CAGE, Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate

Tag: Visiting researchers

  • New guest student at CAGE

    New guest student at CAGE

    Russian PhD candidate Pavel Serov will be spending the next year as part of the CAGE research team.

    Pavel (pictured below) is a student at the Faculty of Geology at Saint-Petersburg State University. Centre director Jurgen Mienert will be his supervisor during his stay at CAGE, and he will be part of the research group ‘Sub seabed reservoirs’.

    Gas release and permafrostPavel Serov

    Here he will analyse the seabed fluid flow in the South Kara Sea, using geochemical data collected at a research cruise this summer. His goal is to provide new data on the concentrations, composition and origin of gases in sediments and bottom water, and try to specify the relationships between the areas of thawing permafrost and enhanced gas release in this area.

    Pavel is looking forward to spending a year of his PhD studies at a Norwegian Centre of Excellence.

    “I feel good about the atmosphere here, and my new colleagues”, he says.

    – Cold and beautiful

    Pavel has never been in Tromsø before, but is happy with the city.

    “It is very small compared to St. Petersburg, where I come from, but it’s very nice and the landscapes are beautiful”, he says.

    He is however used to the cold climate, and is hoping to get some time for his favourite hobby – snowboarding – whilst living in Northern Norway.

  • – A unique opportunity

    – A unique opportunity

    Joel Johnson looks forward to spending a year as visiting professor at CAGE.

    Joel JohnsonJoel (pictured right) is an associate professor of geology at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) in the US, and is spending the next year on sabbatical leave in Tromsø.

    “When I received the advertisement for positions at CAGE I was immediately motivated to inquire about a possible sabbatical position,” Joel says.

    Long experience with gas hydrate research

    Joel’s research expertise is within marine geology and geophysics, and he has been studying continental margin turbidite and gas hydrate systems since 1999.

    He has plenty of experience from drilling and research expeditions, and has also developed a course on shipboard sedimentology for the IODP, which was taught for the first time last year.

    – Impressive research group

    At CAGE Joel will work across two research groups: ‘Sub seabed: The role of ice ages for fluid flow and methane hydrate’ and ‘Paleo-methane history through the Neogene-Pleistocene’.

    He is looking forward to continue this research in Tromsø, and describes his colleagues at UiT as an impressive research group with broad experience.

    “I wish to capitalize on the opportunity to discuss gas hydrate science with a large hydrate specific research group”, he says, and adds: “This is a very unique and wonderful opportunity to make significant advancements in our field.”