Dr. Andreas Möller
- Chair of Graduate Admission for Geology
- Associate Professor
Contact Info
Slawson Hall, room #170G
Biography —
Undergraduate and graduate education in geology/paleontology and mineralogy at the universities of Hamburg and Kiel (Germany).
Post-doctoral research and teaching fellow positions in Sydney, Mainz and Potsdam.
Native of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein, the home state of Eutin, the sister city of Lawrence, KS).
Research —
Dr. Möller and his students use geochronology and thermobarometry to study the history of ancient mountain belts, and the source regions and deposition ages of sediments. Google scholar profile: https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=PCgPcVsAAAAJ&hl=en
Research interests:
- Geochronology
- Metamorphic Petrology
- Chronostratigraphy
- Isotope Geochemistry
Teaching —
I teach introductory geology, igneous and metamorphic petrology, geochronology, several lab-based graduate level classes for the laser-ablation ICP-MS laboratory I direct, and independent studies for undergraduate research. I co-teach the geochemistry and tectonics seminar and the KU Geology Field Camp.
Teaching interests:
- Petrology
- Geochronology
- The Way the Earth Works
- Earth History
- Field Camp
Selected Publications —
Moeller, A. (2019). Moeller, Andreas. Chronostratigraphy and Terrestrial Palaeoclimatology of Berriasian-Hauterivian Strata of the Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA. Cretaceous Climate Events and Short-Term Sea-Level Changes (eds.: M. Wagreich, M. B. Hart, B. Sames and I. O. Yilmaz). Geological Society London Special Publications.
Moeller, A. (2007). Zircon behaviour and the thermal histories of mountain chains. Elements - Volume 3. https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.3.1.25.
Selected Presentations —
A new approach to date paleosols in terrestrial strata: a case study using U-Pb zircon ages for the Yellow Cat Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation of eastern Utah - GSA Annual Meeting. Location: Baltimore, USA. (11-01-2015).
A major Proterozoic terrane boundary in North America: combined O2 - Lu/Hf - U/Pb analyses on magmatic zircon - GSA Annual Meeting. Location: Seattle, WA (USA). (10-22-2017).
Service —
Dr. Möller is Associate Editor for MINERALOGY and PETROLOGY, he has been providing peer-reviews for more than 20 scientific journals and more than 10 different funding and scholarship agencies.