Steven Mueller PhD Candidate
Post address
Department of Geosciences
Box 1047 Blindern
0316 Oslo
Norway
Visiting address
Geologibygningen
Room 310
Sem Saelands vei 1
0371 Oslo
Norway
EDUCATION
2012 – 2016
Ph.D. Research Fellow in Geosciences, University of Oslo, Norway
Topic: “Environmental changes during the Norian (216-203 Ma) biotic crises: a palynological approach”, supervised by W. Kürschner (University Oslo)
2011 – 2012
M.Sc. Integrated Petroleum Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Thesis: “Heavy mineral stratigraphy of the Upper Clair Group in the Clair Field, west of Shetland”, A. Morton (HM Research), A. Hurst (University Aberdeen), A. Robertson (BP)
2009 – 2011
M.Sc. Sediment- and Isotope Geology/ Paleontology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Thesis: “Palynofacies and organic matter characterization of non-marine Berriasian sediments, northwest-Germany”, J. Mutterlose (University Bochum), W. Kürschner (Utrecht University), B. Heins (ExxonMobil)
Sep 2010 – Jan 2011
Erasmus exchange with Utrecht University, the Netherlands
M.Sc. Program Environmental Biology/Palynology
2006 – 2009
B.Sc. Geosciences, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Thesis: “Organic Geochemistry and formation conditions of Berriasian aged Sediments from northwest Germany”, J. Mutterlose (University Bochum), C. Ostertag-Henning (BGR, Hanover)
RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
2012 – 2016
University Oslo, Research Fellow
Teaching assistant for M.Sc. lectures ‘Depositional environments and biostratigraphy’ and ‘General Micropaleontology’
Apr 2009 – Sep 2011
Ruhr-University Bochum, chair for paleontology, student assistant
Paleontological sample preparation (foraminifera, ostracods and calcareous nannofossils); lab work (Ccarb and TOC measurement; decarbonatization for C and O isotopic value measurement); sample storing; field trip assistance; laboratory practicum supervision; training of new research assistants into the lab methods
INTERNSHIPS
Aug 2008
Federal Institute for Geoscience and Natural Material (BGR) in Hannover, Germany
Department for Organic Geochemistry/Hydrocarbon research where I used LECO (S&C) & Rock-Eval to investigate organic material and determined the source rock potential
Jul 2008 – Aug 2008
GeoTec Albrecht (Herne, Germany), Engineering office
Engineering- and hydrogeology, inherited waste removal, interpretation of geological maps
Mar 2008 – Apr 2008
Daldrup & Sons (Ascheberg, Germany), Deep drilling company
Drilling till 1800 m; take cuttings, archive, rock response, drill pipe integration/extension
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
Memberships
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Conferences
2012: AAPG annual meeting, Long Beach, California, USA
2008: 26th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology, Ruhr-University Bochum
Further Courses
Aberdeen Formation Evaluation Society, poster: “Heavy Mineral stratigraphy of the Clair Field” (Oct 2012)
Course: Sedimentary Rocks and Facies, University Stuttgart (Oct 2009)
Course: Diagenesis of Sedimentary Rocks, University Stuttgart (Oct 2009)
Course: Organic Geochemistry in Oil and Gas Exploration, University Göttingen (Mar 2009)
Poster seminar University Bochum: “Shale Gas” (Jan 2009)
Referees available on request