Scientist

Wolfgang Bach got his PhD in Geochemistry at the University of Giessen, Germany, in 1996.  He spent nine years at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as Scientist (Postdoc through Associate Scientist).  Since 2005 he is Professor for Petrology at the University of Bremen and is co-leader for the hydrothermal vent research area within the MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences.  His main research interests are in ocean-lithosphere exchange, water-rock interactions, mineral precipitation and microbial bioenergetics at hydrothermal vents and in ridge flank systems.  He uses a combination of field and experimental studies combined with thermodynamic modelling.

Lab

The Department of Geosciences of the University of Bremen hosts 130 scientists and 50 postdoc/PhDs with a focus on Marine Geosciences. It is associated with the MARUM research center, which is home of an IODP core repository and deep submergence vehicles and involved in several fundamental research programs (IODP, ICDP, German National Research Agency) and collaborative projects involving industry (BMBF, EU-FP7).

The University of Bremen hosts high-performance analytical (SEM, (LA)ICPMS, TIMS, MC-ICPMS and soon CT-scanner) and computer facilities. The MARUM research centre runs an ROV, an AUV, and a deep-sea drill rig (MeBo). Home to 250 students, the University of Bremen has microscopy and computer labs for various types of course work.

Team

• Wolfgang Bach, Professor (Petrology, Geochemistry, Thermodynamic modelling)