Contributors

At five institutions across Germany, many scientists from very different disciplines are working on research topics related to geothermal energy.

Karlsruhe Institute for Technology

The project team at KIT coordinates the GeoLaB project and contributes to geothermal research in GeoLaB with its knowledge from various specialist disciplines.

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Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences (GFZ)

The GFZ specialises in research into the solid Earth. GFZ scientists contribute their knowledge of geosciences and drilling technology to GeoLaB.

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)

The UFZ is developing the ‘Virtual GeoLaB’, a so-called digital twin of the real research laboratory in the virtual world.

Technical University of Darmstadt

TU Darmstadt contributes regional geoscientific knowledge to the Tromm region. The scientists involved are mainly concerned with the occurrence, movement and quality of groundwater.

Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerung

In the GeoLaB project, the Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (BGE) wants to learn what challenges need to be overcome in the construction of underground facilities and how modern technical solutions can help.

The BGE's involvement in GeoLaB ends with the commissioning of the research laboratory. No repository will be built at the actual GeoLaB site. The legally regulated selection process for a disposal site will proceed independently of the BGE's basic research with GeoLaB.

Contributing Persons

  • Dr. Bastian Rudolph

    KIT - Projekt Lead

  • Prof. Dr. Thomas Kohl

    KIT - Coordinator

  • Prof. Dr. Ingo Sass

    GFZ - Spokesperson Sciences
    TU Darmstadt - Applied Geothermal Energy

  • Prof. Dr. Olaf Kolditz

    UFZ - Virtual GeoLaB, Environmental Informatics

  • Dr. Judith Bremer

    KIT - Speaker of Communications
    Contact Person

  • Dr. Karsten Rink

    UFZ - Speaker Digital GeoLaB

  • Dr. Fiorenza Deon

    GFZ - Co-Speaker Planning and Exploration

  • Said Kamrani-Mehni

    GFZ - Head of Exploration Drilling

  • Nicolas Neuwirth

    KIT - Project office

  • Karine Marchand

    KIT - Administration

  • Dr. Nadine Haaf

    KIT - Geophysics

  • GeoLaB Team

    GeoLaB-Team from BGE with (from left to right) PD Dr. Wolfram Rühaak, Otto Christopeit, Dr. Melissa Perner, Dagmar Dehmer, Prof. Dr. Jürgen-Heinz Schamp, Thora Schubert

  • Dr. Katharina Schätzler

    KIT - Head of Communications (until August 2025)

  • Prof. Dr. Eva Schill

    Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Kalifornien, USA; until April 2024: KIT - Projekt Lead