Dr. Thomas Blattmann
Dr. Thomas Blattmann
Staff of Professorship for Biogeosciences
Additional information
Research area
Interactions between organic matter and minerals play key roles in myriad biogeochemical processes. I am particularly interested in relationships between natural organic matter and mineral surfaces from a range of perspectives using both mineralogical and organic geochemical tools. My research seeks to answer fundamental questions centered on Earth's carbon cycle and tackle the most exciting and pressing problems of our time. Climate change is upon us with increasing frequency of weather extremes and rising sea levels. At the same time, we are increasingly exploring beyond our own planet and asking ourselves how life even started.
Professional experience
Starting August 2025: Nanyang Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2021-present: Scientific Collaborator (Researcher/Laboratory Manager) at Biogeoscience Group, ETH Zürich
2019-2021: Young Research Fellow at Biogeochemistry Research Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
2014-2018: Doctoral research at Biogeoscience Group, ETH Zürich
Education
2019 Dr. sc. ETH Zürich in Earth Sciences
2013 MSc ETH Zürich in Earth Sciences
2011 BSc ETH Zürich in Earth Sciences
Teaching
https://tube.switch.ch/videos/Toyt0bbJsF
Selected publications
Blattmann, T.M., and Plötze, M.: BET-based mineral surface area quantification comparing nitrogen with water, Applied Clay Science, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2024.107477
Blattmann, T.M.: Ideas and perspectives: Emerging contours of a dynamic exogenous kerogen cycle. Biogeosciences, 2022. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-359-2022
Blattmann, T.M., Liu, Z., Zhang, Y., Zhao, Y., Haghipour, N., Montluçon, D.B., Plötze, M., and Eglinton, T.I.: Mineralogical control on the fate of continentally derived organic matter in the ocean. Science, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aax5345
Honours
| Year | Distinction |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Silver Medal |
Additional information
Earth, Isotopes and Organics
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Online profiles
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7052-7922