Ulrich Struck

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Struck is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Earth Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin, and scientific director of the Isotope Laboratory at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. His career includes leadership roles at institutions like the Bavarian State Collection for Palaeontology and the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich. He specializes in stable isotope applications for ecological and paleoenvironmental studies, contributing to projects like IMBER (Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research). His research focuses on nitrogen and carbon isotope dynamics in marine systems, with notable work on Baltic Sea eutrophication, Mediterranean sapropel formation, and trophic ecology of Varanids.

• Education:
• 1982-1988: Geology studies, Kiel University
• 1989-1992: PhD in Micropaleontology, Kiel University
• 2008: Habilitation in Nitrogen Isotope Studies, LMU Munich

Research highlights include pioneering sediment trap studies in the Baltic Sea and isotopic analysis of trophic segregation in monitor lizards. He has maintained active involvement in international collaborations and laboratory leadership roles since 2000.

His publications emphasize interdisciplinary approaches linking modern and ancient systems, with a focus on reconstructing past environmental changes through geochemical proxies.