Max-Planck-Institut
Contact
Department of Human Evolution
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
phone: +49 (341) 3550 - 350
fax: +49 (0341) 3550 - 399
e-mail: streiber@[>>> Please remove the brackets! <<<]eva.mpg.de
Curriculum Vitae
Current Position
| 7/2017-present | PhD candidate in Archaeological Science Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology/Leiden University Project title: Landscapes and palaeoenvironment in the Middle Palaeolithic (MIS 3 to MIS 5), inferred from sedimentological analyses, environmental proxies and luminescence dating on three open air sites of the European Plain Supervisors: Dr. Tobias Lauer, Dr. Shannon McPherron, Prof. Jean-Jacques Hublin |
University Education
| 11/2013 | M.Sc. in Physical Geography/Geoecology at the University of Leipzig Thesis title: Soil and landscape development around the Late Bronze Age hillfort “Zetten” in Central Germany (Thesis grade 1.0) Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Heinrich, Dr. Hans von Suchodoletz |
| 10/2010 | B.Sc. in Geography at the University of Leipzig Thesis title: Reconstruction of the palaeosurface and soilscape in the vincinity of the Early Neolithic settlement “Zauschwitz”, Central Germany (Thesis grade 1.1) Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Heinrich, Prof. Dr. Hans-Rudolph Bork |
Professional Employment
| 07/2016-06/2017 | Self-employed geoscientific consultingfor the University of Jena (Department of Archaeology) Use of soil and geomorphological mapping for the detection of a deserted medieval village in Lower Franconia |
| 01/2016-06/2017 | Federal Voluntary Service at the regional environmental NGO Ökolöwe – Umweltbund Leipzig e.V. – Head of Environmental Education |
| 11/2016-12/2016 | Graduate Research Assistant at the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research, Leipzig (UFZ) |
| 04/2014-11/2016 | Associate at the University of Jena (Department of Archaeology) Researcher in the DFG-funded Focus Programme (SPP) 1630 “Harbours from the Roman Imperial Period to Medieval Times. Archaeology and History of regional and supraregional infrastructural systems” Geomorphological and soil mapping of holocene fluvial terraces at the river Main to localize a river-side harbour at the site of Karlburg/Main. |
| 01/2011-09/2011 | Student Employee at the Saxonian Heritage Office Excavations at the open-cast lignite mine of Schleenhain |
| 03/2008-12/2012 | Research and Teaching Assistant for Professors Jürgen Heinrich and Christoph Zielhofer, Institute of Geography, University of Leipzig Field work, preparing and holding courses, assistance in the sedimentological laboratory |
Memberships
| Since 2010 | AK Geoarchäologie (German Working Group on Geoarchaeology) |
| Since 2013 | AG Boden und Archäologie (German Association on Soils and Archaeology) |
Additional Training
| 11/2018 | Practical trapped-charge thermo(chrono)metry (University of Bern) |
| 10-11/2018 | Use of different biomarkers as a means of palaeoenvironmental reconstruction (Prof. Roland Zech, University of Jena) |
| 06/2018 | Optical dating in earth sciences and archaeology (Dr. Michael Meyer, University of Innsbruck) |
| 03/2014 | Geophysical Applications in Geology and Hydrology (UFZ Leipzig) |
| 02/2011 | Palynology and its Applications in palaeoenvironmental research (Dr. Heike Schneider, University of Jena) |
Field Experience
| 2006-Present | Extensive field trips, excavations, and research in the following regions |
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