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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Christopher Lüthgens

Institute of Applied Geology
Peter-Jordan-Straße 82, 1190 Wien
christopher.luethgens(at)boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-87213

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ORCID: 0000-0003-3211-6318

Curr. Vitae

2018 - Associate Professor at the Department of Structural Engineering and Natural Hazards, Institute of Applied Geology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna; Laboratory head of the luminescence dating laboratory Vienna
2018 - Habilitation thesis on "Geomorphology and Quaternary geochronology of high mountain ranges and their forelands" at the Institute of Applied Geology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
2014 - 2018 Assistant Professor at the Department of Structural Engineering and Natural Hazards, Institute of Applied Geology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna; Laboratory head of the luminescence dating laboratory Vienna
2012 - 2014 University assistant at the Department of Structural Engineering and Natural Hazards, Institute of Applied Geology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna; Laboratory head of the luminescence dating laboratory Vienna
2011 - 2012 Lecturer at the Institute of Geographical Sciences of the Freie Universität Berlin, Physical Geography.
2011 - Conferral of a doctorate to the subject „The age of Weichselian main ice marginal positions in north-eastern Germany inferred from Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dating” at the Institute of Geographical Sciences of the Freie Universität Berlin
2009 - 2011 Contract work for the Institute of Geographical Sciences, Physical Geography, Freie Universität Berlin
2006 - 2009 Research assistant in the project "Datierung der weichselzeitlichen Haupteisrandlagen in Nordostdeutschland mit Hilfe von physikalischen Methoden (OSL und IR-RF)" (Dating the Weichselian main ice marginal positions in northeastern Germany using physical mathods (OSL and IR-RF) at the Freie Universität Berlin
2004 - 2006 Contract work for the Institute of Geographical Sciences, Physical Geography, Freie Universität Berlin
1996 - 2004 Studies of Geography and English at the Freie Universität Berlin, State Certification Examination for tenured teacher in Geography and English, thesis topic "Feldbefunde und GIS-Analysen zur geomorphologischen Entwicklung der Umgebung des Rangsdorfer Sees" (Field evidence and GIS analyses concerning the geomorphological development of the Rangsdorf Lake area"

Statistik Austria, science classification

Stratigraphy; Dosimetry; General geology; Sedimentology; Stratigraphy; Geochronology; Climate change; Geomorphology; Physical geography; Glaciology; Environmental research; Archaeology;

Expertise

Geomorphology; Quaternary research; Geochronology; Paleo-environmental reconstruction; Luminescence dating; Geoarcheology;

Awards

2012 Woldstedt-Preis der Deutschen Quartärvereinigung (DEUQUA): Auszeichnung für Qualifikationsarbeiten zu quartärrelevanten Themen und mit hervorragender Beurteilung; Woldstedt-Price of the German Quaternary Association (DEUQUA)

Appointments/Memberships in Professional Societies

2019 - German Quaternary Association (DEUQUA)
secretary
2014 -2019 German Quaternary Association (DEUQUA)
advisor
2013 - Austrian Geological Society (ÖGG)
member
2013 - Austrian Research Association on Geomorphology and Environmental Change
member
2011 - Subcommission Quaternary of the German Stratigraphic Commission
corresponding member
2008 - German Society for Geomorphology
member
2008 -2014 German Quaternary Association (DEUQUA)
member

Editorial board appointments for scientific journals

2019 - E & G: Quaternary Science Journal:
Top level ( Editor in Chief)
2018 -2019 DEUQUA Special Publications:
Top level ( Editor in Chief)
2017 -2019 E & G: Quaternary Science Journal: Assistant Editor
1st level below top level (Associate Editor)
2012 -2012 Quaternary International:
Guest Editor (Special Issue)
2012 -2012 Quaternary Science Reviews:
Guest Editor (Special Issue)

Reviewer for scientific journals

2022 - Terrestrial atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
2022 - Journal of Quaternary Science
2019 - Geomechanik und Tunnelbau
2017 - Scientific Reports
2016 - Geografiska Annaler
2016 - Proceedings of the Geologists' Association
2016 - Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften
2015 - Quaternary Science Reviews
2015 - Boreas
2014 - Geological Quarterly
2013 - Climate of the Past
2013 - Quaternary International
2013 - E & G: Quaternary Science Journal
2012 - Geochronometria
2011 - Quaternary Geochronology

Reviewer/Expert funding organizations

2021 -2021 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - DFG - Germany
2020 -2020 Tiroler Wissenschaftsförderung (TWF), Land Tirol, Abteilung Wirtschaftsstandort, Digitalisierung und Wissenschaft - Austria
2015 -2015 Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) - France

Organizer of scientific conferences, Chairs

2022 Mapping the Desert - High Resolution Digital Elevation Models and Geomorphology in North Arabia
Organiser
2022 Exkursion "Ice dynamics in the SW sector of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet (SIS) – a fresh perspective from the classical area of the Weichselian glaciation in northern Brandenburg", DEUQUA Tagung 2022
Organiser
2022 DEUQUA Tagung 2022 "Connecting Geoarchives" in Potsdam
Member of the Organisation Committee
2021 virtual DEUQUA 2021
Member of the Organisation Committee
2021 E&G Quaternary Science Journal - Editorial Board Meeting (Online)
Organiser
2019 E&G Quaternary Science Journal - Editorial Board Meeting (Vienna, AUSTRIA)
Organiser
2019 E&G Quaternary Science Journal - Editorial Board Meeting (Dublin, IRELAND)
Organiser
2018 Central European Conference on Geomorphology and Quaternary Sciences, Gießen
Member of the Organisation Committee
2016 Exkursion zur Glazialmorphologie und Geochronologie des SW Sektors des Skandinavischen Eisschildes (Brandenburg, Deutschland)
Organiser
2016 DEUQUA 2016 "Übergänge im Quartär" in Dresden
Member of the Organisation Committee
2014 Jahrestreffen und Exkursion der Arbeitsgruppe Alpenvorland-Quartär (AGAQ) in Orth an der Donau
Member of the Organisation Committee
2012 Jahrestreffen und Exkursion der Subkommission Quartär der Deutschen Stratigraphischen Kommission in Bad Freienwalde
Organiser
2010 Late Quaternary Morphodynamics in East Asia (EGU Session GM5.4)
Chair (Session)
2009 Exploratory workshop on the frequency and timing of glaciations in northern Europe (including Britain) during the Middle and Late Pleistocene (FU Berlin)
Member of the Organisation Committee
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