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What is Chromatography?
Chromatography, or "color writing," is a name derived from the method of separating pigments from complex mixtures. These techniques were developed in the nineteenth century.
Today, chromatography is a process used to separate individual compounds from a complex mixture, allowing each compound to be studied independently. These compounds can be organic or inorganic in nature.
The laboratory was established in 2020 and consists of facilities for organic biomarker extraction, separation and cleanup, characterization and quantification, as well as cold storage. We can host interested graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, or visiting scientists.
The Organic Molecular Biogeochemistry Laboratory is located in Haus (Building) B at Freie Universität Berlin’s Lankwitz Campus. It hosts a diverse array of analytical equipment used to characterize the distribution and abundance of organic molecules in modern and ancient natural systems and to measure the composition of organic material such as soils, sediments, and sedimentary rock.
Location
The laboratories are based in Building B on the GeoCampus in Berlin Lankwitz. Please contact the laboratory manager, Dr. Alexander Rohrmann, for further information.
Contact
Dr. Alexander Rohrmann (phone +49 30 838 67656, alexander.rohrmann@fu-berlin.de)