Function and Responsibilities:

Since 2024, I have been working as a scientist at the GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, specializing in geothermal energy and aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES). Currently, I am employed as a Reservoir Engineer within the RealLabor Adlershof project, focusing on the hydraulic properties of the geothermal reservoir.

Research Interests:

Geothermal energy and the sustainable use of hydrothermal systems

Aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES)

Thermal properties of the subsurface and their optimization

Career:

Oct. 2024 – present
Postdoctoral Researcher, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ)
Research Focus:

• Geothermal Energy
• Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES)
• Reservoir Engineering

Aug. 2023 –Sep. 2024
IT Consultant, Senacor Technologies

• Role as IT consultant with a focus on projects in the financial sector
• Business Analyst
• Data Analyst

Apr. 2022 – Aug. 2023
Postdoctoral Researcher, Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Chair of General Geophysics)
Research Focus:

• Marine Geophysics
• Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS)
• Petrophysic Laboratory

Teaching Responsibilities:

• Lectures: Geophysical Lab, Data Processing and Programming in Geosciences
• Seminars: Advanced Geophysical Field Exercises, Plate Tectonics, Laboratory Exercises Magnetics and Petrophysics
• Excursions: Geophysical Field Excursion

Jan. 2016 – Apr. 2022
PhD (Dr. rer. nat.), Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Dissertation: "Outer forearc architecture and submarine landslides related to seamount subduction at the Hikurangi Margin (offshore New Zealand)"

Research focus:

• Marine Geophysics
• Cyclostratigraphy, Tephrochronology
• Critical Taper Analysis

Oct. 2028 –Sep. 2015
Diploma in Geophysics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Thesis: "Bestimmung der thermischen Gesteinseigenschaften im Untergrund durch Labor- und Feldversuche an den Bohrungen KB-Moxa 1/13 und FB-Moxa 1/13"

Research Focus:

• Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS)

Projects:

Titel: GeoSpeicherBerlin – Integration eines Hochtemperatur-Aquiferwärmespeichers mit Wärmepumpensystem in ein Fernwärmenetz

Acronym: GeoSpeicherBerlin
Funding Source: BMBF
Identification number: 03EWR022
Period: 2023-10-15 2027-10-15
Amount: 11,166,835.33 €
Role: employee 

Titel:  SlamZ – Slide activity on the Hikurangi margin, New Zealand

Acronym: SlamZ
Funding Source: BMBF
Identification number: 03G0247B
Period: 2017-01-01 2019-01-01
Role: employee