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 CO2 injection 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