Dr.-Ing. Thomas Müller
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
Adresse:
Wischhofstraße 1-3
D-24148 Kiel
Vita
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
Projekte
SMART - Sustainable management of offshore groundwater resource
(Helmholtz European Partnering Program)
www.offshoregroundwater.com/de/home
Expeditionen
2024 National Geographic Explorer - ANTA: Journey to Antarctica: The White Continent
2023 Meteor 196 (M196) - Golf 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
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.
Publikationen (OceanRep)
Articles in a Scientific Journal - peer-reviewed
, Spiegel, T. , Geersen, J., Müller, T. H. , Karstens, J. , Andresen, K. J., Sander, L., Schneider von Deimling, J. and Schmidt, C.
(2024)
The Enigmatic Pockmarks of the Sandy Southeastern North Sea.
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 25
(11).
e2024GC011837.
DOI 10.1029/2024GC011837.
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, de Rooij, G., Trauth, N., Schmidt, M. , Badi, H. A. and Aeschbach, W.
(2024)
Noble gases in groundwater reflect wet-season temperature in an arid, monsoonal, and mountainous environment.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 626
.
Art.Nr. 118534.
DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118534.
and Müller, T.
(2023)
Chemical composition of monsoon bulk precipitation in the Salalah area, Oman.
Chemical Geology, 635
.
Art.Nr. 121621.
DOI 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2023.121621.
, Gros, J. , Leibold, P., Al-Balushi, H., Petermann, E., Schmidt, M. , Brückmann, W. , Al Kindi, M. and 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, 57
(16).
pp. 6540-6549.
DOI 10.1021/acs.est.3c00786.
(2022)
Multi‐Tracer Groundwater Dating in Southern Oman Using Bayesian Modeling.
Water Resources Research, 58
(6).
Art.Nr. e2021WR031776.
DOI 10.1029/2021WR031776.
, 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. and Thomas, A. T.
(2021)
Offshore freshened groundwater in continental margins.
Reviews of Geophysics, 59
(1).
Art.Nr. e2020RG000706.
DOI 10.1029/2020RG000706.
, Friesen, J., Weise, S. M., Al Abri, O., Bait Said, A. B. A. and Michelsen, N.
(2020)
Stable Isotope Composition of Cyclone Mekunu Rainfall, Southern Oman.
Water Resources Research, 56
(12).
e2020WR027644.
DOI 10.1029/2020WR027644.
Presentations
, Hensen, C. , Müller, T. , Micallef, A. , Berndt, C. , Brown, C. J., Cordoba-Ramirez, F., Elger, J. , Hölz, S. , Kotliarov, A., Kurylyk, B., Michael, H., Robert, K., Yu, S. and Nedimovic, M.
(2025)
Impact of ice sheet dynamics and short-lived climate oscillations on the late Quaternary stratigraphy and paleo-environments of the Gulf of St. Lawrence off Prince Edward Island (Canada.
[Talk]
In: EGU General Assembly 2025. , 27.04.2025-02.05.2025, Vienna, Austria / online .
, Müller, T. , Micallef, A. , Berndt, C. , Brown, C. J., Cordoba-Ramirez, F., Elger, J. , Hölz, S. , Kotliarov, A., Kurylyk, B., Michael, H., Robert, K., Yu, S. and Nedimovic, M.
(2025)
Can offshore groundwater flow within shelf sediments generate fluid deformation structures?.
[Talk]
In: EGU General Assembly 2025. , 27.04.2025-02.05.2025, Vienna, Austria / online .
, Leibold, P., Al Abri, O. and Brückmann, W.
(2019)
Freshwater Ocean aquifers – seasonal triggers: a case study from southern Oman.
[Talk]
In: Workshop on “Onshore-offshore groundwater connections". , 05.12.2019, Texas A&M University, College of Geosciences, College Station TX, U.S. .
, Tomasovych, A. and Mikus, T.
(2018)
What can geochemical proxies tell about the biomineralization processes of brachiopods?.
[Talk]
In: 8. International Brachiopod Congress 2018. , 11.-14.09.2018, Milano, Italy .
(2018)
Time averaging of brachiopods in the southern California bight: implications for paleoecology, taphonomy, and conservation paleobiology.
[Talk]
In: 8. International Brachiopod Congress 2018. , 11.-14.09.2018, Milano, Italy .
and Friesen, J.
(2016)
IATI-SGD Pilot Project – Hydrology.
[Talk]
In: Workshop on “Submarine Groundwater discharge”. , 25.05.2016, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman .
Conference posters
, Micallef, A. , Schmidt, M. , Müller, T. and Hensen, C.
(2025)
Unravelling groundwater salinization and flushing in the Canterbury Bight during glacial-interglacial cycles: Insights from paleo-hydrogeochemical modeling.
[Poster]
In: EGU General Assembly 2025. , 27.04.2025-02.05.2025, Vienna, Austria / online .
Reports - Cruise Reports
, Urlaub, M. , Jegen, M. , Faghih, Z., Reeck, K., Franz, G., Barnscheidt, K. C., Wollatz-Vogt, M., Liebsch, J., Schramm, B., Elger, J. , Kühn, M., Müller, T. , Schmidt, M. , Spiegel, T., Timm, H., Hinz, A. K., Sager, T., Hilbert, H. S., Rohde, L., Korbjuhn, T., Reissmann, S. and Diller, N.
(2021)
RV SONNE Fahrtbericht / Cruise Report SO277 OMAX: Offshore Malta Aquifer Exploration, Emden (Germany) – Emden (Germany), 14.08. – 03.10.2020.
.
GEOMAR Report, N. Ser. 057
.
GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Kiel, Germany, 139 pp.
DOI 10.3289/GEOMAR_REP_NS_57_20.
, Böttner, C. , Schmidt, M. , Müller, T. H. , Wünsche, A., Willems, T., Lindner, M., Müller, F., Hunkemöller, A. and Spiegel, T.
(2021)
Wave induced pockmark formation in the North Sea, Cruise No. MSM 99/2 (GPF 21-1_013), 26.03.2021 - 05.04.2021, Emden (Germany) - Emden (Germany). HELGOLAND POCKMARKS.
.
Maria S. Merian Berichte, MSM99/2
.
Gutachterpanel Forschungsschiffe, Bonn, 49 pp.
DOI 10.48433/cr_msm99_2.
, Adao, H., Arn, S., Batista, L., Belosa, L., Bodenbinder, A., Cherednichenko, S., Domeyer, B., Duarte, J., Glombitza, C., Kaul, N., Koppe, M., Li, J., Liebetrau, V., Müller, T. , Nogueira, P., Nuzzo, M., Petersen, A., Schmidt, M. , Schmidt, J. N., Schmidt, T., Sroczynska, K., Stelzner, M., Terrinha, P., Warnken, N. and Weber, U. W.
(2020)
Exploring subsurface fluid flow and active dewatering along the oceanic plate boundary between Africa and Eurasia (Gloria Fault), Cruise No. M162, 06.03.2020 – 11.04.2020, Ponta Delgada (Portugal) – Emden (Germany) GLORIA-FLOW.
.
METEOR-Berichte, M162
.
Gutachterpanel Forschungsschiffe, Bonn, 189 pp.
DOI 10.48433/cr_m162.
