My passion is the ocean.
As a marine geologist, I deal with the 70% of the earth’s solid surface that is covered by water. The water makes classical geological fieldwork impossible. Instead, my projects are based on the analysis of a wide variety of data sets from the seabed. I supplement project-specific data with freely available data as required.
The aim is to obtain a meaningful and usable overall geological picture of the seabed and, if necessary, the subsurface. To achieve this, I combine classic rock and sediment sample analysis with the interpretation of geophysical data sets.
Offshore experience
INDEX2018_2
Research Vessel Pelagia with ROV ROPOS, German license area, central Indian Ocean.
Duties: Geological seafloor mapping and consultancy.
For GEOMAR in the frame of the INDEX Project, lead by the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Resources, Hannover.
INDEX2017 (SO259)
Research Vessel Sonne, German license area, central Indian Ocean.
Duties: Geological seafloor mapping and consultancy.
For GEOMAR in the frame of the INDEX Project, lead by the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Resources, Hannover.
INDEX2016_2 (MSM59/2)
Research Vessel Maria S. Merian with AUV Abyss 6000, German license area, central Indian Ocean.
Duties: AUV data post-processing and seafloor mapping.
For GEOMAR in the frame of the INDEX Project, lead by the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Resources, Hannover.
M127
Research Vessel Meteor with AUV Abyss 6000, TAG hydrothermal field, central Atlantic Ocean.
Duties: Hydrographic surveying, bathymetry post-processing, and geological seafloor mapping.
For GEOMAR’s research group „Marine Mineral Resources“.
POS494
Research Vessel Poseidon with manned submersible JAGO, ElHierro hydrothermal field, Canary Islands.
Duties: Hydrographic surveying, bathymetry post-processing, and geological seafloor mapping.
For GEOMAR’s research group „Marine Mineral Resources“.
KM15-20
Research Vessel Kilo Moana, Extended Continental Shelf of the Palmyra Atoll, central Pazific.
Duties: Hydrographic surveying and bathymetry post-processing.
Survey lead by the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, University New Hampshire.
SO237
Research Vessel Sonne with AUV Abyss 6000, Vema Fracture Zone, central Atlantic Ocean.
Duties: Hydrographic surveying and bathymetry post-processing.
For GEOMAR’s research group „Magmatic and Hydrothermal Systems“.
Field work on land
Mineral Resources, Canada
Noranda District, Quebec, Canada.
Duties: Teaching assistance.
For GEOMAR’s research group „Marine Mineral Resources“.
Visit at SIO, PR China
Secondary Institute of Oceanography, Hangzhou, PR China.
Duties: Professional exchange and seafloor mapping.
For GEOMAR’s research group „Marine Mineral Resources“ in collaboration with Prof. Xiqiu Han and her group.
ECORD Summer School
ECORD Summer School – Ocean crust processes: magma, faults, fluxes, and life at MARUM, University Bremen, Germany.
Tätigkeit: Austausch zu Meeresbodenkartierung und -prozessen.
Gefördert durch das European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling Programm.
Petrology field course, Marocco
Guided field course through the central Atlas.
Module „General Petrology/Geochemistry“, Institute for Geosciences, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel.
Petrology field course Oman
Guided field course through the Oman ophiolith (obducted ocean crust).
Module „General Petrology/Geochemistry“, Institute for Geosciences, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel.
Resources field course, Germany
Guided field course through mineral and fossil deposits in Germany.
Module „Natural deposits“, Institute for Geosciences, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel.
Bachelor field work, Sweden
Prästens Badkar, Schonen, Sweden.
Duties: Self-organised field work to map out the structural geology of Prästens Badkar, GPS-assisted mapping and photo mosaic, sampling of selected structures.
Geoscience Center Göttingen, Georg August University Göttingen.
