Volker Kahlenberg

Professor

+43 512 507-54603
Volker.Kahlenberg[at]uibk.ac.at

Education and career

since 2003
Full professor of Applied Mineralogy and Crystallography at the Leopold Franzens University Innsbruck, Austria

2002
Habilitation in Mineralogy/Crystallography at the University of Bremen: Crystal chemistry and structural investigations of alkaline earth (Ca, Sr, Ba) aluminates, gallates and ferrates

2000
Visiting scientist in the group of Prof. John Parise at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA

1996–2003
Assistant professor with Prof. R.X. Fischer at the Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, Germany

1994–1996
Research associate at the mineralogical institute of the Technical University Berlin, Germany

1994
PhD in Mineralogy/Crystallography with Prof. Dr. H. Böhm at the University of Mainz, Germany: Phase transitions and pseudo-symmetry in bismuth titanates stannates

1990
Diploma in Mineralogy/Crystallography with Prof. Dr. H. Böhm at the University of Mainz, Germany: Structural investigations on synthetic pure sodium nephelines

1984–1990
Study of Mineralogy at the University of Mainz, Germany

Honours, awards and fellowships

1987–1990
Scholarship of the German National Merit Foundation

1995
Dissertation award of the Johannes Gutenberg University

Member of the Austrian Mineralogical Society (ÖMG)

Refereeing work

American Mineralogist, Canadian Mineralogist, Chemical Engineering Science, Chemistry of Materials, Crystal Growth and Design, European Journal of Mineralogy, Inorganic Chemistry, Journal of Applied Crystallography, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Mineralogical Magazine, Mineralogy and Petrology, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, Powder Diffraction, Solid State Sciences, Structural Chemistry, Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, Zeitschrift für Kristallographi, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials

Fields of scientific interest

Experimental and theoretical studies on structural phase transitions
Polymorphism of small molecule and pharmaceutical compounds
Crystal chemistry of silicates and oxides
Twinning and disorder phenomena in crystal structures
X-ray powder diffraction for quantitative phase analysis
Structure determination from powder diffraction data

Current roles

2017–2023
Member of the Commission on Inorganic and Mineral Structures of the International Union of Crystallography

2003–2011
Associate Editor of the European Journal of Mineralogy

2008–2010
Member of the Proposal Review Panel of the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) in Brookhaven (USA)

2010–2011
Vice President of the Austrian Mineralogical Society (ÖMG)

2011–2012
Associate Editor of Mineralogy and Petrology

2011–2013
President of the Austrian Mineralogical Society (ÖMG)