Projekt

SMART - Sustainable management of offshore groundwater resource

(Helmholtz European Partnering Program)

www.offshoregroundwater.com/de/home

Ausbildung und Qualifikation

seit 08/2019 

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am GEOMAR, FB2/ MG, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung, Kiel. (Schwerpunkte: Marine Geochemie, Isotopenhydrologie, Hydrogeologie)

10/2015 – 07/2019

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung – UFZ, Department Hydrogeologie. Leipzig. (Isotopenhydrologie, Hydrochemie, Grundwassermodellierung)

04/2013 – 09/2015

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Ingenieurbüro für Grundwasser GmbH Leipzig. (Hydrogeologie, Grundwassermodellierung)

04/2013

Promotion zum Doktor-Ingenieur (Dr.-Ing.) Technische Universität Dresden Dissertation: Recharge and residence times in an arid area aquifer

03/2012 – 03/2013

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung – UFZ, Department Hydrogeologie, Leipzig. (Isotopenhydrologie)

03/2009 – 02/2012

Doktorand am Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung – UFZ, Department Hydrogeologie, Leipzig.

11/2005 – 02/2009

Hydrogeologe am Ingenieurbüro für Grundwasser GmbH Leipzig. (Grundwassermodellierung)

10/1999 – 09/2005

Hochschulstudium Wasserwirtschaft (Dipl.-Ing.) Technische Universität Dresden Vertiefungsrichtung:Grundwasserbewirtschaftung

Publikationen

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.

Expeditionen

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