Jakob Wallinga studied Physical Geography at Utrecht University where he graduated in 1997. He obtained his PhD in 2001 at the same university for his thesis ‘The Rhine-Meuse system in a new light: optically stimulated luminescence dating and its application to fluvial deposits’. Most of his PhD work was carried out during extended research visits at luminescence laboratories in Aberystwyth (UK) and Roskilde (Denmark). From 2002 Jakob works at RD&M section of the TUDelft as researcher/lecturer and director of the Netherlands Centre for Luminescence dating (NCL). He established a state-of-the-art luminescence dating (research) facility in Delft (see www.ncl-lumdat.nl ). Jakobs research aims at developing new and improved luminescence dating methods and using these for novel geological and archeological applications. Focus points of the research are young flood deposits and sediments older than ~150.000 years. Jakob received prestigious personal grants from the NWO innovational research scheme (VENI and VIDI) and a substantial apparatus grant to set up the dating facility.

Delft University of Technology
Faculty of Applied Sciences
Section Radiation Detection and Medical Imaging
Mekelweg 15
2629JB Delft , The Netherlands

E-mail  j.wallinga AT TUDelft.nl
Tel:      ++31 15 2781056
Fax:     ++31 15 2786422

Selected publications

Kars, R.H., Wallinga, J., Cohen, K.M. 2008. A new approach towards anomalous fading correction for feldspar IRSL dating – tests on samples in field saturation. Radiation Measurements 43, 786-790.

Ballarini, M., Wallinga, J., Wintle, A.G., and Bos, A.J.J. 2007. A modified SAR protocol for optical dating of individual grains from young quartz samples. Radiation Measurements 42, 360-369.

Busschers, F.S., Kasse, C., Van Balen, R.T., Vandenberghe, J., Cohen, K.M., Weerts, H.J.T., Wallinga, J., Johns, C., and Cleveringa, P., Bunnik, F.P.M. 2007. Late Pleistocene evolution of the Rhine-Meuse system in the southern North Sea basin: imprints of climate change, sea-level oscillation and glacio-isostacy. Quaternary Science Reviews 26, 3216-3248.

Wallinga, J., Davids, F., Dijkmans, J.W.A. 2007. Luminescence dating of Netherlands’ sediments. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 86, 179-196.

Ballarini, M., Wallinga, J., Murray, A.S., Van Heteren, S., Oost, A.P., Bos, A.J.J. &  Van Eijk, C.W.E. 2003. Optical dating of young coastal dunes on a decadal time scale. Quaternary Science Reviews 22, 1011-1017.

Wallinga, J. 2002. Optically stimulated luminescence dating of fluvial deposits: a review. Boreas 31, 303-322.

Wallinga, J., Duller, G.A.T., Murray, A.S. & Törnqvist, T.E. 2001. Testing optically stimulated luminescence dating of sand-sized quartz and feldspar from fluvial deposits. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 193, 617-630.

Wallinga, J., Murray, A.S. & Wintle, A.G. 2000. The single-aliquot regenerative-dose (SAR) protocol applied to coarse-grain feldspar. Radiation Measurements 32, 529-533.