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

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