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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)

Reviews of scientific papers

American Mineralogist
Analytical Science Advances
Applied Geochemistry
Applied Spectroscopy
Archaeometry
Canadian Mineralogist
Carbon
Chemical Geology
Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry
Chemie in unserer Zeit
Communications Earth & Environment
Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
Diamond and Related Materials
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Elements
European Journal of Mineralogy
Gems & Gemology
Geochemical Perspectives Letters
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Geochronology
Geological Society Special Publication
Geology
Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research
GSA Bulletin
International Geology Review
International Journal of Earth Sciences
International Journal of Mineralogy
Journal of Applied Crystallography
Journal of Gemmology
Journal of Nuclear Materials
Journal of Petrology
Journal of Physical Chemistry
Journal of Raman Spectroscopy
Journal of Spectroscopy
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
Journal of the Geological Society
Lithos
Luminescence
Meteoritics and Planetary Science
Micron
Mineralium Deposita
Mineralogical Magazine
Mineralogy and Petrology
Nature
Nature Communications
Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie – Abhandlungen: Journal of Mineralogy and Geochemistry
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B
Physica Status Solidi
Physics and Chemistry of Minerals
Precambrian Research
Radiation Physics and Chemistry
Radiochimica Acta
Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry
Scientific Reports
Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy Letters
Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Geologia
Surface Review and Letters
Vibrational Spectroscopy
Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften

Editorial duties

European Journal of Mineralogy (Associate Editor, 2007-2013)
Geologica Carpathica (Advisory Board, since 2020)
Journal of the Geological Society of Sri Lanka (Member of Editorial Board, 2021-2023)
Mineralogy and Petrology (Associate Editor, 2007-2014; Editor-in-Chief, since 2015)

Invited Talks (since 2006):

2023

• Institut für Geologie und Mineralogie, Universität zu Köln
• NAWI Graz Geozentrum, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
• Arbeitstagung der Deutschen Gemmologischen Gesellschaft, Idar-Oberstein (invited plenary lecture)
• Österreichische Gemmologische Gesellschaft, Wien

2022

• IV National Conference Diamond and Coloured Gems, Ferrara, Italy (invited keynote lecture)
• Prof. Shripadrao Kilpady Memorial Lecture Series, Dept. Geology, RTMNU, Nagpur, India (invited keynote lecture, online)

2021

• IGC2021: Online International Gemmological Conference
• Österreichische Mineralogische Gesellschaft (public webinar)

2020

• Department of Geology, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland (webinar)
• Webinar "Applications of Raman Spectroscopy in Gemology" in the framework of the "AIGS Gem Tips - Free Gemology Webinars to Fight Covid-19 Boredom!", Asian Institute of Gemological Sciences, Bangkok. Link to the video on youtube here.

2019

• Geologica Carpathica 70 International Conference, Smolenice, Slovakia (invited)
• Department of Geology - IGL, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, U.S.A.
• Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
• 36th International Gemmological Conference, Nantes, France (invited lecture)
• Internationales Diamant-Symposium, WIFI Linz (invited plenary lecture)

2018

• Department für Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
• College of Creative Industry, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand
• Institut für Geowissenschaften, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany
• 26th Croatian-Slovenian Crystallographic Meeting, Porec, Croatia (invited plenary lecture)
• Institut für Erdwissenschaften, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
• Department of Geological Sciences, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

2017

• Institute of Petrology and Structural Geology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
• Institut für Mineralogie, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
• Institut für Mineralogie und Petrographie, Universität Innsbruck
• Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona , U.S.A.
• Faculty of Science, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand
• Faculty of Gems, Burapha University, Chanthaburi, Thailand
• Department of Earth Sciences, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
• Department of Geological Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

2016

• ANSTO (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation), Lucas Heights, NSW, Australia
• Faculty of Geology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
• Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
• Laser Meets Mineral: Workshop, Leoben (invited lecturer)
• Österreichische Gemmologische Gesellschaft, Wien

2015

• School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth, U.K.
• 34th International Gemmological Conference, Vilnius, Lithuania (invited lecture)
• Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland
• Hanoi University of Science (Vietnam National University), Hanoi, Vietnam
• DOJI Gold & Gems, Hanoi, Vietnam
• Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A.
• Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
• IMPMC, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France

2014

• GIT-2014: 4th International Gem and Jewelry Conference, Chiang Mai, Thailand (invited keynote)
• School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College, City University of New York, U.S.A.
• Department of Physical Science, Concord University, Athens, West Virginia, U.S.A.
• Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science , Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, U.S.A.
• Department of Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A.
• XVIII International Conference on Crystal Chemistry, X-ray Diffraction and Spectroscopic Studies of Minerals, Ekaterinburg, Russia (invited keynote lecture)
• Workshop on Accessory Minerals, University of Warsaw, Poland (invited talk)
• Department of Crystallography, St. Petersburg State University, Russia
• Institute of Gemology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
• Department of Mineralogy, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
• Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
• CSIRO Process Science and Engineering, Clayton, Australia
• Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

2013

• Servicio Geológico Colombiano, Bogotá, Colombia
• Institut für Mineralogie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Deutschland
• Horiba Material Science Seminar "Anwendungen neuer optischer und massenspektroskopischer Technologien", Wien, Austria
• Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel, Université de Nantes, France
• 29th Technical Sessions of the Geological Society of Sri Lanka, Kandy, Sri Lanka (invited talk)

2012

• Dept. of Imaging and Applied Physics, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
• International EMU School after the Georaman-X conference, Nancy, France (invited lecture)
• Gemological Institute of America (GIA), Carlsbad, U.S.A.
• GIT: Gem and Jewelry Institute of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand
• Gems College, Burapha University, Chanthaburi, Thailand
• Isotopenforschung und Kernphysik, Fakultät für Physik, Universität Wien

2011

• Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
• Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
• EMABM 2011, Ljubljana, Slovenia (invited plenary lecture)
• Department of Earth Science, University of California at Santa Barbara, U.S.A.
• CORALS-2011, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Madrid, Spain (invited plenary lecture)

2010

• Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, U.S.A.
• Geological Society of America Annual Meeting and Exposition, Denver, U.S.A. (invited talk)
• Pro-Gem-Geo-Mat 2010, Hanoi, Vietnam (invited talk)
• Zircon Geochronology Training Course, Beijing, China (invited plenary lecturer)
• XXVII International Conference and School "Geochemistry of Alkaline Rocks", Moscow and Koktebel', Russia (invited plenary lecturer)
• AIM User Meeting, Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany

2009

• Dept. of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada
• AGU 2009 Joint Assembly, Torornto, Canada (invited talk)
• Dpto. Quîmica Inorgánica i Orgánica, Universidad Jaume I, Castellôn, Spain
• Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie des Matêriaux Luminescents, Universitê Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
• Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, Restoration Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2008

• XIXth Slovak-Czech Spectroscopic Conference, Častá-Papiernička, Slovakia (invited plenary lecturer)
• Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
• GIT: Gem and Jewelry Institute of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand
• Gems College, Burapha University, Chanthaburi, Thailand
• Departamento de Petrología y Geoquímica, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
• Laboratoire des Mécanismes et Transferts en Géologie, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
• School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, Natl. Technical Univ. of Athens, Greece
• Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, U.K.
• Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University of Bratislava, Slovakia

2007

• Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
• Faculty of Geology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
• 6th European Conference on Mineralogy and Spectroscopy, Stockholm, Sweden (invited plenary lecturer)
• Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, 4th Annual Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand (invited plenary lecturer)
• Frontiers in Mineral Sciences, Cambridge, U.K. (invited keynote speaker)
• Raman Imaging Workshop during the ICAVS4, Corfu, Greece (main lecturer)
• Kongsberg Seminar 2007, Kongsberg, Norway (invited talk)

2006

• Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Norway
• Institut für Geologie und Mineralogie, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

Regular teaching

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Organization and management of student excursions

• Gemstone deposits in Sri Lanka (2012, 2020)
• Mineralogy, Petrology, and Deposits of the Kola Peninsula (2011, 2017)
• Gemstone deposits in Vietnam (2015)
• Saxon and Bohemian Ore Mountains (2005, 2006, 2010, 2014)
• Emerald deposits in Colombia (2013)
• Gemstone deposits in Cambodia and Thailand (2012)

Teaching postgraduates

• August 29-31, 2023: Workshop "Application of spectroscopy to gemstone enhancement", Science and Technology Park (STeP), Chiang Mai University, Thailand.
• August 1-3, 2022: Workshop "Raman and luminescence spectroscopy", Faculty of Gems, Burapha University, Chanthaburi, Thailand.
• July 4, 2020: Webinar "Applications of Raman Spectroscopy in Gemology" as part of the series "AIGS Gem Tips - Free Gemology Webinars to Fight Covid-19 Boredom!" of the Asian Institute of Gemological Sciences, Bangkok. Link to the Youtube-Video here.
• February 6 - 8, 2017: Compact training course "Introduction to Raman and luminescence spectroscopy applied to gem analysis". GIT - The Gem and Jewelry Institute of Thailand (Public Organization), Bangkok, Thailand
• November 28 - December 1, 2016: Compact training course "Raman and luminescence micro-spectroscopy and imaging - Applications in the Earth sciences". Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
• 12 - 14. October 2016: Compact training course "Raman and luminescence spectroscopy and imaging in the Earth sciences", Zavaritsky Institute of Geology and Geochemistry, Ural Branch RAS, Yekaterinburg, Russia
• 12 - 15 April 2016: Workshop "Laser Meets Mineral", Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria
• May 7 - 8, 2015: Compact training course "Introduction to crystal chemistry", Faculty of Gems, Burapha University, Chanthaburi, Thailand
• June 2 - 5, 2014: Compact training course "Raman spectroscopy and imaging: Applications in the Earth sciences", Institute of Geological Sciences, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
• 19 - 22 May 2014: Compact training course "Raman spectroscopy and imaging: Applications in the Earth sciences", Geological Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
• 16 - 17 April 2014: Compact training course "Radiation damage in zircon", Beijing SHRIMP Center, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
• August 29 - September 1, 2013: Compact training course "Raman and luminescence micro-spectroscopy and related imaging techniques", CDTEC: Centro de Desarrollo Technológico de la Esmeralda Colombiana; in association with GEGEMA, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
• 1 - 3 June 2013: Compact training course "Luminescence Spectroscopy and Imaging in Geosciences", University of Vienna, pre-conference short course in the framework of the CORALS-2013 (Conference on Raman and Luminescence Spectroscopy)
• June 14, 2011: Workshop "Introduction to Raman spectroscopy", pre-conference short course in the framework of the 13th Euroseminar on Microscopy Applied to Building Materials, Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• October 15 - 16, 2010: Zircon Geochronology Training Course, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (invited speaker)
• 20 - 21 August 2010: Compact training course "Raman spectroscopy and imaging: Applications in the Earth sciences", University of Vienna, pre-conference short course (no. WSC1) in the framework of the International Mineralogical Association (IMA) General Assembly
• June 1 - 3, 2010: Compact training course "Raman spectroscopy", Centre for Geobiology (CGB), University of Bergen, Norway
• March 2 - 6, 2009: Workshop and compact training course "Non-destructive analysis of gemstones and other geo-materials", University of Vienna (Doctoral Course of the German Mineralogical Society and the Austrian Mineralogical Society)
• 19-20 February 2009: Compact training course "Raman spectroscopy in mineralogy", Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, Restoration Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• March 3 - 7, 2008: Workshop and compact training course "Emission (luminescence) and optical absorption spectroscopy: basis and applications in Earth sciences", University of Vienna (Doctoral Course of the German Mineralogical Society and the Austrian Mineralogical Society)
• June 10, 2007: Raman Imaging Workshop, Corfu, Greece; pre-conference short course in the framework of the ICAVS4, International Conference on Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy (main lecturer)
• March 5 - 9, 2007: Workshop and compact training course "Vibrational spectroscopy (infrared absorption and Raman): applications in geosciences", University of Vienna (Doctoral Course of the German Mineralogical Society and the Austrian Mineralogical Society).
• March 7 - 11, 2005: Workshop and compact training course "Luminescence spectroscopy: applications in Earth sciences", Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz (Doctoral Course of the German Mineralogical Society).
• August 30 - September 8, 2004: 6th European Mineralogical Union School "Spectroscopic methods in mineralogy", Wien (invited speaker)
• March 25, 2004: Compact training course "Raman micro-spectroscopy", University of Bergen, Norway
• 3 - 4 April 2003: Mineralogical Society of America short course "Zircon", University of Freiburg (invited speaker)
• March 10 - 14, 2003: Workshop and compact training course "Mineralogical Raman spectroscopy and Raman microprobe analysis", Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz (Doctoral Course of the German Mineralogical Society).