Dr. Julie Christin Belo
Scientist (Topic 3)
Research division 4: Dynamics of the ocean floor
Research Uni: Magmatic and Hydrothermal Systems
Room 8A-217
Phone +49 431 600-2568
E-Mail: jbelo(at)geomar.de
orcid.org/0000-0001-5865-3272
Research Focus
- tephrostratigraphy in marine and onshore areas
- physical volcanology with emphasis on explosive volcanism
- volcano climate interactions
Projects
2015-2017 IBM Tephra: Izu-Bonin Arc Tephrostratigraphy- Evolution, Provenance,
Cyclicities (IODP Exp. 350&352); PI
11/2016 Lamont Climate Centre grant Testing Links between Volcanism and
Climate – the Marine Tephra Record; Co-PI
2018-2020 Sumatra Tephra: Traces of explosive eruptions in Cretaceous to
Quaternary Indian Ocean sediments; Co-PI
08/2021 MarDATA Young Female Investigator Call: “ Volcanism and Climate”; PI
10/2022-10/2025 VolClimA: Volcano-Climate Interaction: A testcase from the Azores; PI
Vita
Since 01/2023 Staff scientist GEOMAR
01/2020- 12/2022 Postdoctoral Researcher GEOMAR
10/2017– 12/2019 Research Associate Institute for Geosciences, University of Heidelberg
10/2016–02/2017 Visiting Scientist Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory (S.M. Straub)
04/2015–09/2017 Postdoctoral Researcher GEOMAR
06/2012–07/2012 Visiting Scientist Boston University (Prof. R.W. Murray)
09/2012–03/2015 PhD Research Fellow GEOMAR
03/2012–08/2012 Research Scientist GEOMAR
09/2012–03/2015 Ph.D (magna cum laude), Kiel University, Germany
10/2006–02/2012 Diploma studies of Geology and Paleontology at Kiel University, Germany
Publications (OceanRep)
For a complete list of publications click here
Expeditions
Land-based
2024 Azores (Terceira, Graciosa)
2013, 2015 Miura and Boso Peninsulas, Japan
2013, 2017 Central American Volcanic Arc
(Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala)
2011 Chile and Argentina
Marine Cruises
11/2025-12/2025 RV Sonne cruise SO316, CAVA Tephras; head of the sediment laboratory
04/2025-05/2025 RV Sally Ride (T-SECTOR)
08/2023-09/2023 RV Sonne cruise SO299/2, REET; head of the sediment laboratory
11/2022-12/2022 RV Meteor cruise M186, Azores Hot Vents; head of the sediment laboratory
09/2017-10/2017 RV Meteor cruise M141, Tephrostratigraphy of the Azores; head of the sediment laboratory
04/2017–06/2017 Shipboard Scientist IODP Expedition 368 (South China Sea); Sedimentologist and core describer
03/2014–05/2014 Shipboard Scientist IODP Expedition 350 (IBM rear arc); Volcanologist and core describer
12/2009–2/2010 RV Meteor cruise M80/3, tephrostratigraphy and marine sediments offshore Cape Verde
Awards
10/2016-02/2017 Fulbright Travel Grant for Lecture and Research
09/2021 Winner of the Island Arc Award 2020
