Tromsø (Norway) - Tromsø (Norway) / 21.06.2023 - 31.07.2023
Elmar Albers
Dr. Elmar Albers
GEO Room 5070
Klagenfurter Straße 2-4
28359 Bremen, Germany
Phone: +49 421 218 65409
Email
I am a petrologist interested in fluid–seafloor interactions and their chemical, physical, and biological consequences. My research investigates element fluxes and redox changes associated with the hydrothermal alteration of mafic and ultramafic rocks, tracing their evolution from mid-ocean ridges to shallow subduction settings. I am currently leading a DFG-funded project examining the low-temperature alteration of abyssal peridotite.
Curriculum vitae
Scientific career
| since 2026 | Postdoc in the "Petrology of the Ocean Crust" group of Prof. Bach, University of Bremen |
| 2025 | Feodor Lynen Return Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research |
| 2023-2024 | Feodor Lynen Postdoctoral Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| 2022 | PostDoc in the "Petrology of the Ocean Crust" group of Prof.Bach, University of Bremen |
| 2019-2021 | PostDoc in the "Geophysics–Geodynamics" group of Prof. Pérez-Gussinyé, University of Bremen |
| Feb. 2019 | PhD in "Petrology of Metamorphic Rocks", University of Bremen |
| 2015-2018 | PhD student in the "Petrology of the Ocean Crust" group of Prof.Bach, University of Bremen |
| 2014 | MSc. degree in "Marine Geosciences", University of Bremen |
| 2011-2014 | MSc. "Marine Geosciences", University of Bremen |
| 2011 | BSc. degree in "Geosciences", University of Bremen |
| 2008-2011 | BSc. "Geosciences", University of Bremen and Háskóli Íslands |
2023: PS137 (Gakkel Ridge)
2022: IODP Expedition 393 (South Atlantic)
Cape Town (South Africa) - Cape Town (South Africa) / 07.06.2022 - 07.08.2022
2020: SO273 (Southwest Indian Ridge)
Cape Town (South Africa) - Emden (Germany) / 06.03.2020 - 22.04.2020
2017: IODP Expedition 366 (Mariana forearc region)
Guam (USA) - Hongkong (China) / 08.12.2016 - 07.02.2017
2016: PS101 - ARK-XXX/3 (Gakkel Ridge)
Tromsø (Norway) - Bremerhaven (Germany) / 09.09.20216 - 23.10.2016
Publications
- Kumawat P, Albers E, Bach W, Klein F, Menapace W, Vogt C, Schubotz F (2025): Biomarker evidence of a serpentinite chemosynthetic biosphere at the Mariana forarc. Nature Communications Earth and Environment 6, 659.
| doi:10.1038/s43247-025-02667-6 | - Albers E, Diehl A, Fitzsimmons JN, Jensen LT, Klein F, McDermott JM, Purser A, Seewald JS, Walter M, Wegener G, Bach W, Boetius A, German CR (2025): Ultramafic-influenced submarine venting on basaltic seafloor at the Polaris site, 87°N, Gakkel Ridge. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 651, 119166.
| doi:10.1016/j.epsl-2024.119166 | - Albers E, Behrendt N, Diehl A, Genske F, Monien P, Kasemann SA, Purser A, Boetius A, Bach W (2024): Formation and hydrothermal alteration of a volcanic center: Melt pooling and mass transfers at Langseth Ridge (Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean).Marine Geology 475, 107347.
| doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107347 | - Albers E, Jöns S, Gerdes A, Klügel A, Beier C, Kasemann SA, Bach W (2023): Timing of carbon uptake by oceanic crust determined by rock reactivity. Geology 51(9), 875-879.
| doi:10.1130/G51238.1 | - German CR, Reeves EP, Türke A, Diehl A, Albers E, Bach W, Purser A, Ramalho SP, Suman S, Mertens C, Walter M, Ramirez-Llodra E, Schlindwein V, Bünz S, Boetius A (2022): Volcanically hosted venting with indications of ultramafic influence at Aurora hydrothermal field on Gakkel Ridge. Nature Communications 13, 6517.
| doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34014-0 | - Albers E, Shervais JW, Hansen CT, Ichiyama Y, Fryer P (2022): Shallow depth, substantial change: fluid-metasomatism causes major compositional modifications of subducted volcanics (Mariana forearc). Frontiers in Earth Science - Petrology 10:826312.
| doi:10.3389/feart.2022.826312 | - Klügel A, Albers E, Hansteen, TH (2022): Mantle and crustal xenoliths in a tephriphonolite from La Palma (Canary Islands): implications for phonolite formation at oceanic island volcanoes. Frontiers in Earth Science - Volcanology 10:761902.
| doi:10.3389/feart.2022.761902 | - Geilert S, Albers E, Frick DA, Hansen CT, von Blankenburg F (2021): Systematic changes in serpentine Si isotope signatures across the Mariana forearc – a new proxy for slab dehydration processes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 575, 117193.
| doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117193 | - Albers E, Bach W, Pérez-Gussinyé M, McCammon C, Frederichs T (2021): Serpentinization-driven H2 production from continental break-up to mid-ocean ridge spreading: Unexpected high rates at the West Iberia margin. Frontiers in Earth Science. 9:673063.
| doi:10.3389/feart.2021.673063 | - Albers E, Kahl W-A, Beyer L, Bach W (2020): Variant across-forearc compositions of slab-fluids recorded by serpentinites: Implications on the mobilization of FMEs from an active subduction zone (Mariana forearc). Lithos 364-365, 105525.
| doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2020.105525 | - Fryer P, Wheat CG, Williams T, Kelley C, Johnson K, Ryan J, Kurz W, Shervais J, Albers E, Bekins B, Debret B, Deng J, Dong Y, Eickenbusch P, Frery E, Ichiyama Y, Johnston R, Kevorkian R, Magalhaes V, Mantovanelli S, Menapace W, Menzies C, Michibayashi K, Moyer C, Mullane K, Park J-W, Price R, Sissmann O, Suzuki S, Takai K, Walter B, Zhang R, Amon D, Glickson D, Pomponi S (2020): Mariana serpentinite mud volcanism exhumes subducted seamount materials: implications for the origin of life. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 378(2165), 20180425.
| doi:10.1098/rsta.2018.0425 | - Albers E, Bach W, Klein F, Menzies CD, Lucassen F, Teagle DAH (2019): Fluid–rock interactions in the shallow Mariana forearc: carbon cycling and redox conditions. Solid Earth 10, 907-930.
| doi:10.5194/se-10-907-2019 | - Albers E, Schroeder T, Bach W (2019): Melt-impregnation of mantle peridotite facilitates high-temperature hydration and mechanical weakening: implications for oceanic detachment faults. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 20(1), 84-108.
| doi:10.1029/2018GC007783 | - Debret B, Albers E, Walter B, Price R, Barnes JD, Beunon H, Facq S, Gillikin DP, Mattielli N, Williams H (2019): Shallow forearc mantle dynamics and geochemistry: New insights from the IODP expedition 366. Lithos 326-327, 230-245.
| doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2018.10.038 |
- Teagle DAH, Reece J, Coggon RM, Sylvan JB, Christeson GL, Williams TJ, Estes ER & the Expedition 393 Scientists (2023): Expedition 393 Preliminary Report: South Atlantic Transect 2. College Station, TX: International Ocean Discovery Program.
| doi:10.14379/iodp.pr.393.2023 | - Koepke J, Beier C, Dick HJB, Achten A, Albers E, Becker H, Böhnke M, Bongartz T, Brunelli D, Cheadle M, Codillo E, Engelhardt A, Genske FS, Hanisch M, Hansen C, Klar S, Klein F, Klose M, Mai H, Moreno P-V, Mufanadzo T, Neunz L, Ratmeyer V, Reuter C, Reuter M, Schade T, Schröder M, Tibedu A, Tivey A, Unger-Moreno K, Waag M, Wölki D, Zeh A, Zhou Z (2020): RV Sonne cruise report, Marion Rise, cruise no. SO273, Leibniz University Hanover, 77 pages.
- Fryer P, Wheat GC, Williams T, and the Expedition 366 Scientists (2018): Mariana convergent margin and South Chamorro seamount. Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program 366, College Station, TX: International Ocean Discovery Program.
| doi:10.14379/iodp.pr.366.2018 | - Fryer P, Wheat CG, Williams T, Albers E, Bekins B, Debret BPR, Deng J, Dong Y, Eickenbusch P, Frery EA, Ichiyama Y, Johnson K, Jonston RM, Kevorkian RT, Kurz W, Magalhaes V, Mantovanelli SS, Menapace W, Menzies CD, Michibayashi K, Moyer C, Mullane KK, Park J-W, Price RE, Ryan JG, Shervais JW, Sissmann OJ, Suzuki S, Takai K, Walter B, Zhang R (2018): Expedition 366 summary, in: Fryer P, Wheat CG, Williams T and the Expedition 366 Scientists, Mariana Convergent Margin and South Chamorro Seamount. Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program 366, College Station (TX).
| doi:10.14379/iodp.proc.366.101.2018 | - Fryer P, Wheat GC, Williams T, and the Expedition 366 Scientists (2017): Expedition 366 Preliminary Report: Mariana convergent margin and South Chamorro seamount, International Ocean Discovery Program.
| doi:10.14379/iodp.pr.366.2017 | - Boetius A, Purser A (2017): The expedition PS101 of the Research Vessel POLARSTERN to the Arctic Ocean in 2016. Reports on Polar and Marine Research 706, Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven.
| doi:10.2312/BzPM_0706_2017 |