since 04/2009	EU 7th framework program “Hotspot Ecosystem Research and Man's Impact on European Seas” HERMIONE
2005 - 2009	EU 6th FP IP “Hotspot ecosystem research on margins of Europe’s seas” HERMES
2005 - 2008	“Methane turnover rates, methane-oxidizing microorganisms and their metabolism” MUMM2

Expeditions

10/2010	RV Maria S. Merian MSM16/2	cold seeps (HMMV); LOOME recovery HERMIONE/ESONET	Barents Sea
07/2010	RV Polarstern ARKXXI-2	“Hausgarten” – arctic deep sea observatory	Artic Sea
11/2009	RV Maria S. Merian MSM 13/4	cold seeps, HERMIONE	Eastern Mediterranean Sea
06/2007	RV Polarstern ARK XXII- 1b	cold seeps (HMMV), MUMM2/HERMES	Barents Sea
02/2007	RV Meteor M72-2	cold seeps, MUMM2, HERMES	Black Sea
11/2006	RV Meteor M70-2	cold seeps, MUMM2/HERMES/MEDIFLUX	Eastern Mediterranean Sea
06/2006	RV Yokosuka YK06-06	cold seeps, MUMM2	Japanese Deep Sea Trench
04/2006	RV Meteor M67-2b	asphalt volcanism, MUMM2	Gulf of Mexico
09/2005	RV Alkor 267	cold seeps, MUMM2 & MarTech	North Sea
05/2005	RV Meteor M64-2	Hydrothermal vents, SPP 1144	South Atlantic