Prof. Dr. Jan-Peter Duda
Research interests
I am a geobiologist who is deeply fascinated by the long and eventful histories of life and Earth. I explore relationships between (micro)organisms and environments through time by combining approaches from paleontology, geomicrobiology, sedimentology, and biogeochemistry. My research on Earth-life system evolution and ancient ecosystems is closely related to various other fields such as environmental sustainability and astrobiology.
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Education & Professional Background
2022 – today Full Professor (W3) of Geobiology University of Göttingen
2021 – 2022 Juniorprofessor (W1) Sedimentology & Organic Geochemistry University of Tübingen
2020 – today DFG Emmy-Noether Research Group Leader University of Tübingen
2018 – 2019 Visiting Scholar University of California Riverside
2014 – today Member, Origin of Life Group, Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities
2014 – 2020 Assistant Professor, Department of Geobiology, University of Göttingen
2011 Visiting Doctoral Student, NIGPAS, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2010 – 2014 Dr rer. nat., University of Göttingen, Germany; with “summa cum laude”
2007 – 2010 MSc Geosciences, University of Bremen
2004 – 2007 BSc Geosciences, University of Bremen
Academic Honors, Awards & Fellowships
2023 Visiting Professor Northwest University Xi’an, PR China
2023 Overseas Academic Expert 111 Center at Northwest University Xi’an, PR China
2020 DFG Emmy-Noether Fellowship (DU 1450/7-1)
2018 DFG Research Fellowship (DU 1450/4-1)
2014 Best Oral Presentation Award, 3rd International Conference of Geobiology, Wuhan, PR China
2013 Young Scientist Award, Paläontologische Gesellschaft & Palaeontological Society of China
2011 DAAD PhD fellowship
Research Funding
Information on current research funding can be found here
Service
Peer Reviewer: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Astrobiology, Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France (BSGF), Cambridge Elements, Carbonates and Evaporites, Geobiology, German Research Foundation (DFG), International Journal of Earth Sciences (IJES), Marine and Petroleum Geology, Nature, NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowships, Newsletters on Stratigraphy, Organic Geochemistry
Editorial boards: PalZ (Paläontologische Zeitschrift)
Guest editorials: International Journal of Astrobiology, PalZ (Paläontologische Zeitschrift)
Advisory boards: Paläontologische Gesellschaft (German Paleontological Society; PalGes)
Voting member: Subcommission on Precryogenian Stratigraphy, International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS)
Speaker: Research Group "Geobiology" of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft (German Paleontological Society; PalGes); Working Group “Origin of Life” of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany
Publications (Peer Reviewed Only)