Staff
Dr. Christopher Schmidt
Research Devision 4: Dynamik des Ozeanbodens
Research Unit: Magmatische und hydrothermale Systeme
Geodynamik
Working group: Seafloor Modeling
Office:
Room: 12-222
Phone: +49 431 600-2867
Fax: +49 431 600-2941
E-Mail: cschmidt(at)geomar.de
Address:
Wischhofstraße 1-3
D-24148 Kiel
Education and Career
- Since 01/2020 Postdoctoral researcher - GEOMAR FB4 “Seafloor modelling group”
- 09/2016 – 12/2019 PhD Student - GEOMAR FB2 Marine Geosystems
- 04/2016 – 08/2016 Research Assistent - GEOMAR
- 10/2013 – 03/2016 Master of Science Geology - University of Kiel
- 11/2012 – 07/2013 Student Research Assistant - CSIRO Perth, Western Australia
- 10/2009 – 11/2012 Bachelor of Science Applied Geoscience – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Research Interest
- Marine geochemistry and biogeochemistry
- Hydrothermal fluids, fluid and hydrocarbon seepage and gas hydrates
- Numerical reactive transport modeling
- Fluid rock/sediment interaction
- Global element cycles
Research cruises
- M 142 “Danube Hydrates”, RV Meteor, Black Sea, 2017
- M 141 “Azores Tephra”, RV Meteor, Atlantic Ocean, 2017
- MSM 57 MeBO70 drilling on Vestnesa Ridge and Svalbard Continental Margin, RV Maria S. Merian, Arctic Ocean, 2016
- SO 244/1 “GeoSea”, RV Sonne, Southeast Pacific off Chile, 2015
- SO 237 “Vema TRANSIT”, RV Sonne, Tropical Atlantic, 2014/2015
