Katharina Hess

Katharina Hess is a research associate at the Institute of Geography at Heidelberg University since June 2023.

Research Interest

• Geomorphology
• Palaeo-environmental changes
• North Atlantic, Shetland Islands (UK)

Promotionsthema (preliminary)

Palaeotempestology of NW-Europe based on sediment cores from the Shetland Islands, UK

Teaching

• WS2023/2024: Seminar + tutorium laboratory practical 2, with M. Engel (4 SWS)
• WS2023/2024: Field course Bergstraßenneckar, with M. Engel, A. Kadereit (4 days)
• SS2023: Field course Bergstraßenneckar, with M. Engel, A. Kadereit (4 days)
• SS2023: Field course Gorxheimer Tal

Publications

• Engel, M., Hess, K., Dawson, S., Patel, T., Koutsodendris, A., Vakhrameeva, P., Klemt, E., Kempf, P., Schön, I., Heyvaert, V.M.A., 2023. Sedimentary evidence of the Late Holocene tsunami in the Shetland Islands (UK) at Loch Flugarth, northern Mainland. Boreas. DOI: 10.1111/BOR.12635.
• Hess, K., Engel, M., Patel, T., Vakhrameeva, P., Koutsodendris, A., Klemt, E., Hansteen, T.H., Kempf, P., Dawson, S., Schön, I., Heyvaert, V.M.A., 2023. A 1500-years record of North Atlantic storm flooding from lacustrine sediments, Shetland Islands (UK). Journal of Quaternary Science. DOI: 10.1002/jqs.3568.
• Hess, K., Schmidt, S., Nüsser, M., Zang, C., Dame, J., 2020. Glacier Change in the Semi-Arid Huasco Valley, Chile, between 1986 and 2016. Geosciences, 10(11): 429.
  https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10110429