Office:
Phone: +49 431 600-1410
Fax: +49 431 600-1400
E-mail: nbigalke(at)geomar.de
Phone: +49 431 600-1410
Fax: +49 431 600-1400
E-mail: nbigalke(at)geomar.de
Address:
GEOMAR | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Wischhofstr. 1-3
24148 Kiel
Germany
Education and career
- Since 8/2008 Postdoctoral researcher in the project SUGAR (I, II, III) – Submarine Gas Hydrate Reservoirs at GEOMAR
- 2008 Dissertation in physical sciences, thesis title: “Constraining Hydrate-Mediated Transfer of the Greenhouse Gases CO2 and CH4 to the Ocean at Controlled Thermodynamic and Hydrodynamic Forcing”
- 2005 – 2008 Ph.D. student at GEOMAR
- 2004 Diploma in Geology-Palaeontology, thesis title: “Submarine Weathering of Vesicular Lavas of the Louisville Ridge, SW Pacific Ocean"
- 1997 - 2004 Studies of Geology-Palaeontology and Mineralogy at the Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany
Research interests
- Geology and geochemistry of marine gas hydrates and gas hydrate reservoirs
- Fluid transport in aquatic and sedimentary environments
- Safety and feasibility of CH4 extraction from marine gas hydrate reservoirs
- Safety and feasibility of sub-seabed CO2 storage
Methods
- High-pressure <link en research fb2 fb2-mg benthische-biogeochemie gas-hydrate-technologies>laboratory experiments
- Field experiments
- <link en research fb2 fb2-mg benthic-biogeochemistry gas-hydrate-technologies raman-spectroscopy>Raman spectroscopy
- Imaging and optical data evaluation
