Lisa Pirko Heinz

Doctoral Researcher ()
RD 4 Dynamics of the Ocean Floor
RU Magmatic and hydrothermal Systems â€“
Marine Mineral Resources (MMR)

Office: 
Room: 8/A-110
Phone: +49 431 600-1432
E-Mail: lheinz(at)geomar.de 

Address:
ºÚÁÏÊÓÆµ Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Wischhofstraße 1-3
D-24148 Kiel

Research Interests

  • petrology, experimental mineralogy, geochemistry
  • sustainable supply with & use of natural resources
  • marine, magmatic & hydrothermal systems and processes
  • science communication and outreach

Education and Scientific Career

Since July 2025: Doctoral Researcher at ºÚÁÏÊÓÆµ Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
within the
Project: "DC5 â€“ Controls of fluxes of critical metals from the mantle to crust and into the water column at spreading centers" - Supervision: Prof Sylvia Sander, Dr Philipp Brandl, Dr Sven Petersen

Sept 2020 - May 2021: Postgraduate Researcher in Mining and Minerals Engineering
at the University of Exeter, Camborne School of Mines, Penryn, Cornwall, GB
Project: "UK Mine waste: a new Critical Metal resource for the Green Economy?" - Supervision: Prof Karen Hudson-Edwards, Dr Rich Crane

Oct 2016 - March 2019: M.Sc. Geology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, DE
Thesis: "Classification of Main Product Cobalt Deposits based on Processing of Cobalt Ores" in cooperation with Dorfner Anzaplan GmbH - Supervision: Prof Robert Marschik, PD Dr Reiner Haus

Oct 2010 - June 2016: B.Sc. Geosciences (Geowissenschaften) at the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, DE
Thesis: "The influence of Chlorine on the Degassing Behaviour of Trachytic Melts" - Supervision: Prof Marcus Nowak, Dr Oliver Preuß