Curriculum Vitae Robin Steudtner

Scientific career

• Since 08/2011:
  Research associate at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V. (HZDR), Institute of Resource Ecology
  

  • German joint research project IMMORAD (since 01/2013)
  • German joint research project VESPA (08/2011-12/2012)
  • German joint research project Actinidenverbund (10/2010-07/2011).
• 05/2006-09/2010:
  PhD studies at the Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V. (FZD), Institute of Radiochemistry
• 01/2006-04/2006:
  Research associate at the FZD
• 10/2001-12/2005:
  Diploma studies of Chemistry at the Hochschule Zittau-Görlitz - University of Applied Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Science.

Research experience

• Spectroscopic characterization of radionuclide speciation in aqueous solutions and at mineral surfaces
• Application of laser spectroscopic techniques, in particular cryo-TRLFS and in situ laser fluorescence spectroscopy for online monitoring and characterization of U(VI) sorption reactions

Important publications

Peer-reviewed papers

• Moll, H.; Rossberg, A.; Steudtner, R.; Drobot, B.; Müller, K.; Tsushima, S.: "Uranium(VI) Chemistry in Strong Alkaline Solution: Speciation and Oxygen Exchange Mechanism" Inorg. Chem. 53(3) (2013) 1585–1593.
• Joseph, C., L.R. Van Loon, A. Jakob, R. Steudtner, K. Schmeide, S. Sachs and G. Bernhard: "Diffusion of U(VI) in Opalinus Clay: Influence of temperature and humic acid." Geochim. Cosmochim. Ac. 109, (2013) 74-89.
• Krawczyk-Bärsch, E., H. Lünsdorf, K. Pedersen, T. Arnold, F. Bok, R. Steudtner, A. Lehtinen and V. Brendler: "Immobilization of uranium in biofilm microorganisms exposed to groundwater seeps over granitic rock tunnel walls in Olkiluoto, Finland" Geochim. Cosmochim. Ac. 96, (2013) 94-104.
• Steudtner, R., K. Müller, K. Schmeide, S. Sachs, and G. Bernhard: "Binary and Ternary Uranium(VI) Humate Complexes Studied by Attenuated Total Reflection Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy" Dalton Trans. 40, (2011) 11920-11925.
• Steudtner, R., S. Sachs, K. Schmeide, V. Brendler, and G. Bernhard: "TTernary uranium(VI) carbonato humate complex studied by cryo-TRLFS" Radiochim. Acta 99(11), (2011) 687-692.
• Günther, A., R. Steudtner, K. Schmeide, and G. Bernhard: Radiochim. Acta 99, (2011): 535-541.
• Reitz, T., M. L. Merroun, A. Rossberg, R. Steudtner, and S. Selenska-Pobell: "Bioaccumulation of U(VI) by Sulfolobus acidocaldarius under moderate acidic conditions" Radiochim. Acta 99(9), (2011): 543-553.
• Steudtner, R., T. Arnold, G. Geipel, and G. Bernhard: "Fluorescence spectroscopic study on complexation of uranium(VI) by glucose: a comparison of room and low temperature measurements" J. Radioanal. Nucl. Ch. 284(2), (2010): 421-429.
• Großmann, K., T. Arnold, A. Ikeda-Ohno, R. Steudtner, G. Geipel, and G. Bernhard: "Fluorescence properties of a uranyl(V)-carbonate species [U(V)O₂(CO₃)₃]⁵⁻ at low temperature." Spectrochim. Acta A 72(2), (2009): 449-453.
• Großmann, K., T. Arnold, R. Steudtner, S. Weiss, and G. Bernhard: "Visualizing different uranium oxidation states during the surface alteration of uraninite and uranium tetrachloride" Naturwissenschaften 96, (2009): 963-975.
• Steudtner, R., T. Arnold, K. Großmann, G. Geipel, and V. Brendler: "Luminescence spectrum of uranyl(V) in 2-propanol perchlorate solution." Inorg. Chem. Commun. 9(9) (2006): 939-941.

Grants

• German Research Foundation (STE 2225/1-1)
• Max Buchner Research Foundation (MBF-3342)

Leading Organizer

• International Workshop on Advanced Techniques in Actinide Spectroscopy "ATAS 2014", (03-07.11.2014)
• International Workshop on Advanced Techniques in Actinide Spectroscopy "ATAS 2012", (05-07.11.2012)
• 25^th Seminar on Activation Analysis and Gamma-Spectroscopy (SAAGAS) (23-25.02.2015)

Memberships

• German Chemical Society (GDCh) – Nuclear chemistry – Analytics with radio nuclides and high performance radiation source (member of the executive board)