Staff
Prof. Dr. Colin Devey
Forschungsbereich 4: Dynamik des Ozeanbodens
FE Magmatische und hydrothermale Systeme
Office:
Room: 8/D-203
Phone: +49 431 600-2257
Fax: +49 431 600-2924
Email: cdevey(at)geomar.de
Address:
Wischhofstrasse 1-3
D-24148 Kiel
Education and career
- since 05.04 C4 Professor for "Dynamics of the Ocean Floor" at GEOMAR.
- 10.98 - 04.04 Professor for "Petrology of the Ocean Crust", Fachbereich 5, Universität Bremen.
- 08.94 - 09.98 Assistant Professor at the Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut, Universität Kiel.
- 01.93 - 07.94 Senior researcher at the Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut, Universität Kiel.
- 04.88 - 12.92 Researcher at the Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut, Universität Kiel.
- 04.86 - 03.88 Royal Society European Exchange Fellow at the Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques, Nancy, France. Studies with Prof. F. Albarède on recent submarine volcanism in the Society Islands.
- 10.82 - 03.86 Doctoral thesis (D. Phil.) at the University of Oxford with the title: "Stratigraphy and geochemistry of the Deccan Trap lava series, Western Ghats, India". Supervisor: Dr. K.G. Cox. Reporters: Dr. J.D. Bell (Oxford), Dr. R.S.J. Sparks (Cambridge)
- 10.79 - 06.82 Bachelors degree in geology at the University of London/Imperial College. Spezialisation: "Petrology/Structural Geology". BSc Hons. 2.1.
Awards
1986 - 1988 Royal Society European Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Committees and reviews
International
- 2004-2006 Chair of InterRidge
- 2001-2004 Member of (I)ODP Science Steering and Evaluation Panel
- since 2005 German representative at Scientific Committee for Ocean Research (SCOR)
National
- since 2001 Member of German "Senatskommission für Ozeanographie", lead of working group on "Freedom of research on the high seas"
Scientific Interest
Magma genesis beneath mid-ocean ridges
Thermal budget of spreading systems
The alteration of the ocean crust
Intraplate volcanism
Ridge-hotspot interaction
