Biografie

since 2010

Post Doc at Potsdam University, Institute for Earth and Environmental Sciences, Geomicrobiology Group

2009 - 2010

Researcher at Potsdam University, Institute for Earth and Environmental Sciences, Geomicrobiology Group

2006 - 2009

PhD Student at GFZ Potsdam and TU Berlin, Organic Geochemistry

2005 - 2006

Freelancer at DUDEN-PAETEC Publishing Company, editorial department for Chemistry and Biology

2004 - 2005

Researcher at Humboldt University of Berlin, Organic Chemistry

2003 - 2004

Researcher at potsdam University, Organic Chemistry

2003

Diploma in Organic Chemistry

1998 - 2003

Chemistry Studies, Humboldt University of Berlin

Forschung

Scientific intetests:

# Deep Biosphere - Life under extreme conditions
# Microbial processes in the sub-surface
# Sedimentary macromolecular organic matter - chemical constitution and maturation processes
# Sedimentary macromolecualr organic matter - carbon and energy source for the Deep Biosphere
 

Running projects:

Structural alteration of mature organic-rich shales during chemical degradation - Insights into gas shale fabrices (Funding: Industry, GASH - Gas Shales in Europe).

Leaching of low molecular weight organic acids from coals by CO₂/H₂O at different temperatures and pressures (Funding: BMBF, GeoEn).

 Microbial processes in the saline, alkaline Lake Van, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey (Funding: DFG, ICDP Project PALEOVAN).

IODP Expedition 337 - Deep Coalbed Biosphere off Shimokita, Japan (Funding: ECORD/IODP).
Expedition postponed to 2012

Finished projects:

Lignites and coals from the New Zealand Coal Band as feedstock for deep microbial life   (Funding: Helmholtz Assiciation, DEBITS - Deep Biosphere In Terrestrial Systems).

Expeditions/Drilling Campaigns

# IODP Expedition 337 - Deep coalbed biosphere off Shimokita, Japan, D/V Chikyu (July - September 2012)
# ICDP Expedition 5034 - Lake Van, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey (June - August 2010)
# Shallow coring of pockmarkes in the southwestern Barents Sea, MS H.U. Sverdrup II (November 2009)

Scholarships

# IODP Expedition Felowship for participation at Exp. 337 (IODP Germany / BGR, July - September 2012)
# DAAD conference travel scholarship (IMOG 2011, Interlaaken, Switzerland)

Publikationen

ARTICLE (ISI)

Sauer, P., Glombitza, C., Kallmeyer J., 2012. A system for incubations at high gas partial pressure. Frontiers in Microbiology 3, 25, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00025.

Glombitza, C., Mangelsdorf K., Horsfield B., 2011. Structural insights from boron tribromide ether cleavage into lignites and low maturity coals from the New Zealand Coal Band. Organic Geochemistry, 42, 3, 228-236.

Glombitza, C., Mangelsdorf K., Horsfield B., 2009. Maturation related changes in the distribution of ester bound fatty acids and alcohols in a coal series from the New Zealand Coal Band covering diagenetic to catagenetic coalification levels. Organic Geochemistry, 40, 10, 1063-1073.

Glombitza, C., Mangelsdorf, K., Horsfield, B., 2009. A novel procedure to detect low molecular weight compounds released by alkaline ester cleavage from low matureity coals to assess its feedstock potential for deep microbial life. Organic Geochemistry, 40, 2, 175-183.

Wessig, P., Glombitza, C., Müller, G., Teubner, J. 2004. Photochemical Preparation of Highly  Functionalized 1-Indanones. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 69, 7582.

THESIS

Glombitza, C., 2010. New Zealand Coals - A Potential Feedstock for Deep Microbial Life., PhD Thesis, Technical University Berlin. 

Glombitza, C., 2003. Photochemische Synthese subsituierter 1-Indanone. Diploma-Thesis, The Humboldt University of Berlin.

CONFERENCES

Kallmeyer, J., Glombitza C., 2012. Microbial activity and abundance in sediments of Lake Van (Eastern Analtolia, Turkey) - ICDP Expedition 5034. European Geosciences Union General Assembly - EGU (Vienna, Austria, 22.04.-27.04.2012).

Sauer, P., Glombitza, C., Kallmeyer, J., 2012. Leaching of organic acids from macromolecular organic matter by non-supercritical CO2. European Geosciences Union General Assembly - EGU (Vienna, Austria, 22.04.-27.04.2012).

Mangelsdorf, K., Glombitza, C., Vieth, A., Vu, T.A.T., Horsfield, B., 2012. Maturation related release of potential substrates from coals for deep microbial ecosystems. The deep-sea & sub-seafloror frontiers conference (Sitges (Barcelona), Spain, 11.03.-14.03.2012).

Glombitza, C., Bernard, S., Mangelsdorf, K., Schreiber, A., Steffens M., Kögel-Knabner, I., Horsfiel, B., 2012. New insights into gas shale fabrics using selective chemical degradation combined with STXM. 3rd EAGE Shale Workshop (Barcelona, Spain, 23.01.-25.01.2012).

Glombitza, C., Kallmeyer J., 2011. Microbial activity and abundance in sediments of Lake Van (Turkey), first results from ICDP Project PALEOVAN. 25th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry - IMOG (Interlaken, Swizerland, 18.09.-23.09.2011).

Mangelsdorf, K., Glombitza, C., Vieth, A., Vu, T.T.A., Kallmeyer, J., Zink, K.-G., Sykes, R., Parkes, R.J., Fry, J., Horsfield, B. 2011. Microbial communities associated to deep subsurface coal layers: A review of the DEBITS project. 25th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry - IMOG (Interlaken, Swizerland, 18.09.-23.09.2011).

Glombitza, C., Kallmeyer J., 2011. Sulfate reduction and microbial abundance in saline, alkaline Lake Van (Turkey). Mineralogical Magazine, 75, 922. (Goldschmidt 2011 - Prague, 14.08.-19.08.2011)

Sauer, P., Glombitza, C., Kallmeyer J., 2011. Effects of non-supercritical CO₂ on leaching of potential microbial substrates from macromolecular organic matter. Goldschmidt 2011 (Prague, 14.08.-19.08.2011)

Mangelsdorf, K., Glombitza, C., Vieth, A., Vu, T.A.T ; Horsfield, B. 2011. New Zealand coals: A Feedstock for Deep Microbial Ecosystems.  European Geosciences Union General Assembly - EGU (Vienna, Austria, 03.04.-08.04.2011), Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU2011-9789

Glombitza, C., Kallmeyer J., 2011. Microbial activity and abundance in sediments of Lake Van (Turkey), first results from ICDP Project PALEOVAN. IODP/ICDP Kolloquium (Münster, Germany, 14.03.-16.03.2011), Book of Abstracts, 67.

Nickel, J., Glombitza, C., Kallmeyer, J., Mangelsdorf, K., Stoddart, D., 2010. Microbial activity in the south-western Barents Sea., Norwegian Meeting on Organic Geochemistry - NMOG (Oslo, Norway, 08.09.-10.09.2010).

Glombitza, C., Mangelsdorf, K., Vieth, A., Sykes, R., Horsfield, B., 2009. Low mature coals as potential feedstock for deep microbial life. 24th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry - IMOG (Bremen, Germany, 06.09.-11.09.2009), Book of Abstracts, 103.

Glombitza, C., Mangelsdorf, K., Horsfield, B., 2008. Alkaline ester cleavage to examine the feedstock potential of low mature coals for deep microbial populations. European Geosciences Union General Assembly - EGU (Vienna, Austria, 13.04.-18.04.2008), Geophysical Research Abstracts, 10, EGU2008-A-07643.

Glombitza, C., Mangelsdorf, K., Horsfield, B., 2007. Investigation of the structural composition of sedimentary organic matter to assess its feedstock potential for deep microbial populations. 23rd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry - IMOG (Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom, 09.09.-14.09.2007), Book of Abstracts, 439-440.

INVITED TALKS

Organic matter bound low molecular weight organic acids: Potential feedstock for a coal associated deep biosphere. 11.01.2012 Center for Geomicrobiology, Aarhus University, Denmark.