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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Geochemistry (Inorganic, Organic, Biological),Oceanography |
| Keywords | origins of life, chemosynthetic ecosystems, deep ocean exploration, hydrtherman vents, ocean biogeochemistry |
| Honours and awards | 2015: Fellow, The Explorers Club, USA 2014: Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Forschungspreis, Germany 2002: Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE Medal) UK 2000: Edward A Flinn Award, International Lithosphere Panel 2000: Fellow, Challenger Society for Marine Science, UK 2000: Scientist for the New Century, Royal Institution, UK 1988: John Murray Traveling Student Award, Royal Society, UK |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
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| City | Woods Hole |
| Institution | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| Institute | Department of Geology and Geophysics |
| Homepage | oceanworlds.whoi.edu, oceanworlds.space |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Colin Devey | Forschungsbereich 4: Dynamik des Ozeanbodens, GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Kiel |
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| Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius | Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI), Bremerhaven |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/11/2014 |
Program(s)
| 2014 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Dr. German is a world leader in studying how fluids emanating from the seafloor influence both ocean chemistry and life in the oceans. He is also a pioneer in using studies of life in extreme earth environments (high pressures, high temperatures) to guide the search for life in other parts of the solar system. For these studies he uses state-of-the-art deep submergence robots and occupied submersibles to make in situ observation and take samples. In Germany, Dr. German will be working on new projects to extend our exploration of the deep sea to remote and previously unsampled areas and on studies of deep sea vents under the Arctic ice. |