Dr.-Ing. Thomas M眉ller

Research Division 2: Marine Biogeochemistry
RU Marine Geosystems

Office:
Room: 8-D/136


phone 1: +49 431 600-2155

fax: +49 431 600-2928

phone 2: +49 0341 2351984
E-Mail: thmueller(at)geomar.de

Address:
Wischhofstra脽e 1-3
D-24148 Kiel

Vita

08/2019 - current: Scientist, FB2/ MG (main Focus: Marine Geochemistry, Isotope hydrology, Hydrogeology)

10/2015 - 07/2019: PostDoc, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Dep. Hydrogeologie (Isotope Hydrology, Hydrochemistry, Groundwater modeling)

04/2013 - 09/2015: Project Engineer/ Project Manager IBGW Leipzig GmbH (Hydrogeology, Goundwater Modeling)

03/2009 - 03/2013: Dissertation TU Dresden/ UFZ Leipzig

11/2005 - 02/2009: Project Engineer IBGW Leipzig GmbH (Hydrogeology, Goundwater Modeling)

08/2005: Diploma TU Dresden Water Management

Projects

SMART - Sustainable management of offshore groundwater resources

(Helmholtz European Partnering Program)

Expeditions

2024 National Geographic Explorer - ANTA: Journey to Antarctica: The White Continent

2023 Meteor 196 (M196) - Gulf of Corinth

2021 Maria S. Merian 99_2 (MSM 99_2) - Helgoland Pockmarks

2020 Sonne 277 (SO 277) - OMAX: Offshore Malta Exploration

2020 Meteor 162 (M162) - GLORIA-FLOW

Publications

M眉ller, T., de Rooij, G., Trauth, N., Schmidt, M., Al Badi, H., & Aeschbach, W. (2024). Noble gases in groundwater reflect wet-season temperature in an arid, monsoonal, and mountainous environment. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 626, 118534. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X23005435)

Michelsen, N., Friesen,J., Strauch, G., Al-Balushi, Z.M., Bait Said, A.B.A.B., Al Balushi, H., Schmidt, M., M眉ller, T. Chemical composition of monsoon bulk precipitation in the Salalah area, Oman, Chemical Geology, 2023, 121621, ISSN 0009-2541, .
(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009254123003212)

Mu虉ller, T., Gros, J., Leibold, P., Al-Balushi, H., Petermann, E., Schmidt, M., Br眉ckmann, W., Al Kindi, M. & Al-Abri, O. S. (2023). Autonomous Large-Scale Radon Mapping and Buoyant Plume Modeling Quantify Deep Submarine Groundwater Discharge: A Novel Approach Based on a Self-Sufficient Open Ocean Vehicle. Environmental Science & Technology.

R盲dle, V.; Kersting, A.; Schmidt, M.; Ringena, L.; Robertz, J.; Aeschbach, W.; Oberthaler, M.; M眉ller, T. Multi-Tracer Groundwater Dating in Southern Oman Using Bayesian Modeling. Water Resour. Res. 2022, 58 (6), e2021WR031776. .

Micallef, A.; Person, M.; Berndt, C.; Bertoni, C.; Cohen, D.; Dugan, B.; Evans, R.; Haroon, A.; Hensen, C.; Jegen, M.; Key, K.; Kooi, H.; Liebetrau, V.; Lofi, J.; Mailloux, B. J.; Martin-Nagle, R.; Michael, H. A.; M眉ller, T.; Schmidt, M.; Schwalenberg, K.; Trembath-Reichert, E.; Weymer, B.; Zhang, Y.; Thomas, A. T. Offshore Freshened Groundwater in Continental Margins. Rev. Geophys. 2021, 59 (1), e2020RG000706. .

M眉ller, T.; Friesen, J.; Weise, S. M.; Al Abri, O.; Bait Said, A. B. A.; Michelsen, N. Stable Isotope Composition of Cyclone Mekunu Rainfall, Southern Oman. Water Resour. Res. 2020, 56 (12), e2020WR027644. .

Michelsen, N.; Laube, G.; Friesen, J.; Weise, S. M.; Bait Said, A. B. A.; M眉ller, T. Technical Note: A Microcontroller-Based Automatic Rain Sampler for Stable Isotope Studies. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 2019, 23 (6), 2637鈥2645. .

M眉ller, Th.; Sanford, W. Calibration of Regional Hydraulic and Transport Properties of an Arid-Region Aquifer under Modern and Paleorecharge Conditions Using Water Levels and Environmental Tracers. Hydrogeol. J. 2019, 27 (2), 685鈥701.

Friesen, J.; Zink, M.; Bawain, A.; M眉ller, T. Hydrometeorology of the Dhofar Cloud Forest and Its Implications for Groundwater Recharge. J. Hydrol. Reg. Stud. 2018, 16, 54鈥66. .

M眉ller, Th.; Osenbr眉ck, K.; Strauch, G.; Pavetich, S.; Al-Mashaikhi, K.-S.; Herb, C.; Merchel, S.; Rugel, G.; Aeschbach, W.; Sanford, W. Use of Multiple Age Tracers to Estimate Groundwater Residence Times and Long-Term Recharge Rates in Arid Southern Oman. Appl. Geochem. 2016, 74, 67鈥83. .

Strauch, G.; Al-Mashaikhi, K. S.; Bawain, A.; Kn枚ller, K.; Friesen, J.; M眉ller, T. Stable H and O Isotope Variations Reveal Sources of Recharge in Dhofar, Sultanate of Oman. Isotopes Environ. Health Stud. 2014, 50 (4), 475鈥490. .

Number of items: 18.

Articles in a Scientific Journal - peer-reviewed


Faghih, Z. , Haroon, A. , Jegen, M. , Berndt, C. , Gehrmann, R., Schwalenberg, K., Schmidt, M. , M眉ller, T. and Weymer, B. A. (2025) Open Access Journal of Applied Geophysics . Art.Nr. 105842. DOI .


B枚ttner, C., Hoffmann, J. J. L., Unverricht, D., Schmidt, M. , Spiegel, T. , Geersen, J., M眉ller, T. H. , Karstens, J. , Andresen, K. J., Sander, L., Schneider von Deimling, J. and Schmidt, C. (2024) Open Access Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 25 (11). e2024GC011837. DOI .


M眉ller, T. , de Rooij, G., Trauth, N., Schmidt, M. , Badi, H. A. and Aeschbach, W. (2024) Open Access Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 626 . Art.Nr. 118534. DOI .


Michelsen, N., Friesen, J., Strauch, G., Al-Balushi, Z. M., Bait Said, A. B. A., Al Balushi, H., Schmidt, M. and M眉ller, T. (2023) Chemical Geology, 635 . Art.Nr. 121621. DOI .


M眉ller, T. , Gros, J. , Leibold, P., Al-Balushi, H., Petermann, E., Schmidt, M. , Br眉ckmann, W. , Al Kindi, M. and Al-Abri, O. S. (2023) Open Access Environmental Science & Technology, 57 (16). pp. 6540-6549. DOI .


R盲dle, V., Kersting, A., Schmidt, M., Ringena, L., Robertz, J., Aeschbach, W., Oberthaler, M. and M眉ller, T. (2022) Open Access Water Resources Research, 58 (6). Art.Nr. e2021WR031776. DOI .


Micallef, A. , Person, M., Berndt, C. , Bertoni, C., Cohen, D., Dugan, B., Evans, R., Haroon, A. , Hensen, C. , Jegen, M. , Key, K., Kooi, H., Liebetrau, V., Lofi, J., Mailloux, B. J., Martin鈥怤agle, R., Michael, H. A., M眉ller, T. , Schmidt, M. , Schwalenberg, K., Trembath鈥怰eichert, E., Weymer, B. , Zhang, Y. and Thomas, A. T. (2021) Open Access Reviews of Geophysics, 59 (1). Art.Nr. e2020RG000706. DOI .


M眉ller, T. , Friesen, J., Weise, S. M., Al Abri, O., Bait Said, A. B. A. and Michelsen, N. (2020) Open Access Water Resources Research, 56 (12). e2020WR027644. DOI .

Presentations


Maselli, V., Schulten, I., King, E., Asioli, A., Schmidt, M. , Hensen, C. , M眉ller, T. , Micallef, A. , Berndt, C. , Brown, C. J., Cordoba-Ramirez, F., Elger, J. , H枚lz, S. , Kotliarov, A., Kurylyk, B., Michael, H., Robert, K., Yu, S. and Nedimovic, M. (2025) Open Access [Talk] In: EGU General Assembly 2025. , 27.04.2025-02.05.2025, Vienna, Austria / online .


Schulten, I., Maselli, V., Hensen, C., King, E., Schmidt, M. , M眉ller, T. , Micallef, A. , Berndt, C. , Brown, C. J., Cordoba-Ramirez, F., Elger, J. , H枚lz, S. , Kotliarov, A., Kurylyk, B., Michael, H., Robert, K., Yu, S. and Nedimovic, M. (2025) Open Access [Talk] In: EGU General Assembly 2025. , 27.04.2025-02.05.2025, Vienna, Austria / online .


M眉ller, T., Al Balushi, H., Schmidt, M. , Leibold, P., Al Abri, O. and Br眉ckmann, W. (2019) [Talk] In: Workshop on 鈥淥nshore-offshore groundwater connections". , 05.12.2019, Texas A&M University, College of Geosciences, College Station TX, U.S. .


M眉ller, T. , Tomasovych, A. and Mikus, T. (2018) [Talk] In: 8. International Brachiopod Congress 2018. , 11.-14.09.2018, Milano, Italy .


Tomasovych, A., Kidwell, S. M. and M眉ller, T. H. (2018) [Talk] In: 8. International Brachiopod Congress 2018. , 11.-14.09.2018, Milano, Italy .


M眉ller, T. H. and Friesen, J. (2016) [Talk] In: Workshop on 鈥淪ubmarine Groundwater discharge鈥. , 25.05.2016, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman .

Conference posters


Sheng, C. , Micallef, A. , Schmidt, M. , M眉ller, T. and Hensen, C. (2025) Open Access [Poster] In: EGU General Assembly 2025. , 27.04.2025-02.05.2025, Vienna, Austria / online .

Reports - Cruise Reports


Berndt, C. , Urlaub, M. , Jegen, M. , Faghih, Z., Reeck, K., Franz, G., Barnscheidt, K. C., Wollatz-Vogt, M., Liebsch, J., Schramm, B., Elger, J. , K眉hn, M., M眉ller, T. , Schmidt, M. , Spiegel, T., Timm, H., Hinz, A. K., Sager, T., Hilbert, H. S., Rohde, L., Korbjuhn, T., Reissmann, S. and Diller, N. (2021) Open Access . 黑料视频 Report, N. Ser. 057 . 黑料视频 Helmholtz-Zentrum f眉r Ozeanforschung Kiel, Kiel, Germany, 139 pp. DOI .


Schmidt, C. , B枚ttner, C. , Schmidt, M. , M眉ller, T. H. , W眉nsche, A., Willems, T., Lindner, M., M眉ller, F., Hunkem枚ller, A. and Spiegel, T. (2021) . Maria S. Merian Berichte, MSM99/2 . Gutachterpanel Forschungsschiffe, Bonn, 49 pp. DOI .


Hensen, C. , Adao, H., Arn, S., Batista, L., Belosa, L., Bodenbinder, A., Cherednichenko, S., Domeyer, B., Duarte, J., Glombitza, C., Kaul, N., Koppe, M., Li, J., Liebetrau, V., M眉ller, T. , Nogueira, P., Nuzzo, M., Petersen, A., Schmidt, M. , Schmidt, J. N., Schmidt, T., Sroczynska, K., Stelzner, M., Terrinha, P., Warnken, N. and Weber, U. W. (2020) Open Access . METEOR-Berichte, M162 . Gutachterpanel Forschungsschiffe, Bonn, 189 pp. DOI .

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