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)