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Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Bach
Name: | Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Bach | |
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Department: | Department of Geosciences | |
Job: | Head of Research Group "Petrology of the Ocean Crust" | |
Phone: | +49 421 218 - 65400 | |
Fax: | +49 421 218 - 65429 | |
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Academic career
Since 2006 Adjunct Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Since 2005 Professor for Petrology of the Ocean Crust
2003-2005 Associate Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
1999-2003 Assistant Scientisit, Woods Hole Oceanpgraphic Institution
1996-1999 Postdoctoral Scholar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
1996 PhD in Geosciences, University of Gießen
1991 Diploma in Mineralogy, University of Gießen
Research interests:
- Geochemistry of submarine hydrothermal systems
- Petrology of fluid-rock reactions
- Fluid-Microbe-Mineral interactions
- Accretion and alteration of oceanic crust
- Geochemical exchange between ocean crust and seawater
- Bioenergetics of rock-hosted microbial ecosystems



