Dr. Oliver Schmale - Lebenslauf
Oliver Schmale, PhD
Born 29 May 1972 in Hamburg, Germany, three children
Main research focus
- chemical oceanography
- pelagic methane cycle with focus on redox-gradients
- methane gas exchange between surface water and atmosphere
- benthopelagic transport mechanisms at methane seeps
- mechanisms controlling subsurface methane anomalies (“ocean methane paradox”)
- gaschemistry of hydrothermal systems and its influence on the surrounding water column
- areal examinations of nitrogen fixation in surface waters
Employment history
Since 2007 Senior Scientist, Department Marine Chemistry, IOW, Germany
2004 – 2007 Research Assistant, IFM-GEOMAR,Germany
DFG-SPP 1144 “From mantle to ocean: energy-, material- and life-cycles at
spreading axes”
2003 – 2004 Research Assistant, IFM-GEOMAR,Germany
EU-project CRIMEA “Contribution of high-intensity gas seeps in the Black Sea to methane emission to the atmosphere”
1994 – 1996 Industrial Manager, Nordpfeil GmbH, Geesthacht, Germany
Education
2003 – 2006 PhD in Geology at the University of Kiel (IFM-GEOMAR), Germany
Title: “Submarine methane seepage in the Paleo Dnepr Area and Sorokin Trough and its influence on the Black Sea methane budget”
1996 – 2002 Diploma in Geology at the University of Hamburg, Germany
Title: “Lipid biomarkers for anerobic oxidation of methane at active and fossil methane seeps”
PI in the following projects
2016 – 2019 DFG SCHM 2530/7-1
“Bentho-pelagic transport of methanotrophic microorganisms via gas bubbles (Bubble Shuttle II)”
2015 – 2018 DFG SCHM 2530/5-1
“Zooplankton associated Methane production (ZooM)”
2011 – 2013 DFG SCHM 2530/3
“Transport of methane oxidizing microbes from the sediment into the water column through gasbubbles (Bubble Shuttle)”
2011 – 2014 DFG SCHM 2530/2
“Aerobic und anaerobic turnover of methane in the water column of the central Baltic Sea (Gotland-Deep und Landsort-Deep)”
2008 – 2011 DFG SCHM 2530/1
DFG Priority Program 1144 "From mantle to the ocean: energy, material and life cycles on spreading axes” – “Release and transport of methane and helium at the Mid Atlantic Ridge"