Curriculum Vitae

CURRICULUM VITAE

TOBIAS WALTER HÖFIG, PH.D. Expedition Project Manager/Staff Scientist International Ocean Discovery Program, Texas A&M University 1000 Discovery Drive, College Station, TX 77845, U.S.A. +1-979-845-2101, [email protected]

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

11/2016–present: Expedition Project Manager/Staff Scientist, Associate Research Scientist (since 03/2021), Assistant Research Scientist (11/2016–02/2021), International Ocean Discovery Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, U.S.A.

08/2014–09/2016: Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Division of Economic Geology and Petrology, Department of Mineralogy, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany

01/2012–07/2014: Senior Research Associate at the Division of Economic Geology and Petrology, Department of Mineralogy, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany

10/2009–12/2011: Research Associate at the Research Unit “Magmatic and Hydrothermal Systems”, Research Division “Dynamics of the Ocean Floor”, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany

01/2009–07/2009: Research Assistant at the Research Unit “Magmatic and Hydrothermal Systems”, Research Division “Dynamics of the Ocean Floor”, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany

08/2007–10/2007: Research Assistant at the German Archaeological Institute (DAI), Research Cluster 6 “Connecting Cultures”, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, Germany

09/2006–12/2007: Student Assistant at the Museum of Natural History of the Geisel Valley (the so-called Geiseltalmuseum), Halle/Saale, Germany

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2017–present: Texas A&M University (Instructor) - Undergraduate Research: Spring 2018–present (6 students in total) - Graduate Research: Fall 2020–present (1 MS thesis) - 1st Year Seminar in geosciences (topic: Science Below the Sea): annually each fall/spring semester (10–25 students each year) - Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrology: Summer 2020 (direct study course)

2012–2016: TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Instructor) 1 Curriculum Vitae Tobias Walter Höfig

- Undergraduate Research: 3 BS theses - Graduate Research: 7 MS theses - 1st Year MS tutorial: Specific Ore Deposit Geology (10–20 students) - 2nd Year BS lecture: Economic Geology of Ore Deposits (30–60 students) - 2nd Year BS tutorial: Economic Geology of Ore Deposits (30–60 students) - 2nd Year MS lecture: Metallogeny (10–20 students) - 2nd Year MS lecture: Exploration of Mineral Deposits (15–25 students) - 2nd Year MS field trip in economic geology (2014, 2015; 15–25 students) - 3rd Year Dipl. lecture: Econ. Geol. of Ore Deposits (40–70 students) [minors]

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Reviewer for scientific journal Geoscience Frontiers

2020–present: Lead for the IODP-JRSO Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group 2019: Judge for the Outstanding Student Paper Award at 2019 AGU Fall Meeting 2019: Co-convener of session “Hydrothermal Systems in 4-D” (lead proponent; two oral sessions and one poster session) at 2019 AGU Fall Meeting 2019–present: Ph.D. committee member for Kathryn Campbell, Texas A&M University at Galveston; topic: “Role and Impact of Microbes and their Viruses in Sulfur- rich Environments” 2018–present: Ph.D. committee member for Antonio Luna, University of South Florida; topic: “Subduction Recycling in the South China Sea – Luzon Arc System” 2017–present: Graduate Faculty, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University 2017: Judge for the Outstanding Student Paper Award at 2017 AGU Fall Meeting 2016–present: Member of IODP Geology Lab Working Group 2016–present: Member of IODP Geochemistry Lab Working Group 2016–present: Member of IODP Curation Lab Working Group 2013–2016: Member of Faculty Council of the School of Geosciences, Geoengineering, and Mining at TU Bergakademie Freiberg

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

04/2019–present Co-proponent of International Ocean Discovery Program Proposal #955 Axial Seamount Observatory (current status: approved by IODP Scientific Evaluation Panel and external review, passed on to JR Facility Board)

08/2017 The Voice of Leadership: How Leaders Inspire, Influence, and Achieve Results. American Management Association Seminar.

EDUCATION

10/2009–07/2014: Ph.D. in Geosciences [Doctor rerum naturalium], Advisor: Kaj Hoernle

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University of Kiel (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, CAU), Germany Thesis: Geochemical (major and trace elements and Sr-Nd-Hf-Pb isotopes) characterization of the upper oceanic crust (sediments to gabbros) at ODP/IODP Site 1256 in the eastern Central Pacific

09/2008–09/2009: MS [German Diplom] in Geology/Paleontology, Advisors: Maxim Portnyagin, Kurt Friese Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany Thesis: Magmatic evolution of Komandorsky Islands, Western Aleutian Arc: From subduction to slab break-off and strike-slip regime

08/2007–06/2008: MS [German Diplom] mapping project, Advisors: Gregor Borg, Thomas J. Degen Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany Thesis: The geology of Tavşan Adası and its adjacent coast considering geoarchaeological aspects, Aegean Sea, SW Turkey

10/2004–09/2009: Studies in Geology/Paleontology Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany Undergraduate and graduate level courses with specialization in Economic Geology and Petrology (including 6 weeks of mapping courses in metamorphic terranes)

10/2003–03/2004: Studies in Physics Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

06/2002: High school graduation at public Heinrich Mann secondary school Erfurt, Germany, through achieving the general qualification for university entrance

PUBLISHED PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES de Ronde, C.E.J., Humphris, S.E., Höfig, T.W., Reyes, A.G., and the IODP Expedition 376 Scientists, 2019, Critical role of caldera collapse in the formation of seafloor mineralization: The case of Brothers volcano. Geology, 47 (8): 762–766. DOI: 10.1130/G46047.1.

Larsen, H.C., Mohn, G., Nirrengarten, M., Sun, Z., Stock, J., Jian, Z., Klaus, A., Alvarez-Zarikian, C.A., Boaga, J., Bowden, S.A., Briais, A., Chen, Y., Cukur, D., Dadd, K., Ding, W., Dorais, M., Ferré, E.C., Ferreira, F., Furusawa, A., Gewecke, A., Hinojosa, J., Höfig, T.W., Hsiung, K.H., Huang, B., Huang, E., Huang, X.L., Jiang, S., Jin, H., Johnson, B.G., Kurzawski, R.M., Lei, C., Li, B., Li, L., Li, Y., Lin, J., Liu, C., Liu, C., Liu, Z., Luna, A.J., Lupi, C., McCarthy, A., Ningthoujam, L., Osono, N., Peate, D.W., Persaud, P., Qiu, N., Robinson, C., Satolli, S., Sauermilch, I., Schindlbeck, J.C., Skinner, S., Straub, S., Su, X., Su, C., Tian, L., van der Zwan, F.M., Wan, S., Wu, H., Xiang, R., Yadav, R., Yi, L., Yu, P.S., Zhang, C., Zhang, J., Zhang, Y., Zhao, N., Zhong, G., Zhong, L., 2018, Rapid transition from continental breakup to igneous oceanic crust in the South China Sea. Nature Geoscience, 11: 782–789. DOI: 10.1038/s41561- 018-0198-1. 3

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Höfig, T.W., Hoernle, K., Hauff, F., Frank, M., 2016, Hydrothermal versus active margin sediment supply to the eastern equatorial Pacific over the past 23 million years traced by radiogenic Pb isotopes: Paleoceanographic and paleoclimatic implications. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 190: 213–238. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.05.003.

Höfig, T.W., Geldmacher, J., Hoernle, K., Hauff, F., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Duggen, S., 2014, From the lavas to the gabbros: 1.25 km of geochemical characterization of upper oceanic crust at ODP/IODP Site 1256, eastern equatorial Pacific. Lithos, 210–211: 289–312. DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2014.08.013.

Geldmacher, J., Höfig, T.W., Hauff, F., Hoernle, K., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Wilson, D.S., 2013, Influence of the Galápagos hotspot on the East Pacific Rise during Miocene superfast spreading. Geology, 41 (2): 183–186. DOI: 10.1130/G33533.1.

IODP-RELATED PUBLICATIONS

Teske, A., Lizarralde, D., Höfig, T.W., and the Expedition 385 Scientists, 2020, Expedition 385 Preliminary Report: Guaymas Basin Tectonics and Biosphere. International Ocean Discovery Program. https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.pr.385.2020 de Ronde, C.E.J., Humphris, S.E., Höfig, T.W., and the Expedition 376 Scientists, 2019, Brothers Arc Flux. Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program, 376: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program). http://dx.doi.org/10.14379/iodp.proc.376.2019 de Ronde, C.E.J., Humphris, S.E., Höfig, T.W., and the Expedition 376 Scientists, 2019, Expedition 376 Preliminary Report: Brothers Arc Flux. International Ocean Discovery Program. https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.pr.376.2019

Teske, A., Lizarralde, D., Höfig, T.W., 2018, Expedition 385 Scientific Prospectus: Guaymas Basin Tectonics and Biosphere. International Ocean Discovery Program. https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.sp.385.2018

Sun, Z., Jian, Z., Stock, J.M., Larsen, H.C., Klaus, A., Alvarez Zarikian, C.A., and the Expedition 367/368 Scientists (including Höfig, T.W.), 2018, South China Sea Rifted Margin. Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program, 367/368: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program). https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.proc.367368.2018

Sun, Z., Stock, J., Klaus, A., and the Expedition 367 Scientists (including Höfig, T.W.), 2018, Expedition 367 Preliminary Report: South China Sea Rifted Margin. International Ocean Discovery Program. https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.pr.367.2018 de Ronde, C.E.J., Humphris, S.E., Höfig, T.W., 2017, Expedition 376 Scientific Prospectus: Brothers Arc Flux. International Ocean Discovery Program. https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.sp.376.2017

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SELECTED INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS [*denotes student author]

Kars, M., Koornneef, L.M.T., Pastor, L., Burin, C., Höfig, T.W., Galerne, C., Teske, A.P., Lizarralde, D., and the Expedition 385 Scientists, 2020. Preliminary rock magnetic and geochemical data from cold seepage sties of IODP Expedition 385. Abstract; presented at the American Geophysical Union 2020 Fall Meeting, virtual, 1–17 December 2020.

Höfig, T.W., Portnyagin, M., Hoernle, K., Hauff, F., Jicha, B.R., Wartho, J.A., van den Bogaard, P., Garbe-Schönberg, D., 2020. More Than 40 Million Years of Oblique Subduction Recorded in the Magmatism of the Westernmost Aleutian Arc. Abstract (1046) presented at 2020 Goldschmidt Conference, virtual, 21–26 June.

Höfig, T.W., Zhang, C., Peate, D.W., Humphris, S.E., and Horkley, L.K.S., 2019. Tracing the evolution of a submarine arc-hosted hydrothermal system through phosphate mineralization: Brothers Volcano, Kermadec Arc. Abstract V33E-0234; presented at the American Geophysical Union 2019 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 9–13 December 2019. de Ronde, C.E.J., Humphris, S.E., Höfig, T.W., and Reyes, A.G., 2019. Critical role of caldera collapse in the formation of seafloor mineralization: Brothers Volcano, Kermadec Arc. Abstract V32B-02; presented at the American Geophysical Union 2019 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 9–13 December 2019.

Hoernle, K., Jicha, B.R., Müller, D., Portnyagin, M., Werner, R., Hauff, F., Bezard, R., Höfig, T.W., Yogodzinski, G., 2018. New Insights into the Formation and Evolution of the Aleutian Arc. Abstract (T51A-02) presented at 2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., 9–13 December.

Humphris, S.E., Blusztajn, J., de Ronde, C.E.J., Höfig, T.W., Cai, Y., Jamieson, J.W., Martin, A., et al., 2019. Variations in REE and Sr isotope compositions of altered rocks from magmatic- and seawater-influenced hydrothermal systems at Brothers Volcano, Kermadec Arc, New Zealand (IODP Expedition 376). Abstract V33E-0232; presented at the American Geophysical Union 2019 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 9–13 December 2019.

Martin, A.J., Jamieson, J.W., de Ronde, C.E.J., Humphris, S.E., Höfig, T.W., Roberts, S., Cai, Y., et al., 2019. Magmatic versus seawater-dominated hydrothermal alteration: evidence from deep- sea drilling at Brothers Volcano, Kermadec Arc, New Zealand. Abstract V33E-0226; presented at the American Geophysical Union 2019 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 9–13 December 2019.

Massiot, C., McIntosh, I.M., Kolandaivelu, K.P., Farough, A., Reyes, A.G., de Ronde, C.E.J., Humphris, S.E., and Höfig, T.W., 2019. First downhole and core-based petrophysical and hydrological measurements in a submarine volcano: Brothers Volcano, Kermadec Arc. Abstract V33E-0236; presented at the American Geophysical Union 2019 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 9–13 December 2019.

Höfig, T.W., McCreary, M.E.*, Umberhocker, K.A.*, LeVay, B.J., and Höfig, D.F., 2019. Revealing high-resolution volcanic stratigraphy and rock-fluid interaction by XRF core scanning. Abstract (1376) presented at 2019 Goldschmidt Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 18–23 August. 5

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de Ronde, C.E.J., Humphris, S.E., Höfig, T.W., and Reyes, A.G., 2019. Symbiosis between caldera collapse and hydrothermalism at Brothers submarine volcano, Kermadec arc. Abstract (782) presented at 2019 Goldschmidt Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 18–23 August.

Hoernle, K., Höfig, T.W., Bezard, R., Portnyagin, M., Hauff, F., Wartho, J. A., Pfänder, J., Jicha, B.R., Krebs, N., Werner, R., Yogodzinski, G., Müller, D., 2018. New Insights into the Formation and Evolution of the Aleutian Arc. Abstract (T13C-04) presented at 2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., 10–14 December.

Höfig, T.W., LeVay, B.J., Stock, J., Sun, Z., Klaus, A., Jian, Z., Larsen, H.C., Alvarez-Zarikian, C., and the IODP Expedition 367/368 Scientists, 2017. XRF core scanning of igneous rocks: a case study of IODP Expeditions 367/368 lava flows, South China Sea. Abstract (T32A-08) presented at 2017 AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 11–15 December.

Höfig, D.F., Höfig, T.W., Licht, O.A.B., Haser, S., Valore, L., 2017. SEM–MLA-based investigation of the composition of mafic volcaniclastic deposits from the Paraná Large Igneous Province, Brazil. Abstract (V43E-0581) presented at 2017 AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 11–15 December.

Minz, F.E., Kern, M., Birtel, S., Höfig, T.W., Krause, J., Gutzmer, J., 2017. Distribution of REE minerals in fluorite flotation at the Vergenoeg mine, South Africa. Process Mineralogy ‘17, Cape Town.

Hoernle, K., Höfig, T.W., Portnyagin, M., Yogodzinski, G., Werner, R., Hauff, F., van den Bogaard, P., Garbe-Schönberg, D., 2016. Subduction initiation and early evolution of the Aleutian Arc: combined on-land and off-shore studies. Abstract (280508) presented at 2016 GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 25–28 September.

Höfig, T.W., Krause, J., Kern, M., Birtel, S., Gutzmer, J., 2016. Phosphate mineralization in the Vergenoeg fluorite deposit (RSA) and its implication for the origin of REE-bearing fluid alteration. Abstract (3697) presented at 2016 35th International Geological Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, 27 August – 4 September.

Buch, T., Guimarães da Silva, L., Höfig, T.W., 2016. SEM-based mineralogical characterization of artisanal tin tailings from Rondônia, northwestern Brazil. 7th Brazilian Symposium on Mineral Exploration, Ouro Preto.

Birtel, S., Kern, M., Höfig, T.W., Krause, J., Gutzmer, J., 2015. Geometallurgical assessment: Beneficiation of rare earth minerals as a possible by-product from the Vergenoeg Fluorite Mine, South Africa. In: André-Meyer, A.-S. et al. (eds.), Mineral Resources in a Sustainable World. Proceedings of the 13th Biennial SGA Meeting, Nancy, France: 1383–1386.

Diers, S.*, Höfig, T.W., Haser, S., Bobadilla-Fazzini, R.A., Gutzmer, J., 2015. The mineralogical evolution of bioleached copper ore traced by SEM-MLA. Abstract (736) presented at 2015 Goldschmidt Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 16–21 August.

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Höfig, T.W., Portnyagin, M., Hoernle, K., Hauff, F., van den Bogaard, P., Garbe-Schönberg, D., 2013. From birth to death of arc magmatism: The igneous evolution of Komandorsky Islands recorded tectonic changes during 50 Ma of westernmost Aleutian history. Abstract (V21C- 2742) presented at 2013 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 9–13 December.

Geldmacher, J., Höfig, T.W., Hauff, F., Hoernle, K., Garbe-Schönberg, D., 2011. Evidence for influence of the Galápagos hotspot on the East Pacific Rise MORB composition during times of superfast spreading. Abstract (V51E-2556) presented at 2011 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 5–9 December.

Höfig, T.W., Bertemes, F., Borg, G., Degen, T.J., 2011. The geology of Tavşan Adası and its geoarchaeological aspects (Southeastern Aegean Sea). Abstracts to the 4th International Archaeological Conference of Central Germany: 43–45. Halle/Saale, Germany, 14–16 October, 2011.

OTHER CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTIONS

2009–present 12 regular oral and poster presentations of original research findings at national symposiums/conferences and workshops

CO-SUPERVISED MS AND BS THESES (R&D PROJECTS) [*at TU Bergakademie Freiberg]

2020–present (MS): High-resolution igneous stratigraphy of on- and off-axis sills in a young spreading center, Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California (at Texas A&M University)

2015/16 (MS): Petrological, mineralogical, and geochemical characterization of high-grade hematite ores, Mt. Wall, Western Australia (cooperation with Rio Tinto Exploration)*

2015/16 (MS): Mineralogical assessment of treated low-grade chalcopyrite ore, Chile (cooperation with BioSigma S.A.)*

2015/16 (BS): Mineralogical characterization of REE-bearing ion-adsorption laterites, northwestern Madagascar (cooperation with G.U.B. Ingenieur AG and Tantalus Rare Earths AG)*

2015 (BS): 3D-geological modelling of the Epembe Nb-Ta-P(-LREE) deposit Namibia*

2014/15 (BS): Mineral-chemical characterization of sulfides from the Weissliegend of the Polkowice-Sieroszewice mine, Poland (in German)*

2013/14 (MS): Gangue mineralogy and deportment of deleterious elements in the iron ore of the Kiirunavaara deposit, Sweden (cooperation with LKAB)*

2013/14 (MS): Deportment of critical metals and process mineralogy of Kupferschiefer ores from the Polkowice-Sieroszowice mine, SW Poland (cooperation with KGHM)*

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2013/14 (MS): Characterization of the Cu-Ag mineralization of the Polkowice-Sieroszowice mining district, SW Poland, and its significance for the potential recovery of trace metals (cooperation with KGHM)*

2012/13 (MS): Geometallurgical assessment of the rare-earth mineralogy and processing characteristics at the Vergenoeg Fluorite Mine, South Africa (cooperation with Vergenoeg Mining CO (PTY) Ltd.)*

2012/13 (MS): Characterization of Cu-Mo-Au mineralization at the Laver Prospect, northern Sweden (cooperation with New Boliden Mineral AB)*

TECHNICAL REPORTS (MINERAL INDUSTRY) [*denotes student author]

Diers, S.*, Gutzmer, J., Höfig, T.W., Haser, S., 2015, Mineralogical assessment of treated low-grade chalcopyrite ore, Chile. 23 pp. (for BioSigma S.A.)

Richter, L.*, Höfig, T.W., Seifert, T., Gutzmer, J., 2013, Mineralogical assessment of samples from the skarn deposits Tellerhäuser and Hämmerlein, Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains), Saxony, Germany. 44 pp. (for Treliver Minerals Ltd.)

Bachmann K., Höfig, T.W., Gutzmer, J., 2013, Characterization of heavy REE mineralization in the Olserum Prospect, Southern Sweden. 97 pp. (for Tasman Metals Ltd.)

GRANTS AND AWARDS (PI = principal investigator)

2020–present: US Science Support Program Post-Expedition Award (funded by National Science Foundation), IODP Expedition 385 (PI) US$17,979 Project: Alteration of sill intrusions and its implications for the fate of carbon at rifted continental margins

2018–2020: US Science Support Program Post-Expedition Award (funded by National Science Foundation), IODP Expedition 376 (PI) US$17,996 Project: Tracing the evolution of an arc-hosted hydrothermal system through metasomatism of phosphates

2013: SGA-SEG travel grant US$2,255 2nd SGA-SEG-UNESCO-IUGS Short Course on African Metallogeny: Base Metals in Basins

01/2011–12/2011: German Sparkasse Foundation Scholarship (PI) US$3,382 Funding for 40Ar-39Ar dating and Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic analysis of project: Petrogenesis and tectonics of the origin of adakitic volcanic suites of Bering Island (western Aleutians)

02/2007–06/2009: Scholarship holder of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)

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ON- AND OFFSHORE FIELDWORK

09–11/2019: Expedition Project Manager/Staff Scientist on R/V JOIDES Resolution IODP Expedition 385 – Guaymas Basin Tectonics and Biosphere (9 weeks).

05–07/2018: Expedition Project Manager/Staff Scientist on R/V JOIDES Resolution IODP Expedition 376 – Brothers Arc Flux (9 weeks).

02–04/2017: Shipboard scientist (petrologist) on R/V JOIDES Resolution IODP Expedition 367 – South China Sea Rifted Margin A (9 weeks).

06–07/2009: Shipboard scientist (petrologist) on R/V Sonne Leg SO201-1b (NW Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea) funded by the German-Russian KALMAR (Kurile- Kamchatka and Aleutian Marginal Sea-Island Arc Systems: Geodynamic and Climate Interaction in Space and Time) project (4 weeks).

09–10/2008 Geological survey of igneous rock suites on the Komandorsky Islands (western Aleutian arc) and tephra deposits at Klyuchevskoy volcano (Kamchatka) funded by the German-Russian KALMAR project (4 weeks).

08–10/2007 Geological survey of the island of Tavşan Adası and adjacent coastline (SW Aegean Sea) through detailed field survey of excavations and outcrops, side marker probing, and diving; funded by the German Archaeological Institute (6 weeks).

INVITED TALKS

11/17/2020 National University of Mexico (UNAM), Coordination of Oceanographic Research Platforms: The whole is greater than the sum of its parts: Advancing marine research through international scientific ocean drilling projects and how they connect with other ocean science initiatives.

01/17/2018 TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Department of Mineralogy, Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) Student Chapter Freiberg: Science below the sea and its impact on economic geology.

07/19/2016 Texas A&M University, Department of Geology & Geophysics: Beyond an insightful igneous basement: The ODP/IODP Site 1256 sedimentary Pb isotope record and its intriguing messages.

04/28/2010 Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Department of Geosciences and Geography: From Japan to Alaska: The R/V Sonne Leg SO201-1b through the NW Pacific and Bering Sea.

10/28/2009 Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Department of Geosciences and Geography: From Kamchatka to the Commander Islands: A geological travel report from the hottest world’s end.

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WORKSHOPS AND SHORT COURSES

08/2021 Advancing Scientific Ocean Drilling IMPACT Workshop “Preparing the Next Generation” (online), 02 and 04 August 2021. U.S. Science Support Program and Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College.

06/2020 Expanding Deep Sea Horizons: Scientific Priorities in Abyssal Research, Workshop (online), 30 June and 21 July 2020. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

05/2019 NEXT: Scientific Ocean Drilling Beyond 2023, Workshop, Denver, CO, U.S.A. May 6–7, 2019. U.S. Science Support Program.

10/2017 Deep Crustal Drilling Engineering Working Group, Workshop, College Station, TX, U.S.A. October 16–18, 2017. JOIDES Resolution Science Operator.

10/2017 Drilling into Young Oceanic Crust for Subseafloor Observations at Axial Seamount, Workshop, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, NY, U.S.A. October 11–13, 2017. U.S. Science Support Program.

09/2017 JOIDES Resolution Assessment Workshop, Denver, CO, U.S.A. September 26–27, 2017. U.S. Science Support Program.

12/2014 13th Freiberg Short Course in Economic Geology, “Rare Earth Elements Deposits”, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany. December 8–12, 2014.

12/2013 12th Freiberg Short Course in Economic Geology, “Granite-related Mineral Systems”, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany. December 2–6, 2013.

06/2013 2nd SGA-SEG-UNESCO-IUGS Short Course on African Metallogeny “Base Metals in Basins” in Kitwe, Zambia. June 17–21, 2013 (training with lectures and practical exercises, including extensive core logging and mine visit)

12/2012 11th Freiberg Short Course in Economic Geology, “Automated Mineralogy & Petrography for Geometallurgy”, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany. December 5–7, 2012.

2012–2014 Principal organizer and facilitator of the international Freiberg Short Course in Economic Geology (~120–150 participants from academia and industry for one-week training course)

03/2011 GESEP (German Scientific Earth Probing Consortium) School 2011, “Preparing research drilling and filing application for funding”, University of Münster, Germany. March 16–17, 2011.

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12/2010 9th Freiberg Short Course in Economic Geology, “Magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE deposits: petrogenesis and exploration”, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany. December 6–10, 2010.

04/2010 Short Course on “Seafloor Massive Sulfides”, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany. April 22–23, 2010.

EDUCATION & OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

07/02/2020 GeoX camp (high school students) virtual tour of IODP-JRSO facility and core description activity at Gulf Coast Repository (online), Texas A&M University

02/08/2020 Aggieland Saturday. Open house to present IODP and geoscience activities on Texas A&M campus.

09/16/2019 “Expedition to Guaymas Basin” Science Symposium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. Co-organizer and co-presenter.

03/03/2018 C.A.M.P. program (middle school students) tour of IODP-JRSO facility and core description activity at Gulf Coast Repository, Texas A&M University

08/31/2017 7th STEM Camp of the Auerbach High School, Germany. Workshop on “The International Ocean Discovery Program: Science at the open sea – around the clock”. Facilitator and Educator.

06/08/2017 GeoX camp (high school students) tour of IODP-JRSO facility and core description activity at Gulf Coast Repository, Texas A&M University

09/24/2015 5th STEM Camp of the Auerbach & Markneukirchen High Schools, Germany. Workshop on “Everything copper: From the mineral to the wire”. Facilitator and Educator.

06/20/2015 2nd Long Night of Science and Economy, City of Freiberg, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Department of Mineralogy & Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology, Germany. Facilitator and Educator.

05/11/2015 Auerbach High School “Working Group Mineralogy”. Seminar: Volcanoes: Window to the center of the Earth.

09/24/2014 4th STEM Camp of the Auerbach High School, Germany. Workshop on “Hot Springs in the Deep Sea – Producer of commodities and elixir for life”. Facilitator and Educator.

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09/25/2013 3rd STEM Camp of the Auerbach & Radeberg High Schools, Germany. Workshop on “The world of commodities – Discover what’s in your phone”. Facilitator and Educator.

09/27/2012 2nd STEM Camp of the Auerbach & Radeberg High Schools, Germany. Workshop on “The geological evolution of the Vogtland, western Bohemian Massif, Central European Variscides”. Facilitator and Educator.

05/2011 Elementary School “Am Steigerwald”, Erfurt, Germany. Project Week on “Rocks”. Workshop for students on “The Thuringian ancient ocean and its epoch – Erfurt and surrounding area 240 million years ago” (class room activities and field trips). May 23–27, 2011. Mentor and Educator.

07/2010 GEOMAR Summer School 2010. STEM Workshop for 10th-12th grade High School students on “The Formation of Magma below the Sea: Volcanic Glass as window to the heart of Earth”. July 12–16, 2010. Mentor and Educator.

2008–2011 Several Geoscience Education Talks at elementary schools and high schools in Erfurt, Germany.

01/2008–12/2008 United Nations International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) 2008, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (Germany), Department of Geosciences and Geography. Central IYPE contribution of the MLU within the scope of German IPYE activities; creative director and central coordinator of an academic lecture series (held monthly).

07/06/2007 6th Long Night of Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (Germany), Department of Geosciences and Geography. Facilitator and Educator.

05/09/2007 8th Long Night of Museums, Halle/Saale, Germany. Guide at the Museum of Natural History of the Geisel Valley.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Geochemical Society (2020 – present) American Geophysical Union (2013, 2017 – present) European Association of Geochemistry (2015 – present) German Geological Society (2006 – 2016)

LANGUAGES

German (native speaker), English (fluently), French (basics), Portuguese (basics)