Function and Responsibilities:
Head of the Gas Hydrate Research Group
Speaker of PT8 OCEANS (GFZ)
Member of the management committee and STSM of the COST Action “Migrate”
Vice-Chair of the Internal Scientific Council
Research Interests:
- thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of natural gas hydrates
- development and test of methods for the exploitation of natural gas hydrates
- interactions between gas hydrates and microorganism
- natural gas hydrate response to climate changes
Projects:
- SUGAR I-III (2008-2018)
- Helmholtz-CAS Joint Research Group (2014-2017)
- COST Action Migrate (since 2014)