Christian Hallman, Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry & University of Bremen, Germany
Biography
Christian Hallmann leads a Max-Planck-Research-Group that is shared between the MPI for Biogeochemistry and the Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM) at the University of Bremen. He studied geology and paleontology at the University of Cologne (1999–2005) and obtained a PhD in applied chemistry from Curtin University in Perth, Australia (2009). Before joining the Max-Planck-Society in 2012, Christian was an Agouron Institute Geobiology Fellow at MIT. His research principally uses methods of molecular and isotopic organic geochemistry to shed more light on the co-evolution of life and environmental conditions on the early Earth.
Motivation for serving the EAG council
Over the past decades, geochemistry has become increasingly interdisciplinary with a continuously growing role of the bio-geosciences. My motivation to join the EAG council is driven by the aspiration to strengthen existing bridges to these sub-disciplines and to foster exchange with the Geobiology-, Astrobiology- and Organic geochemistry-communities. Further aspects of timely relevance include enhancing the visibility of climate change research and its relevance to the broader public through EAG outreach channels, as well as the growing importance of open access publishing, which should be advocated and may be stimulated by emphasizing the visibility and topical breadth of EAG-based media. I hope that a council position will allow me to support these points and contribute to the growth and visibility of our European geochemical community.