Dr. rer. nat. Sebastian Hölz
Wissenschaftler (Topic 8)
FB4: Dynamik des Ozeanbodens
FE: Marine Geodynamik
Büro:
Raum: 8A-202
Tel.: +49 431 600 2519
E-Mail: shoelz(at)geomar.de
Anschrift:
GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel
Wischhofstr. 1-3
24148 Kiel
Forschungsschwerpunkte
- Controlled source electromagnetics: experimentelle Designs & Anwendung, Konstruktion von Equipment, Data processing und Interpretation
- Erforschung geologischer Strukturen unter dem Meeresboden durch geophysikalische Methoden, mit einem Fokus auf elektromagnetische Methoden
- Exploration von inaktiven Massivesulfid Lagerstätten
- Exploration von Offshore Grundwasser
Projekte
- 2024 – 2027, international = HYDROMOX – Hydrothermal controls on caldera explosivity. International collaboration with partners from UK (NOC, University of Southampton, …), USA, Germany
- 2021 – 2026, international = SOURCE Project – Offshore Groundwater Resources in a Changing Marine Environment: Continental Shelf Surrounding PEI. International project for offshore groundwater research with 19 partners from Canada, USA, Germany
- 2024 – 2027, international = PERBAS Project – Permanent sequestration of gigatons of CO2 in continental margin basalt deposits. Joint project with partners from UK, Norway, USA, India and Germany
- 2023 – 2026, international = ULTRA Project – Investigations of seafloor massive sulfides in ultramafic environments. International collaboration with partners from UK (NOC, University of Southampton, …), USA, Germany, …
- 2022 – 2024, national = "High CO2 – metabolic responses and bioeconomic opportunities" – Topic Cluster 2 project of Helmholtz Innovation Fond, a joint project between FZJ, GFZ and GEOMAR.
- 2019, international = CSEM project as part of INSIGHT – Imaging large seismogenic and tsunamigenic structures of the Gulf of Cadiz with ultra-high resolution technologies. Client: CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain)
- 2018 – 2021, international = Gitaro.JIM – Geophysical Interpretation with target-oriented Joint Inversion Modules (03SX456C), funded as part of the MarTERA ERA-NET Cofunding Scheme.
- 2014, international = Reconnaissance géophysique du potentiel géothermique de la Zone de Faill de Hockai (dans la région de Malmedy)”. Numéro de convention: 1540026, Client: Government of Wallonia, Belgium
- 2011, industry = Design study for electromagnetic instrumentation for SMS exploration (AllSeas).
Vita
- Seit 2014 Senior Scientist, GEOMAR | Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel
- 2008-2014 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, IFM-GEOMAR, später GEOMAR | Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel
- 2007 PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) TU Berlin, „Geophysical and Geoscientific Investigations in the Ejina Basin, Inner Mongolia, NW China with Focus on Processing of TEM-Data in the Wavelet Domain and on 2D Modeling“, Supervisors: Prof. Burkhardt (TU Berlin); Prof. Weidelt (TU Braunschweig)
- 2001-2007 Wissenschaftler an der TU Berlin
- 2001 Diploma (Dipl.Geophys.) in Geophysics, FU Berlin, Supervisors: Prof. Haak, Dr. Brasse
Publikationen (OceanRep)
Ausfahrten
- MSM140 (PERBAS), Norwegian margin, FS MS Merian, 4.9. – 9.10.2025, co-PI, head of EM group.
- DY190 (HYDROMOX), Santorini, RV Discovery, 1. – 28.3.2025, head of EM group.
- JC254 (ULTRA), Semyenov Hydrothermal Field, RV James Cook, 26.10. – 29.11.2023, head of EM group.
- AL596 (AUV@Grimsey), Grimsey Vent Field, FS Alkor, 31.5 – 20.6.2023, chief scientist.
- MSM103, SOURCE, Gulf of St. Lawrence, FS MS Merian, 12.9 – 15.11.2021, chief scientist
- INSIGHT (leg 2), Gulf of Cadiz, RV S. de Gamboa, 30.9. - 20.10.2019, head of EM group
- POS535 (Loki2Grimsey), Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge, RV Poseidon, 9.6. – 3.7.19, chief scientist
- POS524 (GrimseyEM), Northern Iceland, RV Poseidon, 7.6. – 26.6.2018, chief scientist
- POS509 (ElectroPal 2), Tyrrhenian Sea, RV Poseidon, 15.2. – 3.3.2017, chief scientist
- JC138 (Blue Mining), Mid Atlantic Ridge, RV James Cook, 8.7. – 24.8.2016, head of EM group
- POS483 (ElectroPal), Tyrrhenian Sea, RV Poseidon, 28.3. – 15.4.2015
- MSM35 (SUGAR Site CSEM), Black Sea, MS Merian, 20.1. - 5.2.2014, head of EM group
- SO227 (TaiFlux), offshore Taiwan, RV Sonne, 1.4. - 1.5.2013.
- M87/2 (COSY), Vøring Plateau (Norway), RV Meteor, 05.05.-27.05.2012.
- SO214 (NEMESYS), Hikurangi Margin (New Zealand), RV Sonne, 9.3. - 22.4.2011
- MSM14/3, Eratosthenes Seamount / Cyprus Arc, MS Merian, 12.3. - 5.4.2010, head of EM group
- Alboran Sea, MT survey, 30.7. - 5.8.2009, head of EM team
- 64PE298, West Nile Delta Project Cruise – WND 3, 7.11. - 25.11.2008
Workshops
- Organisator des 27. nationalem EMTF Meetings (Schmucker-Weidelt Kolloquium für Elektromagnetische Tiefenforschung), 25. - 29.9.2017, Breklum, Deutschland.
- Mitglied des lokalen Organisationskommittees des 22. EM Induction Workshop, Weimar, Deutschland 24 – 30.8. 2014.
- Organisator des wWrkshops "Marine MT and EM", 20. - 22.8.2014, Kiel, Deutschland (Tutorial Workshop vor der 22. EMIW).
