CV
Education
1993 Diploma (M.Sci.), University of Bayreuth
1996 Ph.D., University of Kiel
Employment
1993 - 1996 Ph.D. student at the Graduate School "Dynamic of Global Cycles within the System
Earth", Joined Institution of the Christian-Albrecht-University, Kiel, and the GEOMAR
Research Center
1997 - 2000 Research Associate at the GEOMAR Research Center, Kiel, Department of Marine
Environmental Geology (Prof. Dr. Erwin Suess)
2000 - 2001 Science Postdoctoral Fellow at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss
Landing, California, U.S.A.
2001 - 2006 Assistent professor at the "Leibniz Institut für Meeresforschung" Kiel
(IFM-GEOMAR), Department of Marine Geosystems (former GEOMAR Research
Center, Department of Environmetal Geology)
since 2006 Professor for Marine Chemistry and vice head of the Department of Marine Chemistry
at the "Leibniz Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde an der Universität Rostock"
(IOW)
Ph.D. student supervision
Dr. Susan Mau, 2002 - 2005: Methane output from cold seep structures along the Central American
continental margin, Ph.D. degree in Jan 2005
Dr. Oliver Schmale, 2003 - 2006: Methane fluxes and inventories related to active gas venting in the
Black Sea, Ph.D. degree in Dec. 2006
Dr. Nikolaus Bigalke, 2005-2008: Constraining hydrate-mediated transfer of the greenhouse
gases CO2 and CH4 to the ocean at controlled thermodynamic and hydrodynamic
conditions, Ph.D. degree in December 2008
conditions, Ph.D. degree in December 2008
Frank Schellig: Geochemical and biomarker investigations at cold seep structures along the
Central American Continental margin, started 06/06
Wanda Gülzow: Methane transport and seasonal fluxes in the Baltic, started 01/09
Professional membership
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Network Future Ocean (Kiel)