Funktion und Aufgaben:

• Develop and conduct laboratory experiments at geothermal similar conditions (high pressure and temperature), including investigations on  precipitation/dissolving and adsorption/desorption processes in aqueous solutions as well as their monitoring by several analytical methods

• Quantitative analytical studies of high salinity brines and geothermal scales (UV-VIS spectroscopy, FT-IR, ICP-OES, GC, MS and wet chemical analysis).

• Development of new sustainable adsorption methods and adsorbents for use in geothermal conditions

• Monitoring geochemical parameters at geothermal sites at in-situ conditions across Europe (Germany, Netherlands, Denmark)

• Solid phase characterization of precipitates from geothermal sites

• Work in an interdisciplinary team with postdocs, and staff both, at GFZ and within the partners of the EU project

• Laboratory management of the Working Group 4.8.4 Geothermal fluids

• Supervision of bachelor and graduate Students

Wissenschaftliche Interessen:

Understanding physicochemical processes in geothermal fluid systems.

Development of new methods to prevent undesirable chemical processes in the geothermal cycle.

Development of new selective adsorption materials and methods for non-invasive raw material extraction from geothermal fluids in addition to heat extraction.

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