Dr Paul Eizenhoefer

  • Lecturer in Computational Geoscience (School of Geographical & Earth Sciences)

Biography

2022 — now
Lecturer / Assistant Professor — University of Glasgow, Scotland 
Computational Geoscience

2018 — 2022
Wissenschaftl. Mitarbeiter (Post-Doc) — Universität Tübingen, Germany
Cenozoic evolution of the Alps
PI’s: Dr. Paul R. Eizenhöfer, Dr. Christoph Glotzbach, Prof. Jonas Kley

2015 — 2018
Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow — University of Pittsburgh, USA
Evolution of the eastern Himalayan fold-thrust belt
Host: Prof. Nadine McQuarrie 

2014 — 2015
Research Assistant — The University of Hong Kong, China
Permian/Triassic closure of the Palaeo-Asian Ocean in East Asia
Advisor: Prof. Guochun Zhao

2010 — 2014
The University of Hong Kong, China — PhD in Geology (December 2, 2015)
Permian/Triassic closure of the Palaeo-Asian Ocean in East Asia
Supervisor: Prof. Guochun. Zhao

2005 — 2010
Heidelberg University, Germany — Diploma (~MSc) in Geology
Thermochronology on the North China Craton
Supervisor: Prof. U.A. Glasmacher

2003 — 2005
Heidelberg University, Germany — Undergraduate in Physics

 

Research interests

As a geoscientist I adopt multidisciplinary approaches integrating empirical and numerical methods in structural geology, thermochronology and geomorphology to tackle problems in the wider field of the Earth System Science framework. Currently, I study the evolution of the Himalayan-Alpine orogenic belt by quantifying and reconstructing fault motion, surface processes, exhumation, foreland basin development and landscape evolution. I aim to identify potential feedbacks between tectonics, surface processes and climate by exploring source-to-sink relationships and quantify magnitudes of external forcings on the geologic and geomorphic record caused by tectonic and climatic variability. Furthermore, my research focusses on (i) the tectonic evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, more specifically the late Palaeozoic to early Mesozoic closure of the Palaeo-Asian Ocean, (ii) the Cenozoic tectonic and exhumation history of Central Asia with respect to regional climatic change, and (iii) numerical approaches to quantify landscape evolution over geologic time.

Publications

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2022

Cloetingh, S. et al. (2022) Plume-Induced Sinking of the Intracontinental Lithosphere as a Fundamentally New Mechanism of Subduction Initiation. In: EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-4976)

Eizenhöfer, P. , Glotzbach, C., Kley, J. and Ehlers, T. (2022) Thermo-Kinematic Evolution of the Eastern Alps along TRANSALP: Exploring the Transient Tectonic State towards Slab Reversal. In: EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-7433)

2021

Eizenhöfer, P. R. , Glotzbach, C., Büttner, L., Kley, J. and Ehlers, T. A. (2021) Turning the orogenic switch: Slab‐reversal in the Eastern Alps recorded by low‐temperature thermochronology. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(6), (doi: 10.1029/2020GL092121)

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Articles

Eizenhöfer, P. R. , Glotzbach, C., Büttner, L., Kley, J. and Ehlers, T. A. (2021) Turning the orogenic switch: Slab‐reversal in the Eastern Alps recorded by low‐temperature thermochronology. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(6), (doi: 10.1029/2020GL092121)

Conference Proceedings

Cloetingh, S. et al. (2022) Plume-Induced Sinking of the Intracontinental Lithosphere as a Fundamentally New Mechanism of Subduction Initiation. In: EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-4976)

Eizenhöfer, P. , Glotzbach, C., Kley, J. and Ehlers, T. (2022) Thermo-Kinematic Evolution of the Eastern Alps along TRANSALP: Exploring the Transient Tectonic State towards Slab Reversal. In: EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-7433)

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Grants

2020 – ongoing
German Science Foundation / DFG (~£250k)
'Quantifying the Effects of Mantle Processes and Climate Variability on Hinterland Denudation in the Central and Eastern Alps since the Oligocene' (Mountain Building Processes in Four Dimensions / 4D-MB Priority Program) 

2016 – 2018
Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation
Feodor-Lynen Postdoctoral Fellowship

2010-2014
The University of Hong Kong
PhD Fellowship

 

Teaching

EARTH1002 – Plate Tectonics

GEOG5025 – Topographic Modelling & Landscape Monitoring