Janika KIEP, M.Sc.

• Human-environment interactions
• Phytoliths
• Mediterranean region

since 10/2023
Research assistant at the Chair of Geomorphology, Institute of Geography and Geology at the University of Würzburg

10/2016 - 09/2023
Master's degree in Environmental Geography at the Free University of Berlin; Master's thesis (translated): "Phytoliths as tracers in sediment fingerprinting - A case study from the Ceguera catchment, northeastern Spain".

02/2016 - 12/2018
Student assistant in the Excellence Cluster Topoi (EXC 264 - The Formation and Transformation of Space and Knowledge in Ancient Civilizations)

04/2014 - 10/2014
Student Assistant in the Excellence Cluster Topoi (EXC 264 - The Formation and Transformation of Space and Knowledge in Ancient Civilizations)

10/2012 - 09/2016
Bachelor studies in Geographical Sciences at the Free University of Berlin; Bachelor thesis (translated): "Analysis of phytoliths of alluvial sediments from the surroundings of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka".

Kraushaar, S.; Konzett, M.; Kiep, J.; Siebert, C.; Meister, J. (2021): Suitability of phytoliths as a quantitative process tracer for soil erosion studies. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 46(9), 1797–1808, https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5121

Dietrich, L.; Meister, J.; Dietrich, O.; Notroff, J.; Kiep, J.; Heeb, J.; Beuger, A.; Schütt, B. (2019): Cereal processing at Early Neolithic Göbekli Tepe, southeastern Turkey. PLoS ONE, 14(5): e0215214. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215214