Dr. Rene Gassmoeller

  Research Devision 4: Dynamics of the Ocean Floor
  Research Unit: Magmatic and Hydrothermal Systems
  Research Unit: Computational Geodynamics

 

  Office:
  Room: 8E/217
  Phone: +49 431 600-18 09
  Fax: +49 431 600-13 22 56
  E-Mail: rgassmoeller(at)geomar.de

  Adresse:
  Wischhofstraße 1-3 
  D-24148 Kiel

Education and career

  • since May 2024: Staff Scientist at GEOMAR and member of the Computational Geodynamics Group
  • 2022 – 2024 Scientist at University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
  • 2020 – 2022 Visiting Assistant Professor at University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
  • 2018 – 2020 Assistant Project Scientist at University of California, Davis, USA
  • 2017 – 2018 Postdoctoral Fellow at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA
  • 2015 – 2017 Postdoctoral Research Associate at Texas A&M University, College Station, USA 
  • 2015 – 2016 Postdoctoral Research Associate at GFZ Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum, Potsdam 
  • 2011 – 2015 Ph.D. in Geophysics, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences / University of Potsdam, Germany, on “The interaction of subducted slabs and plume generation zones in geodynamic models“ (Advisors: Bernhard Steinberger and Michael Weber)
  • 2006 – 2011 Diplom (MSc) Geophysics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany 

 

Link to my personal website

Awards

 

Scientific Interest

  • Computational models of the Earth’s interior
  • The life cycle of oceanic plates
  • Numerical methods and benchmarking of geodynamics modelling software
  • High-performance computing in geodynamics
  • Software development and leadership in scientific software projects
  • Interaction of mantle plumes and mid-ocean ridges
  • Integrating models from geodynamics, seismology and mineral physics

Link to my Publications