Dr.-Ing. Thomas Müller
Project
Forschungsbereich 2: Marine Biogeochemie
FE Marine Geosysteme
Büro:
Raum: 8-D/136
Telefon1: +49 431 600-2155
Fax: +49 431 600-2928
Telefon 2: +49 0341 2351984
E-Mail: thmueller(at)geomar.de
Project
SMART - Sustainable management of offshore groundwater resources
(Helmholtz European Partnering Program)
www.offshoregroundwater.com/de/home
Education and professional activities
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
Publications
Böttner, C., Hoffmann, J. J., Unverricht, D., Schmidt, M., Spiegel, T., Geersen, J., Müller, T.H., Karstens, J., Andresen, K.J., Sander, L., Schneider von Deimling, J., Schmidt, C. (2024). The enigmatic pockmarks of the sandy southeastern North Sea. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 25(11), e2024GC011837.
Müller, 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., Müller, T. Chemical composition of monsoon bulk precipitation in the Salalah area, Oman, Chemical Geology, 2023, 121621, ISSN 0009-2541, doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2023.121621.
(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009254123003212)
Müller, T., Gros, J., Leibold, P., Al-Balushi, H., Petermann, E., Schmidt, M., Brückmann, 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. doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c00786
Rädle, V.; Kersting, A.; Schmidt, M.; Ringena, L.; Robertz, J.; Aeschbach, W.; Oberthaler, M.; Müller, T. Multi-Tracer Groundwater Dating in Southern Oman Using Bayesian Modeling. Water Resour. Res.2022, 58 (6), e2021WR031776. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR031776.
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.; Müller, 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. doi.org/10.1029/2020RG000706.
Müller, 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. doi.org/10.1029/2020WR027644.
Michelsen, N.; Laube, G.; Friesen, J.; Weise, S. M.; Bait Said, A. B. A.; Müller, T. Technical Note: A Microcontroller-Based Automatic Rain Sampler for Stable Isotope Studies. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.2019, 23 (6), 2637–2645. doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-2637-2019.
Müller, 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), 685–701. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-018-1894-z
Friesen, J.; Zink, M.; Bawain, A.; Müller, T. Hydrometeorology of the Dhofar Cloud Forest and Its Implications for Groundwater Recharge. J. Hydrol. Reg. Stud.2018, 16, 54–66. doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2018.03.002.
Müller, Th.; Osenbrück, 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, 67–83. doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2016.08.012.
Strauch, G.; Al-Mashaikhi, K. S.; Bawain, A.; Knöller, K.; Friesen, J.; Müller, T. Stable H and O Isotope Variations Reveal Sources of Recharge in Dhofar, Sultanate of Oman. Isotopes Environ. Health Stud.2014, 50 (4), 475–490. doi.org/10.1080/10256016.2014.961451.
Expeditions
2024 National Geographic Explorer - ANTA: Journey to Antarctica: The White Continent
2023 Meteor 196 (M196) - Gulf von 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
