Curriculum Vitae (Short Version)
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 |
| 1989 | Doctorate, Department of Geography, University of Stuttgart (with Honours) |
| 1980 – 1986 | Staatsexamen, Geography and German, University of Karlsruhe (TH) |
Academic Career
| Since 2007 | Rector of Universität Heidelberg |
| Since 2001 | Full Professorship (C4) of Physical Geography, Institute of Geography, 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) of 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) |
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.