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Prof. Dr. Andrea Koschinsky-Fritsche

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Professor of Geosciences
School of Engineering and Science


Street Address:
Campus Ring 8
D-28759 Bremen 		Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 750 561
D-28725 Bremen
Germany

Telephone:    +49 421 200-3567
Fax:    +49 421 200-3229
E-Mail:    a.koschinsky@jacobs-university.de
Office:    Research III, Room 108


University Education:
2002
Habilitation in geochemistry finished at the Free University of Berlin
1994
Postdoctorate at the Free University of Berlin, different marine research projects
1993
Dissertation (Ph.D.) in geochemistry finished at the Free University of Berlin
1989
Doctoral thesis started at the Technical University of Clausthal, Inst. of Mineralogy
1989
Diplom (M.Sc.) in chemistry, Technical University of Clausthal
1986
Vordiplom (B.Sc.) in chemistry
1983-1989
Studies of chemistry at the Technical University of Clausthal
  
Employments:
 
  
Since 2/2005
Associate Professor of Geosciences at Jacobs University Bremen (former International University Bremen IUB)
2003/2004
Senior Research Associate at Jacobs University Bremen (former International University Bremen IUB)
Since 2002
College lecturer at the Free University of Berlin
1992-2002
Research scientist and project coordinator at the Free University of Berlin
1989-1992
Scientist at the Technical University of Clausthal

Fellowships & Awards:
2005
"Sparkassenpreis" for cooperation project of IUB and Univ. Bremen
2004
Viktor-Moritz-Goldschmidt award of the German Mineralogical Society DMG

Research and Teaching Positions:


Research Positions:
  • Project management: application of project funds, administrative work, coordination of the research cruises and scientific work; 1998-2002 coordinator of German-international cooperative projects funded by the BMBF, since 2003 involved in DFG Schwerpunktprogramm 1144
  • Participation in 11 research cruises with RV Sonne and RV Meteor in the Central Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean and Sea of Marmara; chief scientist of two cruises
  • Geochemistry of marine precipitates and fluid geochemistry; analytical, experimental and thermodynamic geochemistry
  • Analyses of trace metals in seawater (electrochemical and spectroscopic methods)
  • Development of deep-sea equipment for in-situ experiments, water sampling and in-situ sensor measurements
  • Regular participation in national and international conferences, symposia and meetings
  • National (Univ. Kiel, FU Berlin, Univ. Bremen, MPI Bremen, Univ. Kiel, AWI Bremerhaven, TU Freiberg, Univ. Hamburg, and others) and international cooperation (U.S. Geological Survey, Univ. of Otago in New Zealand, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria in Brasil, and others)


Teaching Positions:
since 2003
Involvement in the IUB undergraduate and graduate teaching program of Geosciences
2001/2002
Teaching Marine Geology at FU Berlin
2000
Teaching Geochemical Modelling of Hydrothermal Processes at FU Berlin
1996-2001
Teaching Marine Geochemistry at FU Berlin
1996
Training course in marine geochemistry for scientists and engineers from Indonesia and Sri Lanka
since 1991
(Co-)Supervision of diploma and doctoral theses
1990-2002
Laboratory courses in analytical geochemistry at TU Clausthal and FU Berlin

Main Research Interests:

  • Trace metal analyses in seawater
  • Metal speciation in solids and solution
  • Marine precipitates: formation and paleoceanographic information
  • Solid-solution reactions (adsorption of metals on mineral phases, etc.)
  • Geo-bio interfaces in marine systems
  • Hydrothermal fluids
  • Environmental geochemistry

Academic Publications:

  1. Bau, M., and Koschinsky, A. (2009). Oxidative scavenging of cerium on hydrous Fe oxide: Evidence from the distribution of rare earth elements and yttrium between Fe oxides and Mn oxides in hydrogenetic ferromanganese crusts. Geochemical Journal, Vol. 43 (No. 1), pp. 37-47.
  2. Koschinsky, A., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Sander, S., Schmidt, K., Gennerich, H.H., and Strauß, H. (2008): Hydrothermal venting at pressure-temperature conditions above the critical point of seawater, 5°S on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Geology 36, 615-618.
  3. Haase, K.M., Petersen, S., Koschinsky, A., et al. (2007): Young volcanism and related hydrothermal activity at 5°S on the slow-spreading southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 8, Q11002, doi:10.1029/2006GC001509.
  4. Koschinsky, A., Seifert, R., Knappe, A., Schmidt, K., and Halbach, P. (2007): Hydrothermal fluid emanations from the submarine Kick’em Jenny volcano, Lesser Antilles island arc. Marine Geology 244, 129-141.
  5. Schmidt, K., Koschinsky, A., Garbe-Schönberg, D., de Carvalho, L.M., and Seifert, R. (2007): Geochemistry of hydrothermal fluids from the ultramafic-hosted Logatchev hydrothermal field, 15°N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Chemical Geology 242, 1-21.
  6. Perner, M., Kuever, J., Seifert, R., Pape, T., Koschinsky, A., Schmidt, K., Strauss, and H., Imhoff, J.F. (2007): The influence of ultramafic rocks on microbial communities at the Logatchev hydrothermal field, located 15°N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 61, 97-109.
  7. Perner, M., Seifert, R., Weber, S., Koschinsky, A., Schmidt, K., Strauss, Peters, M., Haase, K., and H., Imhoff, J.F. (2007): Microbial CO2 fixation and sulfur cycling associated with low-temperature emissions at the Lilliput hydrothermal field, southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (9°S). Environmental Microbiology, doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01241.x
  8. Sander, S., Koschinsky, A., Massoth, G., Stott, M., and Hunter, K.A. (2007): Organic complexation of copper in deep-sea hydrothermal vent systems. Environmental Chemistry 4, 81-89.
  9. de Carvalho, L. M. , do Nascimento, P. C. , Koschinsky, A. , Bau, M. , Stefanello, R. F. , Spengler, C. , et al (2007, July 04). Simultaneous Determination of Cadmium, Lead, Copper, and Thallium in Highly Saline Samples by Anodic Stripping Voltammetry (ASV) Using Mercury-Film and Bismuth-Film Electrodes (p NA). Electroanalysis 19, 1719-1726.
  10. Bau, M. and Koschinsky, A. (2006): Hafnium and neodymium isotopes in seawater and ferromanganese crusts: the “element” perspective. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 241, 952-961.
  11. Hein, J.R., Koschinsky, A., and McIntyre B.R. (2006): A mercury- and silver-rich ferromanganese-oxide deposit, Southern California borderland: Deposit model and environmental implications. Economic Geology 100, 1151-1168.
  12. Frank, M., Marbler, H., Koschinsky, A., van de Flierdt, T., Klemm, V., Gutjahr, m., Halliday, A.N., Kubik, P.W., and Halbach, P. (2006): Submarine hydrothermal venting related to volcanism in the Lesser Antilles: Evidence from ferromanganese precipitates. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 7, 24 pp. Doi:10.1029/2005GC001140
  13. Claude, C., Suhr, G., Hofmann, A.W., and Koschinsky, A. (2005): U-Th chronology and paleo-oceanographic record in a Fe-Mn crust from the NE Atlantic over the last 720 ka. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 69, 4845-4854.
  14. Koschinsky, A., Hein, J.R., and Bau, M. (2004): The importance of surface oxidation for the enrichment of Te and Se on Mn oxides and Fe oxyhydroxide. In: R.B. Wanty and R.R. Seal (Eds.), Water-Rock Interaction, Vol. 2, Balkema Publ. Leiden, pp. 1323-1326.
  15. Sander, S., Koschinsky, A. and Halbach, P. (2003): Redox speciation of chromium in the oceanic water column of the Lesser Antilles and offshore Otago Peninsula, New Zealand. Marine and Freshwater Research 54, 745-754.
  16. Koschinsky, A. and Hein, J.R. (2003): Acquisition of elements from seawater by ferromanganese crusts: Solid phase associations and seawater speciation. Marine Geology 198, 331-351.
  17. Kuhn, T., Bostik, B.C., Koschinsky, A., Halbach, P., and Fendorf, S. (2003): Unusual enrichment of Mo in hydrothermal Mn precipitates: possible sources, formation and phase associations. Chemical Geology 199, 29-43
  18. Tunnicliffe, V., Baross, J., Gebruk, A., Giere, O., Koschinsky, A., Reysenbach, A.L., Shank, T.M., and Summit, M. (2003): Group report 3: What are the interactions between biotic processes a vents and physical, chemical and geological conditions? In: Report of the Dahlem Workshop on Energy and Mass Transfer in Hydrothermal Systems. October 2001 (Eds. P. Halbach, V. Tunnicliffe, and J.R. Hein, 251-270.
  19. Koschinsky, A., Borowski, C. and Halbach, P. (2003): Reactions of the heavy metal cycle to industrial activities in the deep-sea: an ecological assessment. International Review of Hydrobiology: 88, 102-127.
  20. Hein, J.R., Koschinsky, A., and Hallyday, A.N. (2003): Global occurrence of tellurium-rich ferromanganese crusts and a model for the enrichment of tellurium. Geochimical et Cosmochimica Acta 67, 1117-1127.
  21. Koschinsky, A., Winkler, A. and Fritsche, U. (2003): Importance of different types of marine particles for the scavenging of heavy metals in the deep-sea. Applied Geochemistry 18: 693-710.
  22. Koschinsky, A., Seifert, R., Halbach, P., Bau, M., Brasse, S., De Carvalho, L.M. and Fonseca, N.M. (2002): Geochemistry of diffuse low-temperature hydrothermal fluids in the North Fiji Basin. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 67, 1409-1427.
  23. Claude-Ivanaj, C., Hofman, A.W., Vlastélic, I. and Koschinsky, A. (2001): Recording changes in ENADW composition over the last 340 ka using high-precision lead isotopes in a Fe-Mn crusto. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 188: 73-89.
  24. Fritsche U., Koschinsky, A., and Winkler, A (2001): The different diffusive transport behaviours of some metals in layers of Peru Basin surface sediment. Deep-Sea Research II, 48: 3653-3682
  25. Halbach, P., Holzbecher, E., Koschinsky, A., Michaelis, M., and Seifert, R. (2001): Deep-sea hydrothermal microplume generation - a case study from the North Fiji Basin. Geo-Marine Letters, 21: 94-102.
  26. Koschinsky, A. (2001): Heavy metal distributions in Peru Basin surface sediments in relation to historic, present and disturbed redox environments. Deep-Sea Research II, 48: 3757-3778.
  27. Koschinsky, A., Fritsche, U. and Winkler, A. (2001): Sequential leaching of Peru Basin surface sediment for the assessment of aged and fresh metal associations and mobility. Deep-Sea Research II, 48: 3683-3700.
  28. Koschinsky, A., Gaye-Haake, B., Maue, G., Winkler, A., and Halbach, P. (2001): Experiments on the influence of disturbances on the biogeochemistry of the deep-sea environment. Deep-Sea Research II, 48: 3629-3652.
  29. Kuhn, T., Koschinsky, A., and Halbach, P. (2001): Enrichment of Mo in hydrothermal Mn precipitates from the North Fiji Basin. In: Mineral Deposits at the Beginning of the 21st Centruy (ed. A. Piestrzynski). Balkema, Lisse, pp. 289-292.
  30. Hein, J.R., Koschinsky, A., Bau, M., Manheim, F.T., Kang, J.-K., and Roberts, L. (2000): Cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts in the Pacific. In: Handbook of Marine Mineral Deposits (ed. D.S. Cronan). CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, pp. 239-279.
  31. Sander, S. and Koschinsky, A. (2000): Onboard-ship redox speciation of chromium in diffuse hydrothermal fluids form the North Fiji Basin. Marine Chemistry, 71: 83-102.
  32. Koschinsky, A. (2000): Geochemische Experimente zur Bindung von gelösten Spurenmetallen an marine Feststoffe. In: Umweltgeochemie in Wasser, Boden und Luft - Geogener Hintergrund und anthropogene Einflüsse (Hrsg. Gesellschaft für UmweltGeowissenschaften), S. 167-187.
  33. Abouchami, W., Galer, S.J.G. and Koschinsky, A. (1999): Pb and Nd isotopes in NE Atlantic Fe-Mn crusts: Proxies for trace metal paleosources ad paleocean circulation. Geochimical et Cosmochimica Acta, 63: 1489-1505.
  34. Koschinsky, A., Halbach, P., Kuhn, T. and Sander, S. (1999): Sampling and measuring of hydrothermal fluids with the Hydro Bottom Station (HBS). Proceedings of the Ninth (1999) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE '99, Brest), Vol. IV, 583-589.
  35. Koschinsky, A., Stascheit, A., Bau, M. and Halbach, P. (1997): Effects of phosphatization on the geochemical and mineralogical compositon of marine ferromanganese crusts. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 61: 4079-4094.
  36. Koschinsky, A., Szemeitat, A., and Halbach, P. (1997): Experiments on the influence of technical activities in the deep-sea on heavy metal cycles. Proceedings of the Seventh (1997) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE '97, Honolulu), Vol. I, 445-449
  37. Hein, J.R., Koschinsky, A., Halbach, P., Manheim, F.T., Bau, M., Kang, J.-K., and Lubick, N. (1997): Iron and manganese oxide mineralizations in the Pacific. In: Manganese mineralizations: Geochemistry of Terrestrial and Marine Deposits (eds. K. Nicholson, J.R. Hein, B. Bühn and S. Dasgupta), Geological Society Special Publications, 199: 123-138.
  38. Bau, M., Koschinsky, A., Dulski, P., and Hein, J.R. (1996): Comparison of the partitioning behaviours of yttrium, rare earth elements, and titanium between hydrogenetic marine ferromanganese crusts and seawater. Geochimica and Cosmochimica Acta, 60: 1709-1725
  39. Koschinsky, A., Szemeitat, A., Maggiulli, M., and Halbach, P. (1996): In-situ enrichment of heavy metals from deep-sea water by an ion-exchange pump system. Marine Georesources and Geotechnology, 14: 297-314.
  40. Koschinsky, A., Halbach, P., Hein, J.R., and Mangini, A. (1996): Ferromanganese crusts as indicators for paleoceanographic events in the NE Atlantic. Geologische Rundschau, 85: 567-576.
  41. Koschinsky, A., van Gerven, M. and Halbach, P. (1995): First discovery and investigation of massive ferromanganese crusts in the NE Atlantic in comparison to hydrogenetic Pacific occurrences. Marine Georesources and Geotechnology, 13: 375-391
  42. Koschinsky, A. and Halbach, P. (1995): Sequential leaching of marine ferromanganese precipitates: genetic implications. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 59: 5113-5132

 
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