---
type: entity
title: Eva Castringius
tags: [artist, researcher, radiation-studies]
related: [lehrstuhl-neue-medien-und-angewandte-grafik, fachdidaktik]
created: 2026-07-13
updated: 2026-07-13
sources: ["output_cdfi/cdfi_uni_greifswald_de_bildende_kunst_lehrstuhl_neue_medien_und_angewandte_grafi.md"]
---

# Eva Castringius

**Dr. Eva Castringius** is an artistic staff member at the [[lehrstuhl-neue-medien-und-angewandte-grafik]], with a specific focus on primary school teacher training ([[fachdidaktik]]).

## Research and Artistic Focus
Her work centers on the **photographic visibility and materialization of radiation**, particularly radioactivity. She employs a methodology that combines theoretical research with archival and field research.

## Academic Background
- **Education:** Studied Fine Arts at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin (under Prof. Leiko Ikemura) and Art Didactics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
- **Doctorate:** Earned her PhD in 2020 with the dissertation *Der Trinity-Index. Radioaktive Kontamination und ihre fotografische Sichtbarkeit*.
- **Fellowships:** Was a fellow at the Graduate College "Aesthetics of the Virtual" at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg (2015-2017).

## Notable Publications
- *Witnesses to Radioactive Contamination* (2022), published in *Tracing the Atom*.
- *Der Trinity-Index* (2020).

*Note: As of the latest source update, Dr. Castringius is temporarily unavailable at the institute due to a DFG scholarship.*