Liane G. Benning#
| Membership Number: | 4506 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.gfz-potsdam.de/en/section/interface-geochemistry/staff/profil/liane-g-benning |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2016 - present Professor in Interface Geochemistry, GFZ Potsdam and Freie Universität Berlin, Germany (joint appointment)
- 2014 - present Head of Interface Geochemistry Section 4.4, German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ Potsdam, Germany
- 2007 - 2020 Professor in Experimental Biogeochemistry, University of Leeds, UK
- 2006 - 2006 Visiting Scientist, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington DC, USA
- 2005 - 2007 Reader in Geobiology, University of Leeds, UK
- 2004 - 2005 University Lecturer, University of Leeds, UK
- 1999 - 2004 University Research Fellow, University of Leeds, UK
- 1999 - 2003 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, USA
- 1996 - 1999 Research Associate, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Biogeochemistry, Mineralogy, extremophile Microbiology
- Nucleation, growth and crystallization mechanisms and kinetics of environmentally relevant mineral phases
- Develop, test and apply new state-of-the-art techniques for in situ and time resolved quantification of mineral-fluid-microbe interface reactions;
- The microbial - mineral - ice interactions leading to the darkening of the Greenland Iced Sheet and the accelerated melting
- Microbial and particulate interactions in cryogenic extreme environments to unravel effects on global scale processes;
Honours and Awards
- 2020 Geochemistry Fellow: European Association of Geochemistry + Geochemical Society
- 2018 Member of the German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina
- 2017 Member of the European Academy of Sciences, Academia Europaea
- 2016 Schlumberger Award, The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, UK
- 2016 Bigsby Medal, Geological Society of London, UK
- 2015 - 2017 President of the European Geochemical Society
- 2009 - 2014 Wolfson Research Merit Award, UK Royal Society
- 1996 - 1997 Swiss National Science Foundation Personal International Fellowship for the USA
