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• 1991             B.A. in Geology (with honors), Colgate University
• 1994-1995    Visiting Graduate Student, University of Wisconsin – Madison
• 1999             Ph.D. in Earth Sciences (Geochemistry), University of California – Santa Cruz
• 1999-2003    Postdoctoral Researcher, Institut für Mineralogie, Universität Münster
• 2003-2006    Research Associate, Institut für Mineralogie, Universität Münster
• 2006-2011    Junior Professor, Institut für Mineralogie, Universität Münster
• since 2012    Professor of Isotope Geochemistry, Institut für Mineralogie, Universität Münster

• Early differentiation processes in Earth, Mars and Moon
• Formation, composition, and evolution of the lower continental crust
• Improved determination of decay constants for use in geochronology
• Subduction-related eclogites and blueschists: their formation, exhumation, and role in geochemical fractionation processes 
• Microgeochronology and the development of robust methods for dating metamorphic and sedimentary rocks

B.Sc.

• Geochemische Arbeitsmethoden (Chemische Mineral und Gesteinsanalyse I / Nasschemische Analyse)
• Petrologische Geländeübungen in der Eifel
• Geochronologie

M.Sc.

• Geochronologische Arbeitsmethoden (Chemische Mineral und Gesteinsanalyse II / Geochronologisches Praktikum)
• Große Exkusion Alpen, Griechenland, Zypern
• Mineralogische Exkursion: Zermatt

• Weber, B., Scherer, E.E., Martens, U.K., Mezger, K. (2012). Where did the lower Paleozoic rocks of Yucatan come from? A U-Pb, Lu-Hf, and Sm-Nd isotope study. Chemical Geology 312-313, 1–17.
• Smit, M.A., Scherer, E.E., and Mezger, K. (2013). Peak metamorphic temperatures from cation diffusion zoning in garnet. Journal of Metamorphic Geology 31, doi: 10.111/jmg.12024.
• Schärer, U., Berndt, J., Scherer, E.E., Kooijman, E., Deutsch, A., and Klostermann, J. (2012) Major geological cycles substantiated by U-Pb ages and Hfi of detrital zircon grains from the Lower Rhine Basin. Chemical Geology 294-295, 63-74.
• Smit, M.A., Scherer, E.E., John, T., Janssen, A. (2011). Creep of garnet in eclogite: mechanisms and implications. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 311, 411-419.
• Klemd, R., John, T., Scherer, E.E., Rondenay, S. & Gao, J. (2011). Changes in dip of subducted slabs at depth: Petrological and geochronological evidence from HP–UHP rocks (Tianshan, NW-China). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 310, 9-20.
• Smit, M.A., Bröcker, M., Kooijman, E., and Scherer, E.E. (2011). Provenance and exhumation of an exotic eclogite-bearing nappe in the Caledonides: a U-Pb and Rb-Sr study of the Jæren nappe, SW Norway. Journal of the Geological Society, London 168, 423-439.
• Nebel, O., Scherer, E.E., and Mezger, K. (2011). Evaluation of the 87Rb decay constant by age comparison against the U–Pb system. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 301, 1-8.
• Herwartz, D., Nagel, T.J., Münker, C., Scherer, E.E., and Froitzheim, N. (2011). Tracing two orogenic cycles in one eclogite sample by Lu-Hf geochronometry. DOI: 10.1038/NGEO1060. Nature Geoscience.
• Weber, B., Scherer, E.E., Schulze, C., Valencia, V.A., Montecinos, P., Mezger, K., and Ruiz, J. (2010). U–Pb and Lu–Hf isotope systematics of lower crust from central-southern Mexico – Geodynamic significance of Oaxaquia in a Rodinia Realm. Precambrian Research 182(1-2), 149-162.
• Teklay, M., Scherer, E.E., Mezger, K., and Danyushevsky, L. (2010). Geochemical characteristics and Sr-Nd-Hf isotope compositions of mantle xenoliths and host basalts from Assab, Eritrea: implications for the composition and thermal structure of the lithosphere beneath the Afar Depression. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 159(5), 731-751.
• Sprung, P., Scherer, E.E., Upadhyay, D., Leya, I., and Mezger, K. (2010). Non-nucleosynthetic heterogeneity in non-radiogenic stable Hf isotopes: Implications for early solar system chronology. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 295, 1-11.
• Smit, M.A., Scherer, E.E., Brocker, M., and van Roermund, H.L.M. (2010). Timing of eclogite facies metamorphism in the southernmost Scandinavian Caledonides by Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd geochronology. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 159(4), 521-539.
• Lenting, C., Geisler, T., Gerdes, A., Kooijman, E., Scherer, E.E., and Zeh, A. (2010). The behavior of the Hf isotope system in radiation-damaged zircon during experimental hydrothermal alteration. American Mineralogist 95, 1343–1348.
• John, T., Scherer, E.E., Schenk, V., Herms, P., Halama, R., and Garbe-Schonberg, D. (2010). Subducted seamounts in an eclogite-facies ophiolite sequence: the Andean Raspas Complex, SW Ecuador. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 159(2), 265-284.
• Upadhyay, D., Scherer, E.E., and Mezger, K. (2009). Nd-142 evidence for an enriched Hadean reservoir in cratonic roots. Nature 459(7250), 1118-1121.
• Upadhyay, D., Scherer, E.E., and Mezger, K. (2008). Fractionation and mixing of Nd isotopes during thermal ionization mass spectrometry: implications for high precision Nd-142/Nd-144 analyses. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 23(4), 561-568.
• Smit, M.A., Brocker, M., and Scherer, E.E. (2008). Aragonite and magnesite in eclogites from the Jaeren nappe, SW Norway: disequilibrium in the system CaCO3-MgCO3 and petrological implications. Journal of Metamorphic Geology 26(9), 959-979.
• Schmidt, A., Weyer, S., Mezger, K., Scherer, E.E., Xiao, Y.L., Hoefs, J., and Brey, G.P. (2008). Rapid eclogitisation of the Dabie-Sulu UHP terrane: Constraints from Lu-Hf garnet geochronology. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 273(1-2), 203-213.
• Herwartz, D., Münker, C., Scherer, E.E., Nagel, T.J., Pleuger, J., and Froitzheim, N. (2008). Lu-Hf garnet geochronology of eclogites from the Balma Unit (Pennine Alps): implications for Alpine paleotectonic reconstructions. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 101(Supplement 1), S173–S189.
• Scherer, E.E., Whitehouse, M.J., and Munker, C. (2007). Zircon as a monitor of crustal growth. Elements 3(1), 19-24.
• Lagos, M., Scherer, E.E., Tomaschek, F., Munker, C., Keiter, M., Berndt, J., and Ballhaus, C. (2007). High precision lu-hf geochronology of eocene eclogite-facies rocks from syros, cyclades, Greece. Chemical Geology 243(1-2), 16-35.
• Albarède, F., Scherer, E.E., Blichert-Toft, J., Rosing, M., Simionovici, A., and Bizzarro, M. (2006). gamma-ray irradiation in the early Solar System and the conundrum of the Lu-176 decay constant. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 70(5), 1261-1270.
• Nebel-Jacobsen, Y., Scherer, E.E., Munker, C., and Mezger, K. (2005). Separation of U, Pb, Lu, and Hf from single zircons for combined U-Pb dating and Hf isotope measurements by TIMS and MC-ICPMS. Chemical Geology 220(1-2), 105-120.
• Nebel, O., Mezger, K., Scherer, E.E., and Munker, C. (2005). High precision determinations of 87Rb/85Rb in geologic materials by MC-ICP-MS. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 246(1-3), 10-18.
• Kleine, T., Mezger, K., Palme, H., Scherer, E., and Munker, C. (2005). The W isotope composition of eucrite metals: constraints on the timing and cause of the thermal metamorphism of basaltic eucrites. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 231(1-2), 41-52.
• Kleine, T., Mezger, K., Palme, H., Scherer, E., and Munker, C. (2005). Early core formation in asteroids and late accretion of chondrite parent bodies: Evidence from Hf-182-W-182 in CAIs, metal-rich chondrites, and iron meteorites. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 69(24), 5805-5818.
• John, T., Scherer, E.E., Haase, K., and Schenk, V. (2004). Trace element fractionation during fluid-induced eclogitization in a subducting slab: trace element and Lu-Hf-Sm-Nd isotope systematics. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 227(3-4), 441-456.
• John, T., Schenk, V., Haase, K., Scherer, E., and Tembo, F. (2003). Evidence for a Neoproterozoic ocean in south-central Africa from mid-oceanic-ridge-type geochemical signatures and pressure-temperature estimates of Zambian eclogites. Geology 31(3), 243-246.
• Scherer, E., Munker, C., and Mezger, K. (2001). Calibration of the lutetium-hafnium clock. Science 293(5530), 683-687.
• Munker, C., Weyer, S., Scherer, E., and Mezger, K. (2001). Separation of high field strength elements (Nb, Ta, Zr, Hf) and Lu from rock samples for MC-ICPMS measurements. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 2.
• Scherer, E.E., Cameron, K.L., and Blichert-Toft, J. (2000). Lu-Hf garnet geochronology: Closure temperature relative to the Sm-Nd system and the effects of trace mineral inclusions. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 64(19), 3413-3432.
• Seaman, S.J., Scherer, E.E., Wobus, R.A., Zimmer, J.H., and Sales, J.G. (1999). Late silurian volcanism in coastal Maine: The Cranberry Island series. Geological Society of America Bulletin 111(5), 686-708.
• Beard, B.L., Taylor, L.A., Scherer, E.E., Johnson, C.M., and Snyder, G.A. (1998). The source region and melting mineralogy of high-titanium and low-titanium lunar basalts deduced from Lu-Hf isotope data. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 62(3), 525-544.
• Scherer, E.E., Cameron, K.L., Johnson, C.M., Beard, B.L., Barovich, K.M., and Collerson, K.D. (1997). Lu-Hf geochronology applied to dating Cenozoic events affecting lower crustal xenoliths from Kilbourne Hole, New Mexico. Chemical Geology 142(1-2), 63-78.
• Seaman, S.J., Scherer, E.E., and Standish, J.J. (1995). Mulitstage magma mingling and the origin of flow banding in the Aliso lava dome, Tumacacori Mountains, southern Arizona. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth 100(B5), 8381-8398.

• Roszjar J., Geisler T., Scherer E.E., and Bischoff A. (2009). The thermal history of zircon from the NWA 5073 eucrite as revealed by Raman spectroscopy. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 44 Suppl. S, A178. (MetSoc, Nancy, July 17th).  
• Rapp J.F., Klemme S., and Scherer E.E. (2009). Experimental constraints on HFSE partitioning and Ti mobility in saline fluids. Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta 73 (13) Suppl. S A1073. (Goldschmidt, Davos, June 26th).
• Smit M.A., Scherer E.E., Brocker M., and van Roermund H.L.M. (2009). High-precision Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd dating of eclogites from the SW Scandinavian Caledonides reveals protracted or multi-stage HP metamorphism. Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta 73 (13) Suppl. S, A1239. (Goldschmidt, Davos, June 22nd).
• Sprung P, Scherer EE, Upadhyay D, Mezger K., and  Bischoff A. (2009). Is the solar system non-radiogenic Hf isotope composition uniform? Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta 73 (13) Suppl. S, A1259. (Goldschmidt, Davos, June 25th).
• Upadhyay D, Scherer EE, and Mezger K. (2009). Nd-142 evidence for an enriched Hadean reservoir in the root of the Bastar craton (India). Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta 73 (13) Suppl. S, A1362. (Goldschmidt, Davos, June 23rd).
• Scherer, E.E., and Sprung, P. (2008). Lu-Hf systematics of meteorites: complexities. (Paneth Colloquium, Nördlingen, October 30th).
• Sprung, P., Scherer, E.E., Mezger, K., and Bischoff, A. (2008). No nucleosynthetic heterogeneity between chondritic and terrestrial Hf. (Paneth Colloquium, Nördlingen, October 30th).
• Upadhyay, D., Scherer, E.E., Mezger, K., and Bischoff, A. (2008). P-process nebular heterogeneity in Sm and Nd isotopes: evidence from chondritic meteorites. (Paneth Colloquium, Nördlingen, October 30th).
• Roszjar, J., Bischoff, A., Scherer, E.E., and Mezger, K. (2008). Zirconium-bearing phases in meteorites. (Paneth Colloquium, Nördlingen, October 31st).
• Smit, M.A., Bröcker, M., and Scherer, E.E. (2008). Associations of Aragonite, Magnesite, and Dolomite in Eclogites from the Jæren Nappe, SW Norway. (86th Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft, Berlin, September 17th).
• Sprung, P., Scherer, E.E., Mezger, K., and Bischoff, A. (2008). Variability in Nonradiogenic Stable Hf Isotopes Between Bulk Silicate Earth and Chondrites? (86th Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft, Berlin, September 15th).
• Scherer, E.E. (2008). The Lu-Hf system and the timing of early planetary differentiation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 72 Suppl. 1, A830 (Goldschmidt Conference, Vancouver, July 17th) Invited talk.
• Sprung, P., Scherer, E.E., Mezger, K., and Bischoff, A. (2008). Is the Hf isotope composition of the bulk silicate Earth chondritic? Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 72 Suppl. 1, A889 (Goldschmidt Conference, Vancouver, July 17th).
• Herwartz, D., Münker, C., Scherer, E.E., Nagel, T., Pleuger, J., and Froitzheim, N. (2007). The first Lu-Hf garnet ages of North Penninic alpine eclogites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71 Suppl. S, A400 (Goldschmidt Conference, Köln, August 23rd).
• Scherer, E.E., Muenker, C., and Mezger, K. (2007). The Lu-Hf systematics of meteorites: Consistent or not? Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71 Suppl. S, A888 (Goldschmidt Conference, Köln, August 23rd) Invited talk.
• Upadhyay, D., Scherer, E.E., and Mezger, K. (2007). Nd isotope mixing during thermal ionisation mass spectrometry: Implications for accurate 142Nd measurements. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71 Suppl. S, A1047 (Goldschmidt Conference, Köln, August 23rd).
• Schuth, S., Münker, C., Scherer, E.E., and König, S. (2007). High-precision Pb isotope measurements discriminate different subduction components along the Solomon island arc. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 17 (15), Suppl. 1, A909 (Goldschmidt Conference, Köln, August 22nd).
• Jung, S., and Scherer, E.E. (2007). High-precision Lu-Hf garnet ages from granulite-facies migmatites (Damara orogen, Namibia). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71 Suppl. S, A454 (Goldschmidt Conference, Köln, August 20th).
• Krebs, M., Stanek, K.P., Scherer, E., Maresch, W.V., Grafe, F., Idleman, B., and Rodionov, N. (2007). Age of HP metamorphism from the Escambray massif, Cuba. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71 Suppl. S, A522 (Goldschmidt Conference, Köln, August 20th).
• Smit, M.A., Bröcker, M., Scherer, E.E., and Bernt-Gerdes, J. (2007). Petrological, isotope geochemical, and geochronological characteristics of the Scandinavian Caledonides’ southernmost eclogites. (International Eclogite Conference, Paisley).
• Scherer, E.E., and Sprung, P. (2007). The Lu-Hf geochronology and geochemistry of mafic and ultramafic rocks. (GAC-NUNA Conference, Sudbury, June 14th) Invited talk.
• Soman, A., Tomaschek, F., Berndt, J., Geisler, T., and Scherer, E. (2006). Hydrothermal re-equilibration of zircon from an alkali pegmatite of Malawi. Beihefte zum European Journal of Mineralogy 18, 132 (German Mineralogical Society Meeting, Hannover).
• Nebel, O., Mezger, K., Scherer, E.E., and Davies, G.R. (2006). Recalibration of the rubidium decay constant by age comparison against the U-Pb system. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 87(52) Suppl., V21A-0558 (AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco).
• Jung, S., Scherer, E.E., and Hellebrand, E. (2006). Time constraints of granite magma extraction from lower crustal sources derived from precise Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd garnet ages and garnet ionprobe data. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70 Suppl. S, A300 (Goldschmidt, Melbourne).
• Nebel, O., Mezger, K., Scherer, E.E., and Patchett, P.J. (2006). Recalibration of the Rb decay constant by age comparison against three U-Pb dated igneous rocks. (General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union, Vienna).
• Kleine, T., Mezger, K., Palme, H., Scherer, E., 2005. Accretion and differentiation of the first asteroids.  Berichte der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft Beih. z. Eur. J. Mineral. 17, No. 1, p. 68 (German Mineralogical Society Meeting).
• Lagos, M., Scherer, E.E., Münker, C., Tomaschek F., and Ballhaus., C., 2005. The age of high-pressure metamorphism on Syros (Cyclades, Greece) constrained by high precision Lu-Hf geochronology. Berichte der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft Beih. z. Eur. J. Mineral. 17, No. 1, p. 80 (German Mineralogical Society Meeting).
• Mezger, K., Kleine, T., Palme, H., Scherer, E., Münker, C., 2005. Crystallization of the lunar magma ocean constrains the age of the Earth-Moon system. Berichte der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft Beih. z. Eur. J. Mineral. 17, No. 1, p. 91 (German Mineralogical Society Meeting).
• Nebel, O., Mezger, K., Scherer, E.E., and Münker, C., 2005. Rb isotope dilution measurements by MC-ICP-MS: Potential for improved precision of Rb-Sr geochronology. Berichte der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft Beih. z. Eur. J. Mineral. 17, No. 1, p. 97 (German Mineralogical Society Meeting).
• Scherer, E.E., Münker, C., Kleine, T., Mezger, K., Albarède, F., and Blichert-Toft, J., 2005. The isotopic composition of Lu in meteorites and lunar rocks: implications for the decay constant of 176Lu. Geophysical Research Abstracts 7, EGU05-A-10486 (General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union, Vienna).
• John, T., Scherer, E.E., Haase, K., and Schenk, V., 2005. Does fluid-induced Eclogitization of Oceanic Crust generate Arc Signatures? Geophysical Research Abstracts 7, EGU05-A-02227 (General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union, Vienna).
• Kleine, T., Mezger, K., Palme, H., and Scherer, E., 2005. Tungsten isotopes provide evidence that core formation in some asteroids predates the accretion of chondrite parent bodies.  36th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Abstr. No. 1431.
• John, T., Scherer, E.E., Haase, K., and Schenk, V., 2005. Does fluid-induced eclogitization of slab crust generate arc signatures Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 69 (10) Suppl. A650 (Goldschmidt Conference, Moscow, Idaho, USA).
• Kleine, T., Mezger, K., Palme, H., Scherer, E., and Münker, C., 2004. A new chronology for asteroid formation in the early solar system based on 182W systematics. Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract P31C-04.
• Mezger, K., Kleine, T., Palme, H., Scherer, E., Münker, C., 2004. The timing of crystallization of the lunar magma ocean constrained by 182W systematics of lunar metals.  Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract P33A-1003.
• Scherer, E.E., Münker, C., and Mezger, K., 2004. Closing in on the 176Lu decay constant.  32nd International Geological Congress 2004, Abs. Vol., pt. 1, abs. 172-7, p. 811.
• Münker, C., Scherer, E.E., Nebel, O., Schuth, S., Jacobsen Y.J., Lagos, M., and Mezger, K., 2004. Applications of the Lu-Hf isotope system to geological and geodynamic problems. Geol. Soc. Australia Abstr. 73, 280.
• John, T., Scherer, E.E., Haase, K., and Schenk, V., 2004., Does fluid-induced eclogitisation of subducted lower oceanic crust produce the slab component of arcs? Berichte der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft Beih. z. Eur. J. Mineral. 16(1), 60 (German Mineralogical Society Meeting).
• Kleine, T., Mezger, K., Palme, H., Scherer, E., Münker, C., and Bischoff, Addi, 2004. Hf-W ages of early solar system materials: Constraints for the formation of chondrules and the age of the solar system. Berichte der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft Beih. z. Eur. J. Mineral. 16(1), 69 (German Mineralogical Society Meeting).
• Münker, C., Scherer, E., Kleine, T., Mezger, K., 2004. The early history of the solar system and the early history of the Earth: constraints from trace elements and isotopes. Berichte der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft Beih. z. Eur. J. Mineral. 16(1), 95 (German Mineralogical Society Meeting).
• Scherer, E.E., Mezger, K., and Münker, C., 2004. The 176Lu decay constant revisited. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 68 (11) Suppl. 1, A748 (Goldschmidt Conference).
• John, T., Scherer, E.E., Haase, K., and Schenk, V., 2004. Is the slab component in arc magmas produced by fluid-induced eclogitisation of subducted lower oceanic crust?  Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 68 (11) Suppl. 1, A601 (Goldschmidt Conference).
• Scherer, E.E., Münker, C., and Mezger K., 2003. Advances in Lu-Hf garnet geochronology. Berichte der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft 15 (1), 169. (German Mineralogical Society Meeting).
• John, T., Scherer, E., Haase, K., Schenk, V., 2003. Is LREE fractionation in eclogites due to dehydration of underlying serpentinite? Berichte der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft 15 (1), 93. (German Mineralogical Society Meeting).
• Lagos, M., Münker, C., Tomaschek, F., Ballhaus, C., and Scherer, E.E., 2003. Formation age of oceanic crust and timing of HP/LT-metamorphism on Syros (Cyclades, Greece) based on Lu-Hf geochronology. Berichte der Deutschen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft 15 (1), 114. (German Mineralogical Society Meeting).
• Scherer, E.E., Mezger, K., Münker, C., 2003. The 176Lu decay constant discrepancy: Terrestrial samples vs. Meteorites, Meteoritics and Planetary Science 38 (7), Suppl. A136.
• Scherer, E.E., Mezger, K., and Münker, C., 2003. Dating metamorphism with the Lu-Hf garnet method. EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, April 7-11, Nice. Abstract # EAE03-A-07582. Invited talk.
• Lagos, M., Münker, C., Tomaschek, F., Ballhaus, C., and Scherer, E.E., 2003. The age of oceanic crust and of HP/LT-metamorphism on Syros (Cyclades, Greece) based on Lu-Hf geochronology and geochemistry. EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, April 7-11, 2003, Nice, Abstract # EAE03-A-12851.
• John, T., Scherer, E.E., Haase, K., and Schenk, V., 2003. LREE fractionation in MORB-type eclogites due to fluid induced eclogitisation of gabbroic rocks: evidence from trace element, Lu-Hf, and Sm-Nd isotope systematics. (Norwegian Eclogite Symposium).
• Scherer, E.E., Mezger, K., and Münker, C., 2002. The 176Lu decay constant controversy. Eos Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V52B-1293.
• Mezger, K., Münker, C., and Scherer, E.E., 2002.  Sm-Nd, Lu-Hf and Nb-Zr Constraints on the Early Differentiation of the Moon. Fall AGU meeting. Eos Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract P11A-0354.
• Scherer, E.E., Münker C., Mezger, K., 2002. Lu-Hf ages of high pressure metamorphism in the Variscan fold belt of southern Germany. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 66, A677. (Goldschmidt Conference)
• Mezger, K., Münker, C., and Scherer, E.E., Lu-Hf constraints on early lunar differentiation. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 66, A510. (Goldschmidt Conference).
• Mezger K., Münker C., Scherer E., and Kleine, T., 2002. The Early Earth. Schrifttenreihe der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft (Publication Series of the German Geological Society) 21, 51.
• Münker, C., Scherer, E.E., and Mezger, K., 2002. Hadean differentiation processes on Earth: new insights from Hf isotopes and Nb/Ta systematics. Eur. J. Mineral. 14 Suppl., 116. (DMG - German Mineralogical Society Meeting).
• John, T., Schenk, V., Scherer, E., Haase, K., Mezger, K. & Tembo, F., 2002. Subduction and continental collision in the Lufilian Arc-Zambesi Belt orogen (Zambia): implications to the Gondwana assembly. 19th Colloquium on African Geology, El Jadida, Morocco, Abstract volume, p. 188.
• Scherer, E.E., Münker C., Mezger, K., 2001. Early differentiation of the crust-mantle system: a Hf isotope perspective. Eos, Trans., AGU, 82 (47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstr. V52B-10, p. 1410.
• John, T., Scherer, E., Schenk, V., Mezger, K. 2001. Evidence for a Neoproterozoic ocean in south central Africa from Lu-Hf ages and P-T estimates of MORB-type eclogites (Zambia). Eur. J. Mineral. 13 Suppl., 88.
• Scherer, E.E., Münker, C., Mezger, K., 2001, New Advances in Lu-Hf Geochronology, J. Conf. Abs. (EUG XI) 6 (1), 590.
• Scherer, E.E., Münker, C., Mezger, K., 2000, Calibration of the 176Lu decay constant against U-Pb ages in a carbonatite and a gadolinite. Eos, Trans., AGU, 81 (48), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstr.V21D-38, p. 1362.
• Scherer, E.E., Münker, C., Mezger, K., 2000, The Decay Constant of 176Lu Determined by Calibration Against the U-Pb System in the Phalaborwa Carbonatite. J. Conf. Abs. (Goldschmidt Conference), 5 (2), 887.
• Münker, C., Weyer, S., Scherer, E., Mezger, K. (2000): High precision Nb/Ta, Zr/Hf and Lu/Hf measurements by MC-ICPMS using a mixed Zr-Hf-Ta-Lu tracer. J. Conf. Abs. (Goldschmidt Conference) 5 (2), 732.
• Scherer, E.E., Münker, C., Rehkämper, M., and Mezger, K., 1999, Improved Precision of Lu Isotope Dilution Measurements by MC-ICP-MS and Application to Lu-Hf Geochronology. Eos, Trans., AGU, 80 (46), 1118.
• Scherer, E.E. and Cameron, K.L., 1997, Mineral and whole-rock dating of garnet-bearing rocks. Eos, Trans., AGU, 78 (46), 785.
• Beard, B.L., Taylor, L.A., Scherer, E.E., Johnson, C.M., and Snyder, G.A., 1996. The source mineralogy of high- and low-Ti basalts based on their Hf isotopic composition. Proc.  27th Congress Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., 81-82.
• Scherer, E.E., Cameron, K.L., Johnson, C.M., Beard, B.L., Barovich, K.M., 1995, Hf isotope evidence for the Cenozoic formation of mafic garnet granulite in the deep crust beneath Kilbourne Hole, New Mexico. Eos, Trans., AGU, 76 (46), 707.
• Scherer, E.E., Beard, B.L., Barovich, K.M., Johnson, C.M., Taylor, L.A., 1995, An improved method for determining the Hf isotopic composition of lunar basalts. Proc.  26th Congress Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., 1235-1236.
• Scherer, E.E., Collerson, K.D., 1993, Xenoliths from the Bearpaw Mountains, north-central Montana: A probe of the Wyoming Craton, Eos, Trans., AGU, 74 (43), 625.
• Domack, E.W., Scherer, E.E., McClennen, C.E., Anderson, J.B., 1992, Intrusion of circumpolar deep water along the Bellingshausen Sea continental shelf, Antarctic Journal of the United States, 27 (5), 71.
• Seaman, S.J., Scherer, E.E., and Kietzman, J., 1991. Mingling of andesitic and dacitic liquids in the mid-Tertiary Atascosa Formation, southern Arizona; an origin for compositional flow banding. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America. 23 (4), 91.
• Scherer, E.E., Pinet, P., Sheila S., 1990, Bimodal compositional clustering of tephra and flows in the Cranberry Island Series of coastal Maine, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 22 (2), 67-68.