Dr. Egbert Jolie
Funktion und Aufgaben:
GEMex Scientific Project Management
Cooperation in Geothermal energy research Europe-Mexico for development of Enhanced Geothermal Systems and Superhot Geothermal Systems (GEMex)
Lab head Mobile soil gas lab for in-situ measurements
Exploration Geologist
Exploration Geologist
Development of geothermal exploration and monitoring concepts for different geological settings (e.g., Basin-and-Range Province, East African Rift System, Taupo Volcanic Zone, Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, Iceland)
Wissenschaftliche Interessen:
- Geothermal exploration of medium to high enthalpy systems
- Monitoring
- Magmatic volatiles
- Development of systematic soil gas sampling and monitoring concepts
- Mapping and sampling in subaquatic environments
- Supercritical geothermal systems
- 3D structural-geological modeling
- Fault zone analysis
- Fault stress modeling of geothermal reservoirs
- Conceptual modeling of geothermal systems
Karriere:
- Since 2020 GFZ Discovery Fellow, Lecturer at FU Berlin
- 2019 Research associate at Iceland GeoSurvey Ísor, Reykjavík
- Since 2016 GEMex Scientific Project Management
- 2014-2016 Research associate at GFZ
- Development of geothermal exploration methods
- 2010-2014 Dissertation at GFZ
- "Detection and characterization of permeable fault zones by surface methods in the Basin-and-Range Province, USA"
- 2007-2010 Project coordinator, GEOTHERM Programme I+II, BGR, Hanover
- Geothermal exploration project in Rwanda, Tanzania, Vietnam
- 2006 Research associate, Iceland GeoSurvey Ísor, Reykjavík
- Analysis of volcanic gas emissions (Krafla, Hengill, Reykjanes)
Werdegang / Ausbildung:
- 2010-2014 Doctoral thesis at GFZ (In collaboration with University of Nevada UNR and ORMAT Technologies Inc.)
- "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
- 2001-2007 Study of Geology at TU Bergakademie Freiberg and University of Iceland, Reykjavík (ERASMUS)
- 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:
- MAGIC - Multidisciplinary imaging and characterization of the magma/fluid reservoir beneath Svartsengi, Reykjanes, SW Iceland
- ICEGas - Transport of Magmatic Volatiles and Implication for Georesources and Geohazards
- GECO - Carbon capture and storage
- COSEISMIQ - Advanced technologies for monitoring and controlling induced seismicity
- ICDP-EGER - Benchmarking drone-based CO2 flux estimates: a regional–scale snapshot of CO2 flux distribution
- 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:
GFZ Discovery Fellowship (since 2020): Transport of Magmatic Volatiles and Implication for Georesources and Geohazards
Postdoctoral Fellow, VolkswagenFoundation (2016-2019): Silica scaling potential associated with exploitation of geothermal energy in Ethiopia - a risk mitigation study
Young Academics Award (2014): German Geothermal Association BVG, Essen, Germany
GRC Best Presentation Award (2012): 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)