Prof. Dorrit Jacob

Dorrit moved into the geosciences after being inspired by lectures on cosmochemical themes from international celebrities whilst she was working as a chemical laboratory assistant at the Max Planck-Institute for Chemistry (Germany). She studied Mineralogy and Geology at Johannes-Gutenberg University (JGU) in Mainz, and obtained a Dr. rer. nat. from the Georg-August University in Göttingen. Both, Masters and PhD Thesis were undertaken and supervised at the Max-Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz. Dorrit was nationally recognised by the award of a DFG Heisenberg Chair in Biomineralisation in 2012. She was the first female scientist in Rhineland-Palatinate to be awarded a DFG-funded Heisenberg Professorship and the first female Heisenberg Professor at JGU. In 2013 Dorrit chose to leave Mainz and her full professorship to come to Australia, taking up an ARC Future Fellowship at Macquarie University and was promoted to full Professor in 2016. In November 2020, Dorrit became the first female School Director of the Research School of Earth Sciences.
Type
party
Access Privileges
Research School of Earth Sciences
Title
Prof.
Given Name
Dorrit
Surname
Jacob
Uni ID
u4961557
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4744-6627
Brief Description
She studied Mineralogy and Geology at Johannes-Gutenberg University (JGU) in Mainz, and obtained a Dr. rer. nat. from the Georg-August University in Göttingen. Both, Masters and PhD Thesis were undertaken and supervised at the Max-Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz.
Full Description
Dorrit moved into the geosciences after being inspired by lectures on cosmochemical themes from international celebrities whilst she was working as a chemical laboratory assistant at the Max Planck-Institute for Chemistry (Germany). She studied Mineralogy and Geology at Johannes-Gutenberg University (JGU) in Mainz, and obtained a Dr. rer. nat. from the Georg-August University in Göttingen. Both, Masters and PhD Thesis were undertaken and supervised at the Max-Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz. Dorrit was nationally recognised by the award of a DFG Heisenberg Chair in Biomineralisation in 2012. She was the first female scientist in Rhineland-Palatinate to be awarded a DFG-funded Heisenberg Professorship and the first female Heisenberg Professor at JGU. In 2013 Dorrit chose to leave Mainz and her full professorship to come to Australia, taking up an ARC Future Fellowship at Macquarie University and was promoted to full Professor in 2016. In November 2020, Dorrit became the first female School Director of the Research School of Earth Sciences.
Email Address
Dorrit.Jacob@anu.edu.au
Postal Address
School Administration Research School of Earth Sciences Dorrit.Jacob@anu.edu.au 142 Mills Road, Jaeger 8 Building The Australian National University ACT 2600 Australia
Phone Number
02 6125 2487(52487)
Website Address
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4744-6627; https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/jacob-de
Fields of Research
370302 - Inorganic geochemistry; 370303 - Isotope geochemistry; 370503 - Igneous and metamorphic petrology; 370505 - Mineralogy and crystallography
Socio-Economic Objective
280107 - Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences
Keywords
nitrogen; reaction path modeling; isotopes; garnet; clinopyroxene
Status: Published
Published to:
  • Australian National University
  • Australian National Data Service
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