Kai-Uwe Hinrichs

Kai-Uwe Hinrichs is a German biogeochemist and organic geochemist known for his research of microbial life below the ocean bed - the deep biosphere.

He earned his PhD in organic geochemistry from University of Oldenburg in Germany in 1997.[1] He currently teaches and conducts research at University of Bremen as head, Organic Chemistry Group at the MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences.[1] Hinrichs was co-chief scientist of Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) Expedition 337 onboard the drilling vessel Chikyū, which set a world record for scientific drilling, reaching 2,111 meters below the seafloor off Shimokita Peninsula of Japan in the northwest Pacific Ocean.[2] Hinrichs serves on the Executive Committee of the Deep Carbon Observatory. Since 2011, Hinrichs has been a member of the Board of Reviewing Editors of Science (journal).[3]

Honors

In 2011, Hinrichs was awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.[4] Hinrichs is also a two-times recipient of the Advanced Grant by the European Research Council (DARCLIFE project, 2009 competition;[5] ZooMecular project, 2014 competition[6]).

References

  1. 1 2 "MARUM Prof. Dr. Kai-Uwe Hinrichs".
  2. ↑ "Chikyu Sets a New World Drilling-Depth Record of Scientific Ocean Drilling".
  3. ↑ "Editors and Editorial Boards".
  4. ↑ "University Professor Kai-Uwe Hinrichs is Awarded the Leibniz Prize".
  5. ↑ "ERC funded projects".
  6. ↑ "ERC funded projects".
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