Elke Süß: Curriculum Vitae
School education and professional training
08/1992 - 07/1998 A-levels (Gymnasium Zschopau)
08/1998 - 07/2000 Apprenticeship as Logger (Forestry office Olbernhau)
Master-Studies
10/2000 - 09/2006 MSc Geocecology (TU Bergakademie Freiberg; Pedology, Ecology, Hydro(geo)logy)
PhD-studies
09/2007 - 05/2011 PhD Environmental Geochemistry
Topic: Investigations towards a better understanding of arsenic-sulfur speciation in aquatic environments: Formation, stability, structural characterization, and conflicting analyses (Prof. Dr. B. Planer-Friedrich, University of Bayreuth, Prof. Dr. B. J. Merkel, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, and Dr. A. C. Scheinost, FZ Dresden-Rossendorf/ESRF Grenoble)
Courses and certificates during the PhD
10/2009-12/2010 “Certificate for Academic Teaching Bavaria (> 120 AE)” at the FBZHL (Training Center for Academic Teaching)
07/2009 Short-course
International Seminar for Remediation of contaminated sites with technical visit at Nica Mine (ICOBTE Konferenz in Mexiko)
05/2009 – 05/2010 Personal coaching-program for PhD-students at the University of Bayreuth
12/2008 Communicating your Science to the Public (workshop AGU Fall Meeting)
05/2008 Marie Curie Conferences and Training Courses Synchrotron Radiation and Neutrons Techniques in Environmental Science (ESRF, Grenoble, France)
04/2008 Short-courses “Spectroscopic methods in environmental sciences” (Raman spectroscopy, AAS, ICP-MS)
Work experience
since 02/2011 Teaching and Research Assistant (Environmental Geochemistry, University of Bayreuth); Assistance in laboratory management, teaching, supervising of students, collaboration within different scientific projects
11/2008 - 03/2009 Teaching and Research Assistant (Environmental Geochemistry, University of Bayreuth); Assistance instrument installations, supervising of students (Virtual lab), collaboration within different scientific projects
09/2006 - 05/2008 Teaching and Research Assistant (TU Bergakademie Freiberg; Chair of Hydrogeology); assistance in teaching (courses: PhreeqC, Goundwater protection, Water Chemistry , and Hydrogeology II), collaboration within different scientific projects, supervising of students, support of the ILE-project (internet learning environment, int. al. virtual lab) and adoption to Moodle
Memberships
GDCh, Geochemical Society