Function and Responsibilities:

Research Interests:

• CO₂ monitoring in karst systems
• membrane-based He extraction from geothermal brines
• experimental simulation of H2 diffusion in potential natural storage rocks
• fluid migration and related processes in salt rock link
  
• lab-based gas hydrate research
• analysis and microthermometry of fluid inclusions and in magmatic and sedimentary rock
• membrane based gas-water separation for gas capturing and monitoring purposes
• Raman spectroscopy
• low-temperature calorimetry
• X-ray diffraction analysis coupled to freezing stage or humidity chamber
• gas analytics in lab and field

Career:

Köpfe der Zukunft- fasziniert vom Untergrund

MDPI Minerals Special Issue Editor: "Salt Rocks: Processes, Fluid Migration and Mineralogy"

Education:

• 2002- 2007        PhD at Kingston University, UK
• 1998-2002         Study of Geosciences, Diploma, University Potsdam      
• 1993-1998         Technical Assistant, AWI Potsdam
• 1991-1993         Qualification as Technician of Environmental Protection, BV Ecology Borkheide
• 1990-1992         Chemical Assistent, VEB-Mikroelektronik-Stahnsdorf, Stahnsdorf
• 1988-1990         Apprenticeship Chemical Assistant, VEB Berlin-Chemie

Projects:

CO-KaGe (GFZ Innovation Fund 2023) "Development of a remotely operated subsea system for CO₂ mapping in water"

• Construction of a combination of subsea drone and CO₂ sensor system
• Mapping CO₂-exhalation in the Laacher See

CRM-Geothermal (EU-funded, 2022 - 2026) "...combining extraction of raw materials and geothermal heat - renewable resource from the ground that is available 24 hours a day"

• Investigation of Helium content in geothermal fluids
• Test and development of Helium enrichment and extraction unit for the incorporation in geothermal power plants

NERO (DFG funded, 2023 - 2025) "Experimental and numerical investigations on density-driven dissolution of CO₂ and related carbonate dissolution in karst water"

• Investigation of the relevance of density-driven CO₂ movement in Karst systems and the interplay of CO2-water-limestone

MEGA (GFZ Innovation Fund 2022) "Development of a membrane-supported gas sensor system for spatially and temporally resolved CO₂ measurements in water"

• Adaptation of CO₂-in-air sensors by means of polymer membrane coating and adapted calibration to enable maintenance-free spatial gas monitoring in water over long periods of time

H2React2 (BMBF) „Transport of hydrogen in rocks considering biotic, chemical and microbial redox reactions“

• determination of hydrogen transport parameters in reservoir- and cap rocks using diffusion cells

COSa (GFZ Innovation Fund 2021) „Experimental simulations of energy production using CO₂ phase transitions in salt mines“

• design and set up of a lab-scale apparatus fort the test of an energy production concept using CO₂ phase transitions

COMet (GFZ Smart Grant 2021) „CO2 Messungen im Tiefbrunnen“

• development and test of membrane-covered CO2 sensors in water

ProSalz (BMBF Grant 2017-2021) “Process understanding, scalability and transferability of reactive multiphase transport in salt deposits”

• project coordination
• fluid, rock and gas geochemical monitoring and analyses
• fluid inclusion analyses
• in situ and lab-based experimental simulations

SUGAR I and II (BMWi, 2007-2017) “Submarine Gas Hydrate Reservoirs”

• usage of silicone membranes as tools for gas extraction and monitoring in the course of hydrate formation and dissociation
• lab based simulations on CO2 – CH4 exchange in gas hydrates

ASA project (Carl von Duisberg Foundation of development cooperation)

• public campaign focusing on water pollution and waste in in Karaganda, Kazakhstan.