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Dr. Volker Wennrich


Telefon +49 221 470-4293

Telefax +49 221 470-1663

E-Mail: volker.wennrich(at)uni-koeln.de

Research Interests

  • Reconstruction of Cenozoic precipitation changes in the hyperarid Atacama Desert (CRC1211)
  • High-resolution geochemistry of lake sediments
  • Tephrachronology of North Chile
  • Pliocene and Pleistocene history of Lake El’gygytgyn, NE-Russia
  • Late Quaternary climate and environmental history of Central Germany

Lab work

  • Lab manager of the facilities of the working group „Quaternary Geology"
  • Responsible scientist for the ITRAX XRF core scanner
  • Development of matrix correction protocols