Dr. Michaela Falkenroth

Curriculum Vitae

2023 – 2026

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (Postdoc), Angewandte Sedimentgeologie, IAG, TU Darmstadt.

2022

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (Postdoc), AG Sedimentologie und Marine Paläoumweltdynamik, Universität Heidelberg.

2018 – 2022

Promotion am Lehr- und Forschungsbereich Neotektonik und Geogefahren, RWTH Aachen.

2010 – 2018

BSc. und MSc. Geowissenschaften an der Universität Bonn.

Publikationen

M. Falkenroth, M. Dann, 2025. Engineering light-driven biomineralization for a sustainable carbonate economy. Frontiers in Photobiology 3, 1619812.

V. Decker, M. Falkenroth, G. Hoffmann, 2024. Sedimentological evidence of Late Pleistocene shorelines in Oman. Marine Geology 477, 107407.

M. Falkenroth, A.N. Green, J.A.G. Cooper, M.D. Menzel, G. Hoffmann, 2022. Breaking up and making up–reworking of Holocene calcarenite platform into rapidly‐forming beachrock breccias on a high energy coastline (St. Lucia, South Africa). Sedimentology 69 (3), 1339-1364.

N.J. de Winter, L.K. Dämmer, M. Falkenroth, G-J. Reichart, S. Moretti, A. Martínez-García, N. Höche, B.R. Schöne, K. Rodiouchkina, S. Goderis, F. Vanhaecke, S.M. van Leeuwen, M. Ziegler, 2021. Multi-isotopic and trace element evidence against different formation pathways for oyster microstructures. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 308, 326-352.

V. Decker, M. Falkenroth, S. Lindauer, J. Landgraf, Z. Al-Lawati, H. Al-Rahbi, S.O. Franz, G. Hoffmann, 2021. Collapse of Holocene mangrove ecosystems along the coastline of Oman. Quaternary Research 100, 52-76.

N.J. de Winter, L.K. Dämmer, M. Falkenroth, G.J. Reichart, S. Moretti, A. Martínez-García, N. Höche, B.R. Schöne, K. Rodiouchkina, S. Goderis, F. Vanhaecke, S.M. van Leeuwen, M. Ziegler, 2021. Multi-isotopic and trace element evidence against different formation pathways for oyster microstructures. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 308, 326–352.

L.K. Dämmer, N.J. de Winter, M. Falkenroth, G-J. Reichart, S. Moretti, A. Martinez-García, N. Höche, K. Rodiouchkina, S. Goderis, F. Vanhaecke, M. Ziegler, 2020. A chemical investigation of microstructural changes in oyster (Magallana gigas) shells. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 4506.

M. Falkenroth, A.N. Green, J.A.G. Cooper, G. Hoffmann, 2020. The phoenix of beachrocks: Simultaneous breakdown and formation of an unusual facies on a high energy coastline (Mission Rocks Beach, South Africa). EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 21990.

G. Hoffmann, B. Schneider, S. Mechernich, M. Falkenroth, T. Dunai, F. Preusser, 2020. Quaternary uplift along a passive continental margin (Oman, Indian Ocean). Geomorphology 350, 106870.

M. Falkenroth, S. Adolphs, M. Cahnbley, H. Bagci, M. Kázmér, S. Mechernich, G. Hoffmann, 2020. Biological indicators reveal small-scale sea-level variability during MIS 5e (Sur, Sultanate of Oman). Open Quaternary 6 (1).

B. Schneider, G. Hoffmann, M. Falkenroth, J. Grade, 2019. Tsunami and storm sediments in Oman: Characterizing extreme wave deposits using terrestrial laser scanning. Journal of Coastal Conservation 23 (4), 801-815.

M. Falkenroth, B. Schneider, G. Hoffmann, 2019. Beachrock as sea-level indicator–a case study at the coastline of Oman (Indian Ocean). Quaternary Science Reviews 206, 81-98.

A. Ermertz, M. Kázmér, S. Adolphs, M. Falkenroth, G Hoffmann, 2019. Geoarchaeological evidence for the decline of the medieval city of Qalhat, Oman. Open Quaternary 5 (8), 1-14.

B. Schneider, G. Hoffmann, S. Mechernich, M. Falkenroth, A. Ermertz, T. Dunai, F. Preusser, 2018. Quaternary uplift, elevated marine shorelines and neotectonic activities in north-eastern Oman. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 15640.