Dr. Christiane Richter
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NameDr. Christiane Richter
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- Palaeoenvironment & climate reconstruction based on geological archives
- Stable isotopes in gastropods as climate proxy
- Analysis of biodiversity and species distribution changes and drivers
- Ancient sedimentary environmental DNA
- Modelling climatc changes based on species distribution data
2025
Richter, C., Schneider, M., Wolf, D., Walther, F., Hausdorf, B.,
Hovakimyan, H., Sahakyan, L., Fuchs, M., Faust, D. (2025): Quantifying Quaternary climate variability in the Southern Caucasus using land snail shell isotope transfer functions and climatic niche modeling. Quaternary Science Reviews (submitted)
Richter, C., Walther, F., Meng, S., Reip, H., Schneider, M., Joachimski, M. M., & Horsák, M. (2025). Landsnail shell δ18O records in periglacial loess deposits: New transfer functions for precipitation δ18O and temperature in dry continental settings. Quaternary Science Reviews, 363, 109440.
2023
Wackenheim, Q., Richter, C., Limondin-Lozouet, N., Wolf, D., García-Tortosa, F. J., Marzin, E., Hofman, L., Dabkowski, J. & Faust, D. (2023). Holocene molluscan successions from southeastern Spain (Galera, Andalusia): a palaeoenvironmental framework and a palaeobiogeographic resource of the Granada UNESCO Geopark. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 89(1), eyac033.
Pötter, S., Seeger, K., Richter, C., Brill, D., Knaak, M., Lehmkuhl, F., & Schulte, P. (2023). Pleniglacial dynamics in an oceanic central European loess landscape. E&G Quaternary Science Journal, 72(1), 77.
2022
Wolf, D., Lomax, J., Sahakyan, L., Hovakimyan, H., Profe, J., Schulte, P., Suchodoletz, H., Richter, C., Hambach, U., Fuchs, M. & Faust, D. (2022). Last glacial loess dynamics in the Southern Caucasus (NE-Armenia) and the phenomenon of missing loess deposition during MIS-2. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 13269.
2021
Richter, C., Roettig, C.-B., Wolf, D., Kolb, T. & Faust, D. (2021): Climate shifts vs. edaphic humidity and the difficulty of palaeo reconstructions - a malacological study on stable isotopes in dune sequences of Fuerteventura. Journal of Quaternary Science 36(3), 1-15.
Wolf, D., Garcia-Tortosa, F. J., Richter, C., Dabkowski, J., Roettig, C. & Faust, D. (2021): Holocene landscape evolution in the Baza Basin (SE-Spain) as indicated by fluvial dynamics of the Galera River. Quaternary Science Advances, 4, 100030.
2020
Richter, C., Wolf, D., Milano, S., Walther, F., Fuchs, M., Sahakyan, L., Meng, S. & Faust, D. (2020): The complexity of stable isotope interpretation in continental systems - a malacological study from the Armenian highlands. Boreas (submitted).
Suchodoletz, H., Richter, C., Walther, F., Bliedtner, M., Faust, D. & Hausdorf, B. (2020): Land snail analyses in Holocene floodplain research – an example from the Southern Caucasus. E&G Quaternary Science Journal, 69(2), 247-260.
Richter, C., Wolf, D., Walther, F., Meng, S., Sahakyan, L., Hovakimyan, H., Wolpert, T., Fuchs, M. & Faust, D. (2020): New insights into Southern Caucasian glacial-interglacial climate conditions inferred from Quaternary gastropod faunas. Journal of Quaternary Science, 35(5), 634-649.
2019
Richter, C., Roettig, C.-B., Wolf, D., Groh, K., Kolb, T. & Faust, D. (2019): Changes in Pleistocene gastropod faunas on Fuerteventura (Canary Islands) and implications on shifting palaeoenvironmental conditions. Quaternary Science Reviews, 209, 63-81.
2018
Roettig, C.-B., Kolb, T., Wolf, D., Baumgart, P., Richter, C., Schleicher, A., Zöller, L. & Faust, D. (2017): Complexity of Quaternary aeolian dynamics (Canary Islands). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 472, 146-162.
2024 - 2025
Christiane Richter, Michael Schneider, Frank Walther, Bernhard Hausdorf, Daniel Wolf, Lilit Sahakyan, Markus Fuchs, Dominik Faust: "Quantifying glacial-interglacial climate shifts in the Armenian Highlands using landsnail shell isotopes and assemblage-based reconstructions combined with probabilistic niche models" Geo4Change 14-18th September 2025 in Göttingen
Christiane Richter, Frank Walther, Stefan Meng, Stefan Terzer-Wassmuth, Hans Reip, Michael Joachimski, Michal Horsák: "δ18O records from landsnail shells as quantitative climate proxy – Indications for European loess archives based on modern calibration studies" AK Wüstenrandforschung 07-08th February 2025 in Rauischholzhausen
Christiane Richter, Michael Schneider, Frank Walther, Bernhard Hausdorf, Daniel Wolf, Stefan Meng, Hayk Hovakimyan, Lillit Sahakyan, Markus Fuchs, Dominik Faust: "Gastropods as climatic indicators: Insights from Southern Caucasian loess sequences" European Malacolgical Congress, 15 to 20th September 2024 in Heraklion, Crete
2022 - 2023
Richter, C., Roettig, C.-B., Wolf, D., Walther, F., Meng, S.; Horsák, M., Reip, H., Milano, S., Groh, K., Kolb, T. & Faust, D. : Stable isotope analyses on land snail shells as climatic proxy – Potentials and limitations in arid environments. INQUA congress 13-20th July in Rome.
Wolf, D., Tortosa, F.-J.G., Richter, C., Dabkowski, J., Wackenheim, Q., Roettig, C.-B. & Faust, D.: The Holocene record of the Galera River in the Guadix-Baza Basin (SE-Spain). INQUA congress 13-20th July in Rome.
Richter, C., Roettig, C.-B., Wolf, D., Groh, K., Kolb, T. & D. Faust: What Quaternary gastropods tell us about the effect of climate change on Canary ecosystems. Tagung Deutsche Quartärvereinigung (DEUQUA), 25-29.09. September 2022, in Potsdam.
Richter, C., Roettig, C.-B., Wolf, D., Groh, K., Kolb, T. & D. Faust: What Quaternary gastropods tell us about the effect of climate change on Canary ecosystems. World Congress of Malacology, 01-05. August 2022, in Munich.
2020-2021
Richter, C., Roettig, C.-B., Wolf, D., Groh, K., Kolb, T. & Faust, D. (2021): Quartäre Schneckenfaunen auf Fuerteventura und was sie uns über Klimawandel verraten. Tagung der Deutsch Malakologischen Gesellschaft 2021, online, 21-22. Mai 2021.
Richter, C., Wolf, D., Walther, F., Meng, S., Sahakyan, L., Wolpert, T., Fuchs, M., Zech, M. & Faust, D. (2021): New insights into Southern Caucasian glacial-interglacial climate conditions inferred from Quaternary gastropod faunas, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19-30. April 2021 in Vienna.
Richter, C., Wolf, D., Walther, F., Meng, S., Sahakyan, L., Wolpert, T., Fuchs, M. & Faust, D. (2020): Palaeoenvironmental reconstructions based on loess-palaeosol sequences in the Caucasus region – a malacological perspective. Tagung des AK Wüstenrandforschung, 07-08 Februar 2020 in Rauischholzhausen.
| since 03/2022 |
Postdoc position at Dresden University of Technology, Chair of Physical Geography |
| 08/2021 - 02/2022 | Project developer GIS and geological consultant, Svevind Energy GmbH |
| 01/2021 - 09/2021 | Research associate at Dresden University of Technology, Chair of Physical Geography |
| 09/2017 - 12/2020 |
Dissertation at Dresden University of Technology, Chair of Physical Geography, |
| 03/2016 - 08/2017 | Parental leave |
| 10/2013 – 02/2016 |
M.Sc. in Geosciences at Freiberg University of Mining & Technology, Specialisation: Geology, Stratigraphy, Palaeontology, Palaeo-ecology, Geochemistry, Hydrocarbons |
| 03/2014 – 04/2014 |
Research internship at the University of Cincinnati (Ohio), Department of Geology, |
| 03/2013 - 05/2013 |
Research internship at Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Gèographie Physique (Meudon, Paris), Content: loess molluscs, sediment analytics |
| 02/2012 - 10/2013 | Student assistant at the Dresden University of Technology, Chair of Soil Science and Site Ecology (Tharandt) |
| 09/2012 – 10/2012 |
Practical internship at Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden, Zoological Department – Section Malacology, |
| 05/2011 – 02/2016 | Student Assistant at Dresden University of Technology, Chair of Physical Geography |
| 10/2010 – 09/2013 |
B.Sc. in Geography at Dresden University of Technology, Specialisation: Pedology, Geology, Geomorphology |
"Advancing oxygen isotope analysis in fossil gastropod shells: enhancing resolution and calibration to establish a robust quantitative proxy" (DFG, RI 3430/1-2) 04/2026-10/2028, TU Dresden
„Calibration study for the reconstruction of quantitative climate information from stable oxygen isotope compositions of fossil gastropod shells“ (DFG, RI 3430/1-1) 2022-2025, TU Dresden
„Loess in Armenia“ (DFG, FA 239/21‐1) 2017-2020, TU Dresden in cooperation with Justus-Liebig-University Gießen & National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
“Aeolianite-Palaeosol-Sequences on Fuerteventura & Central Spain – Stadial-Interstadial-sequences & climatic differences” (FA 239/18-1) 2012-2018, TU Dresden in cooperation with University Bayreuth
- German Malacozoological Society
- German Quaternary Society
- German Geographical Society (Working Group Desert Margin Research & working group Geomorphology)
- European Geoscience Union (EGU)
- German Association of Rainforest Rescue
- Albert-Schweitzer Foundation of Animal Protection
- German Alpine Club – Assoc. of Saxon Mountaineers