Jana Friedrich

Curriculum vitae

Academic Degrees

  • Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) in Radiochemistry , University of Bremen / Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Bremerhaven, Germany
  • Diploma in Mineralogy and Geochemistry,Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany

Curriculum vitae

  • since 2019 Deputy Head of the Department "Aquatic Nutrient Cycles" at the Institute of Coastal Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht
  • 2016 - 2019 Head of the Department "Aquatic Nutrient Cycles" (rotating leadership scheme)
  • 2011 - 2016 Senior scientist in the department of “Biogeochemistry in Coastal Seas” at Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht
  • 2003 - 2011 Group leader “Radiochemistry” and deputy head in the Department of Marine Geochemistry at Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Bremerhaven, Germany
  • 2009 Visiting scientist at the Scottish Marine Institute (SAMS) in Oban, UK
  • 2007 Visiting scientist at the Marine Institute, University of Plymouth, UK
  • 2000 - 2003 Project manager of “German Research Network Natural Disasters” at Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany
  • 1997 - 2000 Postdoc in the Department of Surface Waters at Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Kastanienbaum, Switzerland
  • 1996 - 1997 Postdoc in the Radiochemistry Group, Division of Geosciences at Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Bremerhaven, Germany
  • 1992 - 1996 PhD student in the Radiochemistry Group, Division of Geosciences, at Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Bremerhaven, Germany, thesis title: “Polonium and Lead in the Southern Polar Ocean - Natural tracers for biological and hydrographical processes in the surface water of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and the Weddell Sea”
  • 1991 - 1992 Postgraduate research at Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
  • 1986 - 1991 Diploma in Mineralogy and Geochemistry at Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany, thesis title: "Pathways of uranium isotopes in rivers within uranium mining and milling areas of southwestern Saxony”