Funktion und Aufgaben:

Wissenschaftliche Interessen:

• Soil gas analysis
• Development of systematic soil gas sampling concepts
  
• Geothermal exploration of medium to high enthalpy systems
• Supercritical geothermal systems
  
• Geothermal system analysis
  
• 3D structural-geological modeling
• Fault zone analysis
• Fault stress modeling of geothermal reservoirs
• Conceptual modeling of geothermal systems

Karriere:

• Since 2016 GEMex Scientific Project Management
  
• 2014-2016 Research assistant, GFZ
• Development of geothermal exploration methods
• 2010-2014 Research assistant, GFZ (Doctoral thesis)
  
• "Detection and characterization of permeable fault zones by surface methods in the Basin-and-Range Province, USA"
  
• 2009-2010 Project coordinator, GEOTHERM Programme II, BGR
• Geothermal exploration project in Tanzania
  
• 2007-2009 Project coordinator, GEOTHERM Programme I, BGR
• Geothermal exploration project in Rwanda
  
• 2006 Research assistant, Iceland GeoSurvey Ísor, Reykjavík
• Analysis of diffuse surface emanations (Krafla, Hengill, Reykjanes peninsula)

Werdegang / Ausbildung:

• 2010-2014 Doctoral thesis at GFZ
• "Detection and characterization of permeable fault zones by surface methods in the Basin-and-Range Province, USA"
• 2009 Postgraduate Certificate in Geothermal Energy Technology, Institute of Earth Science and Engineering (IESE), University of Auckland, New Zealand (4 months)
• 2001-2007 Study of Geology at TU Bergakademie Freiberg and University of Iceland, Reykjavik
  
• Diploma thesis: Diffuse CO₂ emissions from Hengill Volcanic System, SW Iceland
• 2001-2006 Training in underground mining (RAG Deutsche Steinkohle AG, K+S KALI GmbH), Saxon Board of Mines, Freiberg, Germany

Projekte:

• GEMex - Cooperation in Geothermal energy research Europe-Mexico for development of Enhanced Geothermal Systems and Superhot Geothermal Systems
• Silica scaling potential associated with exploitation of geothermal energy in Ethiopia – A risk mitigation study (Aluto-Langano, East African Rift System)
  
• FaultGas-TVZ, New Zealand - Application of Diffuse Degassing measurements to map permeable fault structures across geothermal systems
  
• Structural controls on geothermal systems in the Basin and Range Province, Nevada, USA
• BRINE - Carbon Dioxide-Storage in Eastern Brandenburg: Implications for Geothermal Potential and Concept for an Early Warning System for Salt Water Intrusions into Groundwater

Wissenschaftliche Gremien:

• Member of the International Geothermal Association IGA (since 2006)
• Member of the German Geothermal Association GtV (since 2006)

Auszeichnungen:

Postdoctoral fellow, VolkswagenFoundation - „Silica scaling potential associated with exploitation of geothermal energy in Ethiopia - a risk mitigation study“

Young Academics Award, German Geothermal Association BVG, November 2014, Essen, Germany

GRC Best Presentation Award, Geothermal Resource Council 2012, Reno, USA - „Diffuse Degassing Measurements as a Geochemical Exploration Tool: A Case Study from the Brady’s Geothermal System (Nevada, USA)