Dr. Lukas Gegg
Room 03 013
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Research
Motivation and scope
I am Quaternary geologist / sedimentologist by training, with a broad range of interests. My research focus is the recent geological history of the Alpine realm in the widest sense. I investigate landscape modifications, sediment transport and depositional environments from the mountain range over the (especially northern) Alpine foreland to distal settings such as the Upper Rhine Graben.
Current projects
- Investigating Early-Stage Quaternary Overdeepening in Oberschwaben, DE (as part of ICDP DOVE)
07/2023 - 06/2026
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) project no. 517980590 - Quaternary stratigraphy in the Upper Rhine Graben, DE/FR
(05/2023 - 05/2024: palynological analyses funded by Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Freiburg) - Quaternary stratigraphy in the Ossola Valley, IT (as part of ICDP DIVE)
(05/2025: VERAcore seed grant for radiocarbon dating) - Geotechnical properties of glacigenic sediments
Selected publications (link to full list)
- Gegg, L., Salcher, B. C., Pollhammer, T., Cohen, D., Fischer, U. H., and Landgraf, A., 2025, An inventory of subglacial overdeepenings in southern Germany and Austria: Boreas, Early View.
- Bamford, C. A., Pomper, J. E., Hergarten, S., Preusser, F., Sprafke, T., and Gegg, L., 2024, New insights into one of the oldest glacial deposits in the northern Alpine foreland (Höchsten, SW Germany): Boreas, Early View.
- Gegg, L., Jacob, L., Moine, O., Nelson, E., Penkman, K.E.H., Schwahn, F., Stojakowits, P., White, D., Wielandt-Schuster, U., and Preusser, F., 2024, Climatic and tectonic controls on deposition in the Heidelberg Basin, Upper Rhine Graben, Germany: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 345, 109018.
- Gegg, L., and Preusser, F., 2023, Comparison of overdeepened structures in formerly glaciated areas of the northern Alpine foreland and northern central Europe: E&G Quaternary Science Journal, v. 72, p. 23–36.
- Gegg, L., Deplazes, G., Keller, L., Madritsch, H., Spillmann, T., Anselmetti, F. S., and Buechi, M. W., 2021, 3D morphology of a glacially overdeepened trough controlled by underlying bedrock geology: Geomorphology, v. 394, 107950.
Teaching
Bachelor courses
- Exogene Geologie
- Geowissenschaftliche Analytik: Sedimentologische Labormethoden
- Exkursionen Mittelrhein/Eifel, Limberg/Kaiserstuhl
- [Geosciences – A crash course in theory and practice (University College Freiburg)]
Master courses
- Earth Management
- Engineering Geology
- Sedimentary Geology
- [Research Methods: Data processing and statistics]
Students' theses
If you are interested in a Bachelor's or Master's project in the above-mentioned context, feel free to contact me.
Curriculum vitae
Since 11/2021 |
Assistant professor |
11/2017 – 10/2021 |
PhD in Earth Sciences |
10/2014 – 03/2017 | Master of Science in Geology Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany |
10/2011 – 09/2014 |
Bachelor of Science in Geosciences |