Prof. Dr. Donna Louise Whitney

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietPetrologie,Geologie
Keywordsmetamorphic geology, tectonophysics, metamorphic petrology

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandDeutschland
OrtPotsdam
Universität/InstitutionUniversität Potsdam

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Max WilkeUniversität Potsdam, Potsdam
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.12.2025

Programm(e)

2025Humboldt-Forschungspreis-Programm für Naturwissenschaftler*innen aus den USA (1.000-Köpfe-Plus-Programm)

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

Professor Whitney is well known internationally for her outstanding research on the evolution of the Earth’s crust as well as lithosphere and mantle-surface exchange. Her work helps explain how deep-seated processes influence the Earth’s surface and its atmospheric system and the long-term evolution of the atmosphere and biosphere. During her stay in Germany, she intends to develop new concepts for estimating redox conditions in subduction-related rock metamorphism, potentially a key mechanism for oxygen release to the atmosphere in geological history.