{"id":24411,"date":"2026-05-19T11:32:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geowiss.uni-mainz.de\/institut-fuer-geowissenschaften\/spelaeothemforschung\/prof-dr-denis-scholz\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T14:22:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T12:22:32","slug":"prof-dr-denis-scholz","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.geowiss.uni-mainz.de\/en\/institut-fuer-geowissenschaften\/spelaeothemforschung\/prof-dr-denis-scholz\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Dr. Denis Scholz"},"content":{"rendered":"<jgu-base-heading react-props=\"{\n    &quot;index&quot;: &quot;Head of the Speleothem Research research unit&quot;,\n    &quot;tags&quot;: {\n        &quot;htmlTag&quot;: &quot;h2&quot;,\n        &quot;classTag&quot;: &quot;&quot;,\n        &quot;tag&quot;: &quot;h2&quot;\n    },\n    &quot;heading&quot;: &quot;Prof. Dr. Denis Scholz&quot;,\n    &quot;textAlign&quot;: &quot;left&quot;,\n    &quot;anchor&quot;: &quot;&quot;,\n    &quot;color&quot;: 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&quot;classTag&quot;: &quot;&quot;,\n        &quot;tag&quot;: &quot;h4&quot;\n    },\n    &quot;heading&quot;: &quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Contact&lt;\\\/strong&gt;&quot;,\n    &quot;textAlign&quot;: &quot;left&quot;,\n    &quot;anchor&quot;: &quot;&quot;,\n    &quot;index&quot;: &quot;&quot;\n}\"><\/jgu-base-heading>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Email: <a href=\"mailto:scholzd@uni-mainz.de\">scholzd@uni-mainz.de<\/a><br\/>Tel.: +49 6131 39 24767<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Institute of Geosciences<br\/>Speleothem Research<br\/>Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 21<br\/>55128 Mainz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">NatFak Main Building (1341)<br\/>Room 04 284<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><jgu-base-tabs react-props=\"{\n    &quot;stackMobile&quot;: true,\n    &quot;hasAllOpenButton&quot;: false,\n    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Norbert Marwan, Prof. Dr. Denis Scholz and Prof. Dr. Sumiko Tsukamoto (DFG)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-big-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Completed Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Annually resolved multi-parameter evaluation of climate variability and solar activity during the 8.2 ka BP event, PIs Prof. Dr. Jan Esper, Dr. Ronny Friedrich, Dr. Gerhard Helle, Dr. Alexander Land and Prof. Dr. Denis Scholz (DFG, 2021 \u2013 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quantitative reconstruction of the climate in Central Europe during MIS 3 based on multi-proxy data of precisely dated speleothems (flowstones) from the Ble\u00dfberg Cave, Germany, PI Prof. Dr. Denis Scholz (DFG, 2020 \u2013 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reconstruction of decadal to orbital climate variability during Marine Isotope Stage 9 based on precisely dated multi-proxy time series from speleothems in Central Europe, PIs Prof. Dr. Denis Scholz and Dr. Dana Riechelmann (DFG, 2019 \u2013 2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (MC-ICP-MS), PI Prof. Dr. Denis Scholz (DFG major instrumentation grant, 2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Determining the potential of speleothems for the reconstruction of (short-term) phases of extreme climate, PI Prof. Dr. Denis Scholz (DFG, 2015 \u2013 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>QUantitative paleoEnvironments from SpeleoThems (QUEST), PIs Prof. Dr. Sebastian Breitenbach, Dr. Adam Hartland and Prof. Dr. Denis Scholz (EU RISE program, 2015 \u2013 2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heisenberg Professorship &#8220;Isotope Geochemical Paleoclimate Research\/Speleothem Research&#8221;, PI Dr. Denis Scholz (DFG, 2015 \u2013 2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Systematic investigation of isotope fractionation in speleothems using novel laboratory experiments, PIs Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Dreybrodt and Prof. Dr. Denis Scholz, (DFG, 2013 \u2013 2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reconstruction of precipitation variability in the Caribbean during the last glacial (115,000 \u2013 12,000 years before present), PI Prof. Dr. Denis Scholz (DFG, 2013 \u2013 2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Multi-proxy reconstruction of Holocene and Late Glacial climate variability using precisely dated speleothems from the Herbstlabyrinth, central Germany, PI Prof. Dr. Denis Scholz (DFG, 2011 \u2013 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Application of Laser Ablation Multi Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA MC ICPMS) for <sup>230<\/sup>Th\/U-dating of speleothems and paleoclimate reconstruction, PI Prof. Dr. Denis Scholz (DFG, 2008 \u2013 2009)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seasonality and interannual to centennial climate variability in the Caribbean during the last interglacial \u2013 Combining coral records, stalagmite records and climate models (CaribClim), PIs Dr. Thomas Felis, Prof. Dr. Gerrit Lohmann, Prof. Dr. Augusto Mangini and Prof. Dr. Denis Scholz (DFG, SPP 1266 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\/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":\"60px\"} -->\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-big-font-size\"><strong>Job History<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-big-font-size\">since 2020: professor of Isotope Geochemical Paleoclimatology\/Speleothem Research at the Institute of Geosciences of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-big-font-size\">2015 - 2020: professor (Heisenberg Professorship) of Isotope Geochemical Paleoclimatology\/Speleothem Research at the Institute of Geosciences of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<p 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Professorship for high-resolution Sedimentology, Institute of Geosciences, JGU Mainz \u2013 \"Investigation of past climate with sub-annual to annual resolution using congruent imaging procedures (PALAEOIMAGING)\" Volkswagen foundation funding initiative Earth System Sciences, PIs Jun.-Prof. Dr. Igor Obreht, Prof. Dr. Denis Scholz and Prof. Dr. Philip Pogge von Strandmann (VW foundation)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Evaluation of isothermal thermoluminescence dating as a method for the determination of Middle Pleistocene growth phases of speleothems from the Ble\u00dfberg Cave, PIs Prof. Dr. Norbert Marwan, Prof. Dr. Denis Scholz and Prof. Dr. Sumiko Tsukamoto (DFG)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":\"60px\"} -->\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-big-font-size\"><strong>Completed Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Annually resolved multi-parameter evaluation of climate variability and solar activity during the 8.2 ka BP event, PIs Prof. Dr. Jan Esper, Dr. Ronny Friedrich, Dr. Gerhard Helle, Dr. Alexander Land and Prof. Dr. Denis Scholz (DFG, 2021 \u2013 2025)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Quantitative reconstruction of the climate in Central Europe during MIS 3 based on multi-proxy data of precisely dated speleothems (flowstones) from the Ble\u00dfberg Cave, Germany, PI Prof. Dr. Denis Scholz (DFG, 2020 \u2013 2024)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Reconstruction of decadal to orbital climate variability during Marine Isotope Stage 9 based on precisely dated multi-proxy time series from speleothems in Central Europe, PIs Prof. Dr. Denis Scholz and Dr. Dana Riechelmann (DFG, 2019 \u2013 2023)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (MC-ICP-MS), PI Prof. Dr. Denis Scholz (DFG major instrumentation grant, 2017)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Determining the potential of speleothems for the reconstruction of (short-term) phases of extreme climate, PI Prof. Dr. Denis Scholz (DFG, 2015 \u2013 2022)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>QUantitative paleoEnvironments from SpeleoThems (QUEST), PIs Prof. Dr. Sebastian Breitenbach, Dr. Adam Hartland and Prof. Dr. Denis Scholz (EU RISE program, 2015 \u2013 2019)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Heisenberg Professorship \"Isotope Geochemical Paleoclimate Research\/Speleothem Research\", PI Dr. Denis Scholz (DFG, 2015 \u2013 2019)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Systematic investigation of isotope fractionation in speleothems using novel laboratory experiments, PIs Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Dreybrodt and Prof. Dr. Denis Scholz, (DFG, 2013 \u2013 2019)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Reconstruction of precipitation variability in the Caribbean during the last glacial (115,000 \u2013 12,000 years before present), PI Prof. Dr. Denis Scholz (DFG, 2013 \u2013 2017)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Multi-proxy reconstruction of Holocene and Late Glacial climate variability using precisely dated speleothems from the Herbstlabyrinth, central Germany, PI Prof. Dr. Denis Scholz (DFG, 2011 \u2013 2015)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Application of Laser Ablation Multi Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA MC ICPMS) for <sup>230<\/sup>Th\/U-dating of speleothems and paleoclimate reconstruction, PI Prof. Dr. Denis Scholz (DFG, 2008 \u2013 2009)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:list-item {\"translatedWithWPMLTM\":\"1\"} -->\n<li>Seasonality and interannual to centennial climate variability in the Caribbean during the last interglacial \u2013 Combining coral records, stalagmite records and climate models (CaribClim), PIs Dr. Thomas Felis, Prof. Dr. Gerrit Lohmann, Prof. Dr. Augusto Mangini and Prof. Dr. Denis Scholz (DFG, SPP 1266 \"Integrated Analysis of Interglacial Climate Dynamics\", 2007 \u2013 2017)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list -->\n<!-- \/wp:jgu\/tabs-item -->\n\n<!-- wp:jgu\/tabs-item {\"title\":\"Publications\",\"slug\":\"publications\"} -->\n<!-- wp:jgu\/fis {\"groupBy\":\"year\",\"n\":\"1000\",\"user\":\"scholzd\"} \/-->\n<!-- 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