Curriculum Vitae

Personal information

Department of Mineralogy & Petrology
Geoscience Center (GZG)

University of Göttingen, Germany

Goldschmidtstraße 1, D-37077 Göttingen


Nationality: Austrian

Marital status: married, one child


Phone: +49 551 39 21685

dominik.sorger@uni-goettingen.de

Research interests

Academic career and positions held

since 10/2020
Research Associate, University of Göttingen

05/2023–09/2023
Parental leave

07/2020–09/2020
Postdoctoral researcher, University of Salzburg, Austria

01/2020–06/2020
Microprobe Technician
Supervision of the EPMA laboratory at the University of Graz

2017–2020
Geological mapping for the Geological Survey of Austria
Map 21 Horn, Austria

10/2016–06/2020
PhD in Geosciences, University of Graz, Austria
Thesis: “Metamorphic and tectonic evolution of the Drosendorf and Gföhl units – Lower Austria, Bohemian Massif”
Supervisor: Univ. Prof. Mag. Dr.rer.nat. Christoph Hauzenberger

10/2015–06/2017
Scientific project assistant
Interim period prior to start of doctoral project, University of Graz

01/2013–10/2015
M.Sc. in Earth Sciences (120 ECTS), University of Graz, Austria
Thesis: “Petrology of low-pressure granulites and migmatites from the Bavarian Unit, Upper Austria”
Supervisor: Univ. Prof. Mag. Dr.rer.nat. Christoph Hauzenberger

10/2009–01/2013
B.Sc. in Earth Sciences (180 ECTS), University of Graz, Austria
Thesis: “Petrography and petrology of granulites from the Bohemian Massif”
Supervisor: Univ. Prof. Mag. Dr.rer.nat. Christoph Hauzenberger

Awards

2021
Felix-Machatschki-Price
awarded by the Austrian Mineralogical Society

Invited talks

2024
From Archaean Sediments and Partial Melting in the Variscan Crust: Tales of Monazite
Institute of Geosciences, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

2021
From a garnet inclusion to the Variscan evolution: Implications for the polymetamorphic history of the Bohemian Massif
Felix-Machatschki award lecture at MinPet 2021

2019
Mineralogical characterization and EPMA geochronology of metamorphic monazite: implications for growth systematics and the role in metamorphic reactions.
Department of Mineralogy and Crystallography, University of Vienna

Research related experience

Technical and software skills

Professional societies