Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil Bernhard Eitel
Rector of Universität Heidelberg
Personal Information
Born: 1959, Karlsruhe
Education
| 1994 |
Habilitation, Department of Geography, University of Stuttgart Habilitation Title: "Kalkreiche Decksedimente und Kalkkrustengenerationen in Namibia: Zur Frage der Herkunft und Mobilisierung des Calciumcarbonats." (“Calcium-Rich Cover Beds and Calcrete Generations in Namibia: On the Origin and Mobilization of the Calcium Carbonate”) |
| 1989 |
Doctorate, Department of Geography, University of Stuttgart (with Honours) Dissertation Title: "Morphogenese im südlichen Kraichgau unter besonderer Berücksichtigung tertiärer und pleistozäner Decksedimente. Ein Beitrag zur Landschaftsgeschichte Südwestdeutschlands." (“Morphogenesis in the Southern Kraichgau with Respect to the Tertiary and Pleistocene Cover Beds: A Contribution to Landscape History in Southwest Germany”) |
| 1980 – 1986 | Staatsexamen, Geography and German, University of Karlsruhe (TH) |
Scientific Career
| Since 2001 | Full Professorship (C4) of Physical Geography, Institute of Geography, Universität Heidelberg, Director of the Institute of Geography of Universität Heidelberg |
| 2001 | Offered professorship of Physical Geography, University of Bayreuth (declined) |
| 2000 | Offered full professorship (C4) of Physical Geography, University of Göttingen (declined) |
| 1995 | Professor (C3) for Physical Geography, University of Passau |
| 1989 – 1995 | Akademischer Rat (Associate Professor), Department of Geography, University of Stuttgart |
| 1989 | Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Stuttgart |
| 1986 – 1989 | Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Geoecology, University of Karlsruhe (TH) |
Academia, Universität Heidelberg
| Since 2007 | Rector of Universität Heidelberg |
| 2006 – 2007 | Vice Dean for Earth Sciences, Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences |
| 2005 – 2006 | Spokesman of the University Senate |
| 2004 – 2006 | Dean of the Combined Faculties of Natural and Mathematical Sciences and Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences |
| 2002 – 2004 | Vice Dean for Earth Sciences, Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences |
| Since 2001 | Director, Institute of Geography |
Memberships
| 2010 | Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, National Academy of Sciences |
| 2009 | Corresponding Member of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) |
| 2008 | Member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) |
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2006 – 2007 |
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Research Group (AK) on Geomorphology (Deutscher AK für Geomorphologie in der DGfG e.V.) |
| 2005 | Commission Member of the State of Niedersachsen Commission for the Evaluation of Research in the Departments of Geography in the State’s Universities |
| 2004 – 2009 | Member of the UNESCO-IGCP 500 Management Group "Westerlies and Monsoons: Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Dryland Environments, Hydrology and People" |
| 2004 – 2007 | Committee Member of the Heidelberg Geographic Society (Heidelberger Geographischen Gesellschaft [HGG]) |
| 2002 | Steering Committee Member of the GeoUnion (Alfred-Wegener-Stiftung) |
| Since 2002 | Member of the Executive Commission of the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG)-Working Group on “Interaction between Fluvial, Aeolian and Lacustrine Processes in Arid Regions“ |
| 2002 – 2006 | Chairman of the Research Group on Geomorphology in the German Society for Geography |
| 2002 – 2004 | Chairman of the Heidelberg Geographic Society |
| 1994 – 2002 | Member of the Supervisory Board for the Research Group on Geomorphology in the German Society for Geography |
Areas of Research
Geomorphology, Soil Geography, Geoecology, Arid Environments,
Hydrogeography, Limnology, Quaternary
Geoarchaeology, Environmental Management
in Southwest Germany, Western Europe, the Arctic, Sub-Saharan Africa, South America
Awards and Distinctions
| 2011 | „Ordre des Palmes Académiques“ by the French Republic for significant contributions to the French higher education system |
Selected Publications
Eitel, B. (2000): Different amounts of pedogenic palygorskite in South West African Cenozoic calcretes: Geomorphological, palaeoclimatical and methodological implications. - Z. Geomorph. N. F. Suppl.-Bd. 121, S. 139-149.
Eitel, B., Eberle, J. & Kuhn, R. (2002): Holocene environmental change in the Otjiwarongo thornbush savanna (Northern Namibia): Evidence from soils and sediments. - Catena 47: 43-62.
Eitel, B., van der Borg, K., Eberle, J. & Megies, H. (2002): Late Pleistocene / Early Holocene glacial history of northern Andréeland (Northern Spitsbergen / Svalbard Archipelago): evidence from glacial and fluvio-glacial deposits. – Z. Geomorph. N. F. 46: 337-364.
Eitel, B., Hecht, S., Mächtle, B., Schuhkraft, G.,Kadereit, A., Wagner, G. A., Kromer, B., Unkel, I. & Reindel, M. (2005): Geoarchaeological evidence from desert loess in the Nazca-Palpa region, southern Peru: Palaeoenvironmental changes and their impact on Pre-Columbian cultures. – Archaeometry 47: 137-185.
Eitel, B., Kadereit, A., Blümel, W. D., Hüser, K. Lomax, J. & Hilgers, A. (2006): Fluvial deposits in the Upper Hoanib river catchment, northwestern Namibia: New evidence of environmental changes before and after the Last Glacial Maximum at the eastern Namib Desert Margin. – Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 234: 201-222.
Eitel, B. & Mächtle, B. (2009): Man and environment in the eastern Atacama Desert (Southern Peru): Holocene climate changes and their impact on Pre-Columbian cultures. In: Reindel, M. & Wagner, G.A. (ed.): New Technologies for Archaeology, Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 17-37.