis topic
Holocene tsunamis and the variability of storminess in the northern North Sea realm inferred from the coastal lake record on the Shetland Islands
Scientific Background
- Since 06/2023: Research associate at the Institute of Geography at Heidelberg University
- 02/2022— 05/2023: Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Geosciences, Heidelberg University
- 12/2021: Master of Science, Master's thesis: “Historical records of North Atlantic storminess on the Shetland Islands (UK). Sedimentological and geochemical analyses of overwash processes from a coastal lake”. Supervisor: Dr. Max Engel, Prof. Dr. Olaf Bubenzer
- 10/2018—12/2021: Master programme in Geography (specialization: Physical Geography) at the Institute of Geography, Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg
- 10/2017—08/2018: Master programme in Geoecology — Environmental Sciences at the Institute of Geosciences, Bayreuth University
- 06/2017: Bachelor of Science, Bachelor's thesis: “The Cryosphere as a Water Resource in the Semi-Arid North of Chile: Satellite-Based Studies of Snow and Glacier Changes in the Upper Huasco Region“. Supervisors: Dr. Juliane Dame, Dr. Susanne Schmidt
- 10/2013—06/2017: Bachelor's degree program in Geography at the Institute of Geography, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg