marum - Miriam Römer

Miriam Römer

Research interests

Geology of Cold seeps (submarine fluid emissions at continental margins)
Quantification af marine methane and the influence on hydrosphere and atmosphere
Biogeochemical processes of gas bubbles released at cold seeps and the surrounding oceanwater
Sedimentology and facies association of gashydrate-bearing deposits

Title of my PhD thesis
Quantification of gas bubble emission at continental margins

02/2011 - 04/2011 METEOR cruise M84/2
Origen and distribution of methane and methane hydrates in the Black Sea
05/2010 MERIAN cruise 15/2
Origen and structure of methane, gas hydrates and fluid flows in the Black Sea
10/2009 - 12/2009 MERIAN cruise MSM13-3 and 13-4
Dynamic processes in the deep Eastern Mediterranean
02/2008 - 03/2008 MERIAN cruise MSM7/2a
Project Genus (Geochemistry and Ecosystem Research in the Namibian Upwelling System)
11/2007 - 12/2007 METEOR cruise M74/4
Project NeoMa (Neogene of the Maldives)
08/2006 METEOR cruise M69/1
Project CarbMed (Carbonates of the Mediterranean)

Since November 2008	PhD student at the University of Bremen Preliminary title of thesis: Quantification of gas bubble emission at continental margins.
October 2008	Diploma-degree in Geology at the University of Hamburg, Germany Thesis: Sedimentology and hydroacoustic mapping on an isolated carbonate platform in the western Mediterranean: the Alboran Ridge.
February - July 2006	University of Granada, Spain Participation at european student exchange programm
January 2005	Prediploma-degree in Geology at the University of Hamburg, Germany