Mailing Address:
Dr. Christof Meile
Department of Marine Sciences
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-3636

Office Phone: (706) 542-6549
FAX Number: (706) 542-5888
E-Mail: cmeile@uga.edu
Home Page: http://octopus.marsci.uga.edu

Education:

Ph.D. 2003, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

M.Sc. 1999, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

Dipl. Nat.wiss. 1996, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland

Research Emphasis:

Reactive-Transport Modeling and Biogeochemical Cycling
> Early Diagenesis (Microbial Metabolism, Sediment-Water Exchange Fluxes, Bioturbation and Bioirrigation)
> Heterogeneity and Scaling in Natural Systems (Micromodels, Microbial Mats, Benthic Fauna, Seeps, Land-Ocean Interface)
> Groundwater dynamics at the land-ocean interface

Selected Publications: 

Spiteri, C., Slomp, C.P., Tuncay, K. and Meile, C. (2007): Modeling biogeochemical processes in subterranean estuaries: The effect of flow dynamics and redox conditions on submarine groundwater discharge of nutrients. Water Resources Research, in press.

Pallud, C., Meile, C., Laverman, A.M., Abell, J. and Van Cappellen, P. (2007): The use of flow-through sediment reactors in biogeochemical kinetics: Methodology and examples of applications. Marine Chemistry 106, 256-271, doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2006.12.011.

Meile, C., and Tuncay, K. (2006): Scale dependence of reaction rates in porous media. Advances in Water Resources 29: 62-71, doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2005.05.007

Meile, C., and Van Cappellen, P. (2005): Particle age distribution and O2 exposure time: Time scales in bioturbated sediments. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 19: GB3013, doi:10.1029/2004GB002371.

Meile, C., Berg, P., Van Cappellen, P. and Tuncay, K. (2005): Solute-specific pore water irrigation: Implications for chemical cycling in early diagenesis. Journal of Marine Research 63(3), 601-621.

Meile, C., and Van Cappellen, P. (2003): Global estimates of enhanced solute transport in marine sediments. Limnology and Oceanography 48(2), 777-786.

Koretsky, C., Meile, C. and Van Cappellen, P. (2002): Quantification of bioirrigation using ecological data: A stochastic approach. Geochemical Transactions 3, 17-30.

Meile, C., Koretsky, C., Van Cappellen P. (2001) Quantifying bioirrigation in aquatic sediments - An inverse approach. Limnology and Oceanography 46(1), 164-177.