I’m a geoscientist, specialized on geochemistry, petrology and economic geology. Currently, I’m also a doctoral student, working on a better understanding of all relevant thermodynamic and hydrothermal processes that play a key role in the development and formation of sediment-hosted Pb-Zn deposits as well as epithermal Ag-Au-As-Sb deposits. For this purpose, a new internally-consistent thermodynamic-geochemical model for the hydrothermal transport of Pb-Zn-Ag-Au-As-Sb will be built with GEMS and GEMSFITS. I’m particulary interested in the application of the newly developed model, constrained by the geochemical and thermodynamical characteristics of the already mentioned hydrothermal deposits.
In addition, I’m also very interested in the development of Python-based software tools that can be used for geoscientific research and education. PySILLS and GebPy are two examples of those software projects. PySILLS is a newly developed open source tool for the data reduction of LA-ICP-MS experiments and its trace element analysis of minerals, fluid and melt inclusions. GebPy is a generator of synthetic geochemical and geophysical data of minerals, rocks and entire sequences.
Furthermore, I’m interested in concepts and ideas that improve our current academic education as well as the visibility and popularity of geosciences in general.
Education
- Doctorate at RWTH Aachen University
2021 – 2024 (ongoing work)
Thesis: „Internally-consistent thermodynamic model for hydrothermal transport of Pb-Zn-Ag-Au-As-Sb: development and application to formation of sediment-hosted Pb-Zn and epithermal Ag-Au-As-Sb deposits“
Supervision: Prof. Dr. Thomas Wagner - M.Sc. Applied Geosciences at RWTH Aachen University
2019 – 2021
Thesis: „PySILLS, a Python-based, open source tool for data reduction of LA-ICP-MS trace element analysis in minerals, fluid and melt inclusions: application to trace elements in quartz from metamorphic veins of the Ardennes-Rhenisch Massif, Germany“
Supervision: Prof. Dr. Thomas Wagner, Dr. Tobias Fusswinkel - B.Sc. Applied Geosciences at RWTH Aachen University
2016 – 2019
Thesis: „Petrographic study of iron oxide-alkali altered and variably copper sulphide bearing rocks near Pio IX, Brazil“
Supervision: Prof. Dr. Thomas Wagner, Dr. Tobias Schlegel
- B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering at RWTH Aachen University
2012 – 2016 (not finished) - B.Sc. Physics at RWTH Aachen University
2009 – 2012 (not finished)
Visited Conferences
- Goldschmidt 2023 in Lyon, France
July 2023
Poster presentation about: „From hydrothermal fluids to mineral deposits – development of a new internally-consistent geochemical-thermodynamic model of Pb-Zn-Ag-Au-As-Sb systems“ - ECROFI 2023 in Reykjavik, Iceland
July 2023
Talk about: „PySILLS, a newly developed Python-based open source tool for a modern data reduction of LA-ICP-MS experiments“ - GeoMin Cologne 2022 in Cologne, Germany
September 2022
Talk about: „PySILLS, a newly developed Python-based open source tool for a modern data reduction of LA-ICP-MS experiments“
Research experience
- Research visit at Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
February 2023
1-week training on GEMS and GEMSFITS
Supervision by George-Dan Miron
Teaching experience
- Teaching assistant at Institute of Applied Mineralogy and Economic Geology
2023 – 2024
Assistance in M.Sc. courses: Ore Microscopy
Supervision: Prof. Dr. Thomas Wagner - Student teaching assistant at Institute of Applied Mineralogy and Economic Geology
2018 – 2019
Assistance in B.Sc. and M.Sc. courses: Petrology, Ore Microscopy
Supervision: Prof. Dr. Thomas Wagner - Student research assistant at Institute of Technical Thermodynamics
2013 – 2019
Assistance on the mathematics of molecular thermodynamics as well as on geometry optimization of heterocyclic organic compounds (using Gaussian)
Supervision: Dr. Wassja Kopp