Involved Projects


Advances in the Earth system understanding through better integration of data and knowledge from the different Earth science disciplines and Earth compartments employing Data Science methods, adapting new algorithms and developing digital workflows tailored to specific scientific needs. Project coordinator


Boost Applied munition detection through Smart data inTegration and AI workflowsProject coordinator


Producing DTMs and Mn-Nodule Reserve Data Layers for defining the Ideal-Mining-Path. Project partner.


Role of Eddies in the Carbon Pump of Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems 鈥 Demonstration Case Canary Current System. Project member


Environmental Impacts and Risks of Deep-Sea Mining. Leader of cross cutting theme 1 - CCT1 Sediment Plume Effects


Modular Observation Solutions for Earth Systems. Coordinator for 91探花


鈥淯mweltmonitoring f眉r die DElaboration von Munition im Meer鈥 Project coordinator


鈥淩obotic subsea exploration technologies鈥 Project partner


Environmental Research Infrastructures: Providing Shared Solutions for Science and society


Work package leader 鈥楢coustic and optical mapping鈥


Managing Impact of Deep Sea Resource Exploitation, Work package leader 鈥楪eological Impacts鈥
WCI Valorisation (NWO)
Development of processing and visualization routines/techniques for water column multibeam data (water column imaging). Coordinator

SPUX (ESF)
Spatial methane and CO2 flux quantification from a pockmark area in the Black Sea: SPUX [Eurofleets cruise proposal]. Coordinator

EMSO PP (EU)
European Sea Observatory Network. Steering committee member.

ESONET NoE (EU)
Network of Excellence 鈥淓uropean Sea Observatory Network鈥. Ssteering committee member.

MODOO (EU)
Demo-Mission within ESONET NoE for developing a long-term monitoring system with online datatransmission via acoustic modem.


Permafrost and gas hydrate related methane release in the Arctic and impact on climate change: European cooperation for long-term monitoring: PERGAMON. Chair.

New Vents (EU FP6)
Marie Curie Outgoing International Fellowship to study gas hydrate associated seeps offshore the North Island of New Zealand.

COMET (BMBF)
"Kontrollfaktoren der Methanfl眉sse und ihrer Klimarelevanz in marinen gashydrathaltigen 脰kosystemen"

CRIMEA (EU FP5)
Contribution of high-intensity gas seeps in the Black Sea to methane emission to the atmosphere.

LOTUS (BMBF)
Long-term observatory for the study of control mechanisms for the formation and destabilisation of gas hydrates