Prof. Dr. Harald Dill

After military service 1971 - 1978: studies at Würzburg, Aachen, Erlangen Universities, major: geology, minors: mineralogy, geography, economic geology 1975: Diplomgeologe (= M.Sc)-geology , 1978: Dr.rer.nat. (= Ph.D) - mineralogy , 1985: Dr.rer.nat.habil. – applied geology, 1988: Dr.rer.nat.habil. - applied geology-economic geology 1991: Associate Professor mineralogy, Honorary Professor, Profesor Invitado, Doctor honoris causa (Dr. h.c.) 1978 - 1979: Bayreuth University - Department of Soil Sciences and Soil Geography mineralogy-sedimentology, 1979 - 2014: Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Hannover, 1986 - 1991: Project Management Group of the Continental Deep Drilling Project of the Federal Republic of Germany in charge of mineralogy, geochemistry, economic geology Associate Editor "Ore Geology Reviews", Associate Editor "Journal of African Earth Sciences" Editorial Board Member "Minerals" Special interest and focal disciplines: economic geology; technical mineralogy; applied sedimentology, geomorphology; archeo-metallurgy; pegmatites; placers; clay minerals; supergene alteration; actuo-geology; ore geology strategic elements