Diplom Geologie-Paläontologie (MS) Universität Tübingen, Germany
Dr. rerum naturalium (PhD) Universität Oldenburg, Germany
Professor
Sedimentology and Paleontology
Old Dominion University Department of Ocean and Earth Sciences 4600, Elkhorn Avenue Norfolk, Virginia 23529 USA
nnoffke@odu.edu 001-757-683-3313 ph
Research
The influence of biofilms and microbial mats on clastic sedimentary systems, the sedimentary structures that result from microbial-sediment dynamics, the significance of such structures for reconstructing Archean, Proterozoic and Phanerozoic paleoenvironments and prokaryote evolution.