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Stephan KEMPE
PROFESSOR University of Technology Darmstadt, Germany
Retired since April 1st, 2015

Date of Birth: 24th of August, 1949 Nationality: German

ADDRESS
Prof. Dr. Stephan Kempe
Arbeitsgruppe Allgemeine Geologie und Stoffkreisläufe
Institut für Angewandte Geowissenschaften
Fachbereich 11 (Material- und Geowissenschaften)
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Schnittspahnstr. 9; D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany
Tel.: 49 (0) 6151 16 2471 (2171); Fax: 6539
e-mail: kempe@geo.tu-darmstadt.de
homepage with reference list: http://www.iag.tu-darmstadt.de/members/kempe/kempe.tud

EDUCATION
1982: Habilitation (Dr. rer. nat. habil.) University of Hamburg, Germany.
1976: Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) University of Hamburg,, Germany
1974: Diplom (MSc) in Geology/Paleontology, University of Hamburg, Germany.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since 1994: Universitätsprofessor Physical Geology and Global Cycles, Institute for Applied Geosciences, University of Technology Darmstadt, Germany
1982-1994: Lecturer and Senior Scientist, Geological and Paleontological Institute and Institute for Biogeochemistry and Marine Chemistry, University of Hamburg, Germany
1976-1982: Scientist, Geological and Paleontological Institute and Institute for Biogeochemistry and Marine Chemistry University of Hamburg, Germany

FIELDS OF EXPERTISE
- marine chemistry
- biogeochemistry
- global carbon cycle
- varve sedimentology
- early evolution of the oceans
- volcanology
- caves and karst development and speleothems

PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENTS
2000-2006 Member of Europa Focus Group (Chair: Ron Greeley), participation on four of five meetings
1998-2001 Director of the Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Technischen Hochschule (today Institut für Angewandte Geowissenschaften der Technischen Universität Darmstadt).
1996-2002 Member of the Nationalkomittee of the DFG and the BMBF to coordinate the German Global Change Science.
1995-1997 Prodekan, Dekan and Prädekan of the Fachbereich „Geowissenschaften und Geographie der Technischen Hochschule, Darmstadt“.
1993-1999 Member Science Steering Committee of LOICZ/IGBP
1992-1999 Member Science Committee von IGBP-Global Change.
1991-1993 Member LOICZ (Land/Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone) Core Project Planning Committee of the IGBP-Global Change
1980-1991 Co-Organizer of annual SCOPE/UNEP Workshops on “Transport of Carbon and Minerals in Major World Rivers” and “Particle Flux in the Ocean”, in different countries and Coordinator of the SCOPE/UNEP Project „Transport of Carbon and Minerals in Major World Rivers“
1979-1984 Communication Officer of the SCOPE/UNEP International Carbon Unit, Hamburg.
1978-today, PI and chief scientist on many marine geochemical and marine sedimentological cruises to the North Sea, Atlantic, Pacific and the Black Sea and PI of expeditions to the crater lakes of Satonda, Niuafo’ou, Kauhako and to Lake Van and the Dead Sea.

RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS/BOOKS
330 professional publications (plus 140 abstracts) plus 17 authored, co-authored and co-edited books on global cycles, biogeochemistry of rivers, caves and karst.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Physical geology, minerals and rocks, biogeochemistry, global cycles, caves and karst, planetology, volcanology, field mapping courses, excursions, day field trips.

SUPERVISION OF DIPLOMA THESES AND DISSERTATIONS
Supervised about 40 Diplom (5 years MSc equivalent) mapping theses and Diplom theses and ten doctoral theses (two still in progress), and one habilitation thesis, at the University of Hamburg and the University of Technology, Darmstadt.
External examiner in doctoral theses: University of Groningen, University of Strasbourg.

INSTRUMENTAL AND LABORATORY EXPERIENCE
Hydrogeochemistry (AAS, IC, C/N/S), marine geochemistry, marine sampling and coring, carbonate sedimentology, ESEM, underwater work, extensive field experience and mapping campaigns in remote areas, GPS Mapping, cave exploration.

HONOURS AND MEMBERSHIPS
1970-1974: stipend of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes e.V.
1974-1976: Dissertation stipend of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes e.V.
1991: Merit Award (together with Prof. Dr. Jozef Kazmierczak) of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Biosciences) for the investigation of the morphogenesis of recent and fossil cyanobacterial mats
1998: Stipend of the Deutsch-Amerikanisches Akademisches Konzil (DAAK).
Since 1999: Fellow National Speleological Society.
Member: Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Meereskunde, American Geophysical Union (and EGU), Planetary Society, National Speleological Society, Verband der deutschen Höhlen- und Karstforscher, Hawaii Speleological Survey, Hawaii Grotto, Lichtenberg Gesellschaft.

SUPPORTING AGENCIES
Support by various agencies has been granted in past projects. Among these agencies the most important are: German Research Foundation (DFG), Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), European Union.

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