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Ulrich Wortmann

Professor

Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Earth Sciences

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  • Professor
    Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Earth Sciences
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  • University of Toronto, Department of Earth Sciences, 22 Ursula Franklin St., Toronto, ON, M5S 3B1, Canada

BIO

Ulrich Wortmann is a Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences. He currently serves as the University of Toronto’s Liason to the Canadian Consortium for Ocean Drilling (which represents Canada within the international IODP-Program.

Professor Wortmann's research interests straddle marine geology, paleoceanography, and geomicrobiology. He is interested in the global interplay of biology, chemistry, and physics on various timescales. Investigation of these tightly coupled systems requires an interdisciplinary approach, involving a multitude of methods. Stable isotope geochemistry and numerical modeling are versatile tools in Earth System Science and the cornerstone of his own research.

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Full Professor
    University of Toronto, Earth Sciences, Toronto, Canada1 Jul 2023 - present
  • Associate Professor
    University of Toronto, Department of Earth Sciences, Toronto, CanadaSep 2007 - present
  • Assistant Professor
    University of Toronto, Department of Earth Sciences, Toronto, CanadaSep 2002 - Sep 2007
  • Senior Lecturer
    ETH Zurich, Department of Geology, Zurich, Switzerland2001 - 2002

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Senior Research Fellow
    GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany1999 - 2001
  • Research Assistant
    Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany1992 - 1996

DEGREES

  • Doctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.)
    Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany1996
  • Diplom (Dipl.)
    University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany1992

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland1996 - 1999
    Postdoctoral Fellowship

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • German

INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

  • Data Sciences Institute (DSI)