Dirk Wagner PhD

Prof. Dr. Dirk Wagner was appointed as the new head of Department 3 – Geochemistry. In addition to his current function as department director, Prof. Dr. Dirk Wagner Head of Section 3.7 Geomicrobiology at the Helmholtz Center Potsdam German Research Center for Geosciences GFZ. He teaches geomicrobiology and geobiology at the Institute for Geosciences at the University of Potsdam and also acts as a scientific advisor to the GeoGraduates at the GFZ. Prof. Dr. Wagner succeeds Prof. Dr. Michael Kühn, the head of Section 3.4 Fluid Systems Modeling, who headed the department from 2016 to 2020.

The research work of Department 3 – Geochemistry is carried out in seven sections. Here, geochemical and microbial processes in the Earth system are investigated. The focus is on the fundamental interactions of inorganic, organic, and biogeochemical material cycles and the formation of resources.