Ph. D. Student
Project: Climate variability in the Mediterranean from multiple tree-ring proxies
Department of Geography
Building 1272, Room 00-122
Johann-Joachim-Becher Weg 32
Phone: +49 6131 39-29891
E-Mail: phiroeme@uni-mainz.de
Consultation hours: Upon agreement
Biographical data
- Since 10/2020 Research Assistant, Department of Geography, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz
- 11/2019 – 09/2020 Substitute Teacher, Oranienschule, Wiesbaden
- 04/2016 – 06/2019 Studies in Geography and Biology (M.Ed.), Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz (Thesis: Site-specific climate signals in tree ring parameters of Pinus nigra from Corsica, France)
- 05/2013 – 09/2020 Student Assistant, Department of Geography, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz
- 10/2012 – 06/2016 Studies in Geography and Biology (B.Ed.), Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz (Thesis: Personality-based career guidance in teacher training: Relationships between personality and social expertise in student teachers at JGU Mainz)
Research Interests
- Dendrochronology
- Palaeoclimatology
- Stable isotopes
- Quantitative wood anatomy
- Mediterranean region
Publications
In review
Römer P, Reinig F, Konter O, Friedrich R, Urban O, Čáslavský J, Pernicová N, Trnka M, Büntgen U, Esper J (in review) Multi-proxy crossdating extends the longest high-elevation tree-ring chronology from the Mediterranean. Dendrochronologia.
2023
Kuhl E, Zang C, Esper J, Riechelmann D, Büntgen U, Briesch M, Reinig F, Römer P, Konter O, Schmidhalter M, Hartl C (2023) Using Machine Learning on tree-ring data to determine the geographical provenance of historical construction timbers. Ecosphere, doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4453. (Kuhl_2023_Ecosphere.pdf)
2022
Wieland A, Greule M, Römer P, Esper J, Keppler F (2022) Climate signals in stable carbon and hydrogen isotopes of lignin methoxy groups from southern German beech trees. Climate of the Past, doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1849-2022. (Wieland_2022_ClimPast.pdf) (Wieland_2022_ClimPast_Supp.pdf)
2021
Esper J, Hartl C, Konter O, Reinig F, Römer P, Huneau F, Lebre S, Szymczak S, Bräuning A, Büntgen U (2021) Past millennium hydroclimate variability from Corsican pine tree-ring chronologies. Boreas, doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12574. (Esper_2021_Boreas.pdf) (Esper_2021_Boreas_Supp.pdf)
Römer P, Hartl C, Schneider L, Bräuning A, Szymczak S, Huneau F, Lebre S, Reinig F, Büntgen U, Esper J (2021) Reduced temperature sensitivity of maximum latewood density formation in high-elevation Corsican pines under recent warming. Atmosphere 12, 804, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12070804. (Roemer_2021_Atmos.pdf) (Roemer_2021_Atmos_Supp.pdf)
Conferences
06/2022 "Multi-species tree growth response to climate change in southwestern Germany", AMERIDENDRO2022, Montreal, Canada.
05/2022 "Multi-species tree growth response to climate change in southwestern Germany", TRACE2022 (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology), Erlangen, Germany.
06/2021 "Fading temperature sensitivity of long tree-ring density chronologies from Corsica (France)", TRACE2021 (Tree Rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology), virtual conference.
Teaching
Winter 2022/2023
- M3/M5-ED Cartography
Summer 2021
- A Fearful Hope: Imagining a blueprint for a sustainable future (GO Project at COP26, Glasgow)
Winter 2020/2021
- M1/M1-ED Climate Geography D
- M3/M5-ED Cartography G
Winter 2019/2020
- M3/M5-ED Cartography B
- M3/M5-ED Cartography F
Summer 2019
- M11/M9-ED Regional Geography Seminar and excursion "North Scandinavia"
Winter 2018/19
- M3/M5-ED Cartography E
- M3/M5-ED Cartography F
Winter 2017/18
- M3/M5-ED Cartography E
- M3/M5-ED Cartography F
Summer 2017
- M11/M9-ED Regional Geography Seminar and excursion "North Scandinavia"