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Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Dorrit moved into the geosciences after being inspired by lectures on cosmochemical themes from international celebrities whilst she was working as a chemical laboratory assistant at the Max Planck-Institute for Chemistry (Germany).
She studied Mineralogy and Geology at Johannes-Gutenberg University (JGU) in Mainz, and obtained a Dr. rer. nat. from the Georg-August University in Göttingen. Both, Masters and PhD Thesis were undertaken and supervised at the Max-Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz.
Dorrit was nationally recognised by the award of a DFG Heisenberg Chair in Biomineralisation in 2012. She was the first female scientist in Rhineland-Palatinate to be awarded a DFG-funded Heisenberg Professorship and the first female Heisenberg Professor at JGU.
In 2013 Dorrit chose to leave Mainz and her full professorship to come to Australia, taking up an ARC Future Fellowship at Macquarie University and was promoted to full Professor in 2016.
Dorrit served as the first female School Director of the Research School of Earth Sciences 2020 to 2025.
Qualifications
Prof. Dr. rer. nat.
Research Interests
- Biomineralization
- Diamond Formation
- Earth's Mantle Geochemistry
- Laser Ablation ICP-MS
- Vibrational Spectroscopy
- Geological Processes
- Materials
Research student supervision
- Registered to supervise
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Sulfide-rich continental roots at cratonic margins formed by carbonated melts
Chen, C., Förster, M. W., Shcheka, S. S., Ezad, I. S., Shea, J. J., Liu, Y., Jacob, D. E. & Foley, S. F., 2025, In: Nature. 637, 8046, p. 615-621 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access19 Citations (Scopus) -
Sulfide-rich continental roots at cratonic margins formed by carbonated melts (vol 637, pg 615, 2025): Sulfide-rich continental roots at cratonic margins formed by carbonated melts (Nature, (2025), 637, 8046, (615-621), 10.1038/s41586-024-08316-w)
Chen, C., Förster, M. W., Shcheka, S. S., Ezad, I. S., Shea, J. J., Liu, Y., Jacob, D. E. & Foley, S. F., 1 May 2025, In: Nature. 641, 8061, p. E1-E1 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access6 Citations (Scopus) -
Geochemistry of forty-one eclogitic and pyroxenitic mantle xenoliths from the Central Slave Craton, Canada (Ekati Diamond Mine)
Jacob, D. E. & Fung, A., 2024, In: Geoscience Data Journal. 11, 4, p. 825-832 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Polycrystalline diamond aggregates and their role in Earth's deep carbon cycle
Jacob, D. E., Stern, R. A., Czas, J., Reutter, M., Piazolo, S. & Stachel, T., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The effects of local variations in conditions on carbon storage and release in the continental mantle
Foley, S. F., Chen, C. & Jacob, D. E., 2024, In: National Science Review. 11, 6, 15 p., nwae098.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open Access11 Citations (Scopus)
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Metal Isotope Facility for Advanced Research
Jacob, D. (PI), ALARD, O. (CoI) & Ellwood, M. (CoI)
22/06/26 → 21/06/27
Project: Research
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Project 3.55 - NCRIS2023 Earth Composition and Evolution ANU
ALARD, O. (PI), Jacob, D. (CoI), King, P. L. (CoI), Knowles, B. (CoI) & Wang, Y. (CoI)
1/07/24 → 30/06/28
Project: Research
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Integrated volatile-mineral-isotope micro-analysis of Earth environments
King, P. L. (PI), Foerster, M. (CoI), Foley, S. (CoI), Huntley, J. (CoI), Jacob, D. (CoI), Laukamp, C. (CoI), Magee, C. (CoI), Magee, C. (CoI), Mavrogenes, J. (CoI), Smith, T. (CoI), Wallis, L. (CoI), Williams, I. (CoI) & Wood, R. (CoI)
1/07/22 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Maximising accuracy and reliability of carbonate climate proxy archives
Jacob, D. (PI), Clark, S. (CoI), Eggins, S. (CoI), O'Connor, W. (CoI), Wirth, R. (CoI) & Wolf, S. (CoI)
11/01/22 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Bridging the gap: Expanding ANU capabilities in Near- to Mid-Range InfraRed Nanometre Phase Characterization and Imaging
Otter, L. (PI), Jacob, D. (CoI), Lu, T. (CoI) & Lu, Y. (CoI)
3/03/23 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
Prizes
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2021 Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science [FAA]
Clark, G. (Recipient), Pogson, B. (Recipient) & Jacob, D. (Recipient), 21 May 2021
Prize: Election to learned society