Research topics and scope of duties
- Analysis of global water quality data held by the GEMS/Water Data Centre
- Development of water quality data products
- Supporting and consulting data users as well as national and international organisations in using water quality data provided by the GEMS/Water Data Centre, drafting water quality assessment reports and implementing United Nation guidelines for monitoring programmes
Professional Experience
Since 01/2017: Scientific officer at the GEMS/Water Data Centre located at the International Centre for Water Resources and Global Change, Koblenz
2013 – 2016: Research assistant in the working group Marine Geology, Department of Marine Science, Senckenberg am Meer, Wilhelmshaven
Education
2013 – 2016: PhD in Geosciences (Dr. rer. nat.), University of Bremen, PhD thesis: “Integrating short- and long-term bioerosion processes in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea”
2010 – 2013: Master studies in Geosciences (M.Sc.), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Master’s thesis: “Facies development of an intra-platform patch reef in the Silurian Slite Group on Gotland (Sweden)”
2007 – 2010: Bachelor studies in Geosciences (B.Sc.), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Bachelor’s thesis: “Genese von Onkoiden an der Trüllbach-Quelle/N-Frankenalb, Walkersbrunn”
Publications
Färber, C., Titschack, J., Schönberg, C. H. L., Ehrig, K., Boos, K., Baum, D., Illerhaus, B., Asgaard, U., Bromley, R. G., Freiwald, A., and Wisshak, M., 2016. Long-term macrobioerosion in the Mediterranean Sea assessed by micro-computed tomography, Biogeosciences, 13, 3461-3474, doi:10.5194/bg-13-3461-2016.
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Färber, C., Wisshak, M., Pyko, I., Bellou, N. & Freiwald, A., 2015. Effects of Water Depth, Seasonal Exposure, and Substrate Orientation on Microbial Bioerosion in the Ionian Sea (Eastern Mediterranean). PLOS ONE, 10, e0126495.
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Färber, C. & Munnecke, A., 2014. Gypsum evaporites in a patch reef of the upper Slite Group in the Silurian (Wenlock) of Gotland, Sweden. GFF, 136, 75-79.
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Conference contributions
Färber, C., Titschack, J., Schönberg, C.H.L., Ehrig, K., Boos, K., Baum, D., Illerhaus, B., Asgaard, U., Bromley, R.G., Freiwald, A. & Wisshak, M., 2015. Assessing long-term macrobioerosion in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea via micro-computed tomography. IAS 31st Meeting of Sedimentology, 22.-25.06.2015, Krakau, Poland [talk].
Färber, C., Titschack, J., Wisshak, M., Freiwald, A., Bromley, R.G., Asgaard, U., Baum, D., Ehrig, K. & Illerhaus, B., 2014. Integrating short- and long-term bioerosion processes in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. GeoFrankfurt 2014 – Earth System Dynamics, 21.-24.09.2014, Frankfurt a.M. [talk].
Färber, C., Wisshak, M., Bellou, N., Pyko, I. & Freiwald, A., 2013. Seasonal bioerosion patterns along a bathymetrical transect in the Ionian Sea, Eastern Mediterranean. Joint Meeting der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft und der Palaeontological Society of China, 23.-27.09.2013, Göttingen [talk].
Färber, C. & Munnecke, A., 2013. Indication of gypsum evaporites in a patch reef of the upper Slite Group (Lower Homerian, Wenlock) in the Silurian of Gotland, Sweden. IGCP 591 Annual Meeting, 9.-19.06.2013, Lund, Sweden [poster].
Färber, C., Koch, R. & Munnecke, A., 2012. Origin of in-situ freshwater oncoids from a karstic spring in the Northern Franconian Alb (Bavaria, Southern Germany). Anniversary Meeting of the Paleontological Society of Germany, 24.-29.09.2012, Berlin [poster].
