Dr. rer. nat. Matthias Haeckel

Research Division 2: Marine Biogeochemistry
RU Marine Geosysteme
Topic 6

Office:
Room: 8D 128
Phone: +49 431 600-2123
E-Mail: mhaeckel(at)geomar.de

Address:
Wischhofstrasse 1-3
D-24148 Kiel

 

Research Focus

Research Interests

  • Marine biogeochemical cycles and early diagenesis
  • Methane in the marine environment: gas hydrates, cold vents, mud volcanoes
  • Development of transport-reaction models
  • Fluid & gas transport in marine sediments and their origin
  • Environmental impacts of deep-sea mining
  • Weathering of marine sediments
  • Methane hydrates as unconventional energy resource
  • CO2 capture & storage (CCS) and climate change
  • Microplastic pollution in the marine environment

Research Tools

  • Numerical transport-reaction & thermodynamic models
  • Porewater and sediment data (ship-based research expeditions)
  • High-pressure lab experiments and spectroscopy (Raman, NMR)

Vita

Since 2005  Senior Scientist, 黑料视频 Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany

2003 鈥 2005 Visiting Scientist, Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

2001 鈥 2003 Feodor Lynen Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

2000 鈥 2001 Postdoc, 黑料视频 Research Center, Kiel, Germany

1996 鈥 2000 PhD thesis, 黑料视频 Research Center, Kiel, Germany: "Mathematical models of early diagenetic processes: Impacts on the biogeochemical environment of the deep-sea floor鈥

1994 鈥 1995  Diploma thesis, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany: "Analysis of nuclear quadrupole coupling and internal rotation of the complex aniline-methanol using Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy at a molecular beam"

1989 鈥 1994  Chemistry studies, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany
 

Projects and Cruises

Projects

2025-2029      鈥淎ssessing the environmental impacts of deep-sea mining of polymetallic nodules and seafloor massive sulphides鈥

2024-2027      鈥淪ubmarine carbon dioxide storage in geological formations of the German North Sea鈥

2022-2027      鈥淚mproving Carbon Understanding鈥

2022-2025      鈥淐onservation and restoration of marine ecosystems in the context of deep-sea mining鈥

2022-2023      Nodule Monitoring 2 鈥淎ssessing the impacts of polymetallic nodule mining on the deep-sea environment鈥

2021-2024      鈥淪ubmarine carbon dioxide storage in geological formations oft he German North Sea鈥

2021-2025      鈥淟and-based solutions of plastics in the sea鈥

2020-2023      鈥淗orizontal and vertical oceanic distribution, transport, and impact of microplastics鈥

2018-2022      鈥淓nvironmental risks and impacts of deep-sea mining鈥

2016-2020      鈥淪trategies for environmental monitoring of marine carbon capture and storage鈥

2016-2018      鈥淓cological aspects of microplastics鈥

2015-2018      鈥淓cological aspects of deep-sea mining鈥

2014-2017       鈥淪ubmarine gas hydrate reservoirs鈥 => link:

2014-2017      Helmholtz-CAS Joint Research Group "Characterization and Energy Production Strategies of Gas Hydrate Deposits in the Northern South China Sea" (Partners: GIEC-CAS, GFZ)

2013-2016      鈥淢anaging Impacts of Deep-Sea Resource Exploitation鈥

2011-2014      鈥淪ubmarine gas hydrate resources鈥

2011-2014      鈥淪ub-seabed CO2 Storage: Impact on Marine Ecosystems鈥

2011-2012      SPUX 鈥淪patial methane flux quantification from a pockmark area in the Black Sea鈥

2008-2011      鈥淪ubmarine gas hydrate resources鈥

2007-2010      CLATHRAT 鈥淣atural gas production from methane hydrates by COinjection into marine sediments鈥

2008-2010      SUMSUN 鈥淣atural hydrothermal CO2 seepage in the northern Pacific as case study for marine CO2 蝉别辩耻别蝉迟谤补迟颈辞苍鈥

Research cruises

AL 575 RV ALKOR North Sea, leaky wells
IP 21 MV Island Pride CCZ, deep-sea mining
SO 268 RV SONNE CCZ, deep-sea mining
M 142 RV METEOR Black Sea, gas hydrates
PO 518 RV POSEIDON North Sea, leaky wells
SO 242 RV SONNE Peru Basin, Mn-nodules
MSM 34/2 RV MARIA.S.MERIAN Black Sea, gas hydrates
CE 12010 RV CELTIC EXPLORER North Sea, CO2 leakage
M84/2 RV METEOR Black Sea, cold vents + MVs
NT 10-06 Leg 3 RV NATSUSHIMA Okinawa Trough, CO2 vents
SO 196 RV SONNE Okinawa Trough, CO2 vents
SO 191 RV SONNE Hikurangi Margin, cold vents
MSM 1/3 RV MARIA.S.MERIAN Gulf of Cadiz, MVs
TTR 15 RV PROFESSOR LOGATCHEV Black Sea, cold vents + MVs
SO 178 RV SONNE Sea of Okhotsk, cold vents
VO 60 RV PROFESSOR VODYANITSKIY Black Sea, Crimean cold vents
ODP Leg 205 RV JOIDES RESOLUTION Costa Rica subduction zone
PO 260 RV POSEIDON Porcupine abyssal plain
HE 128 RV HEINCKE Sogne Fjord
SO 132 RV SONNE South China Sea, Pinatubo ash
SO 106 RV SONNE Peru Basin, Mn nodules

Working group

Technician
Nau, Philipp

Postdocs
Deusner, Christian
Kossel, Elke

PhD students
Schreiber, Lukas
Legoix, Ludovic (2019)
Vielst盲dte, Lisa (2016)

Diploma / Masterstudents
Brenner, Heiko (Diploma, 2009)
Brunke, Laurin (BSc, 2023)
Drescher, Jonas (BSc, 2015)
Heine, Lina (BSc, 2018)
Jahnke, Anton (BSc, 2024)
J眉rchott, Malte (MSc, 2021)
L眉bben, Alexander (MSc, 2011)
Pansegrau, Moritz (Diploma, 2009)
Reimann, Susan (BSc, 2013; MSc, 2017)
Schneider, Janna (MSc, 2013)
Simon, Sina (BSc, 2013)
Thiel, Milena (BSc, 2021)

Former group members
Albrecht, Carina
Aloisi, Giovanni (CNRS, Universite Marie et Pierre Curie Paris, France)
Bigalke, Niko
Dibbern, Meike
Gharasoo, Mehdi Gholami
Gubsch, Stephan
Haffert, Laura
Pinero, Elena
Savy, Jean-Philippe (Universite de Perpignan, France)
Weber, Nurit

 

Lectures

Marine Geosciences & Sustainability (Master Program Geosciences and Marine Geosciences)

Marine Biogeochemistry (Master Program Geosciences and Marine Geosciences)

Literature Seminar "Marine Geosystems"

Modelling of biogeochemical processes I + II