Dr.
Victoria Kohn
Curator of the Gem Collection and Co-Curator of the Mineral Collection
Victoria Kohns ORCID record:
- Since Jan 2025 Curator of the gemstone collection and co-curator of the mineral collection, Natural History Museum Vienna, Department of mineralogy and petrography.
- Beate-Mocek Price 2024, DMG (Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft) LINK
- Dec 2019 - Nov 2025 PhD student, Department of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna, Thesis title ”Mineral Inclusions in Garnet: Correlating Shape and Crystallographic Orientation Relationships with Compositional Characteristics to Infer Inclusion Origins” LINK
- Dec 2019 – June 2023 Project collaborator, FWF I4285, Mineral inclusions in garnet: microstructure-texture-genesis, Department of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna.
- Jan 2019 – Nov 2019 Junior specialist for material testing, GWP, Gesellschaft für Werkstoffprüfung mbH, Munich, Germany
- Okt 2015 – Apr 2018 M.Sc. Geologische Wissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin, Master thesis ”Pressure- and Temperature Gradients in the Adula Nappe”, supervised by Prof. Dr. Timm John und Dr. Jan Pleuger
- Feb 2014 – Apr 2014 Scientific internship at the Geoforschungszentum Potsdam (GFZ), Section 3.3, Project topic: ”High-Pressure and -Temperature Investigations on the System of Calcite-Dolomite-Magnesite”
- Aug 2013 – Aug 2017 Student assistant, Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Geological Sciences, Tutor in the working group mineralogy - petrology
- Okt 2010 – Sept 2015 B.Sc. Geologische Wissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin, Bachelor thesis ”Retrograde Metamorphose von Amphibolit an einer Störungszone der Münchberger Gneismasse”, supervised by P.D. Dr. Ralf Milke und Prof. Dr. Lutz Hecht
Inclusions in minerals
Mineralogy
Batic Goran
Preparator
Berger Anna
Collection manager
Brandstätter Franz
Associated scientist
Dionatos Odysseas
Associated
Scientist
Ertl-Winand Andreas
Project researcher
Ferrière Ludovic
Associated
scientist
Hammer Vera M. F.
Researcher, head of the mineral collection, head of the State Gem
Institute
Kolitsch Uwe
Head of the Department for Mineralogy & Petrography, Researcher
and curator of the mineral and ore deposit collections
Mayr Nina
Assistance mineralogy
Patzer Andrea
Curator of the meteorite collection
Pittarello Lidia
Researcher and curator of the rock collection
Schalko Clemens
Collection
assistant
Topa Dan
Associated scientist
Walter-Roszjár Julia
Researcher and co-curator of the meteorite collection, currently on maternity leave
