Mitarbeiter:innen

Funktion und Aufgaben:

Doctoral researcher under Dr. Patrick Frings, contributing to the RESET project within the CDRterra research framework.

Wissenschaftliche Interessen:

My research explores low-temperature geochemical processes at the interface of silicate weathering and the terrestrial carbon cycle, with emphasis on carbon dioxide removal strategies.

• Silicate weathering dynamics in soil systems and associated mineral - soil - water interactions
• Alkalinity generation and carbon sequestration in agricultural environments
• Application of metal isotope systems to trace weathering pathways and carbon fluxes
• Proton transport, secondary mineral formation, and cation exchange processes in reactive soils
• Integration of field geochemistry, laboratory analyses, and reactive transport modelling for quantifying carbon fluxes

Karriere:

• 02/2026 - present – Doctoral Researcher at GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam
• 05/2024 - 01/2026 – Researcher (Geochemist) at Mati Carbon, pursuing monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) workflows for enhanced rock weathering (ERW) projects in tropical agricultural systems.
• 08/2021 - 12/2023 – Junior Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, undertaking research on soil carbon dynamics under a warming climate.

Werdegang / Ausbildung:

• 08/2018–07/2020 – M.Sc. Applied Geology (Specialization: Petrology & Geochemistry), Jadavpur University.
  Dissertation on calc-silicate petrology and tectono-metamorphic evolution of the North Purulia Shear Zone.
  
  
• 07/2014–06/2018 – B.Sc. Geology, Jadavpur University.

Projekte:

RESET – Roadmaps to Scalable Carbon Dioxide Removal by Enhanced Silicate Weathering
In collaboration with Prof. Dr. Dirk Sachse (GFZ, Section 4.6) and Dr. Pia-Johanna Emma Schweizer from Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS), funded by the BMFTR as part of the CDRterra.