Rainer Abart, Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr.

09/2009 - present: Full professor for theoretical and experimental petrology, Department for Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna, Austria

12/2004 - 08/2009: Full professor for mineralogy and petrology (C4), Institute of Geological Sciences, Free University Berlin, Germany

07/2001 - 11/2004: Assistant professor at Mineralogical-Petrographical Institute, University of Basel, Switzerland

10/2001 - 08/2009: Associate professor for Petrology, Institute of Mineralogy and Petrology, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Austria

07/1995 - 09/2001: University assistant, Institute of Mineralogy and Petrology, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Austria

10/1989 - 12/1993: Teaching assistant at Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

10/1986 - 07/1988: Teaching assistant at Institute of Geology, University of Vienna, Austria

Education

3/2001: Habilitation in petrology, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Austria

09/1989-01/1994: PhD in petrology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

09/1982-06/1988: Diploma in geology (Mag.rer.nat.), University of Vienna, Austria

06/1982: Matura, BRG Keimgasse Mödling, Austria

Grants and Awards (selection)

07/2020 - 06/2023: FWF grant I 4404-N: Diffusion-diffusive phase transformations in alkali feldspar

01/2021 - 12/2023: FWF grant I 4580-N: Moldanubian deep crustal metasomatism

03/2019 - 08/2023: FWF grant I3998-N29: Fe-Ti oxide inclusions and magnetism of oceanic gabbro

05/2022: elected full member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

04/2013: elected corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

02/2007 - 06/2008: DFG grant no AB 314/4-1: "Diffusion controlled evolution of reaction microstructures: potential geo-speedometers for garnet granulite xenoliths from the lower crust"

03/2004 - 03/2005: SNF grant no. 200021-101612 for petrographic and geochemical studies at the Glarus thrust

02/1994 - 03/1995: Schrödinger Scholarship granted by the Austrian Science Foundation for research at ETH Zurich and UNI Lausanne, Switzerland

01/1999: Felix-Machatschki award of the Austrian Mineralogical Association for contributions to the understanding of phase-diagram topologies and fluid-rock interaction

Other Professional Activities (selection)

10/2017 - present: Member of the FWF board

09/2010 - 09/2022: Head of Department of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna

10/2014 - 09/2018: Deputy director studies program Earth Sci., University of Vienna

06/2012 - 05/2015: Speaker of DOGMA doctoral school, University of Vienna

02/2007 - 02/2013: Speaker and Co-Coordinator of DFG funded research group FOR 741

Main Research fields

petrology: metamorphic, magmatic, experimental, theoretical petrology

mineral physics: diffusion, diffusive phase transformations in minerals

thermodynamics: phase equilibria, irreversible thermodynamics, mineral reaction kinetics

geochemistry: fluid-rock interaction, stable isotope geochemistry