Priv.-Doz. Dr. Thor Hansteen
Forschungsbereich 4: Dynamik des Ozeanbodens
FE Magmatische und hydrothermale Systeme
SFB 574
Office:
Room: 8/E-207
Phone: +49 431 600-2130
Fax: +49 431 600-2924
Email: thansteen(at)geomar.de
Address:
Wischhofstrasse 1-3
D-24148 Kiel
Education and career
- Since 2003 Senior scientist at GEOMAR I Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
- 2000 Habilitation at the Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel.
- 1994-2003 Non-tenured lecturer/ assistant professor (Wissenschaftlicher Assistent), GEOMAR, Kiel
- 1994 Ph.D. at the University of Copenhagen.
- 1991-1994 Researcher (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter), GEOMAR, Kiel
- 1989-1991 Research fellow—Nordic Volcanological Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland (now: Nordic Volcanologic Center)
- 1988 Norwegian Cand. Scient. degree, University of Oslo.
Scientific Interest
Petrology of magmatic systems
magma ascent and degassing
surveillance of active volcanoes /chemistry of volcanic gases
seamount geo-bio-sciences
Committees
Since 2005: Steering committee member of the international NOVAC project (Network for Observation of Volcanic and Atmospheric Change)
Since 2010: Member of the Senate Commission on Oceanography of the DFG (German Research Foundation)
Scientific Awards
- 1989-1991 Research fellow - Nordic Volcanological Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland
- 1988 Research fellow - University of Oslo, and Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
- 1986 Scholarship at Vrije Universiteit, Instituut voor Aardwetenschappen, Amsterdam, Holland
