The OceanLab

The OceanLab is a multipurpose research lab facility at Constructor University. It hosts and facilitates inter- and multidisciplinary research, including industry projects, in marine science, technology, high-tech marine biology, oceanography, geochemistry, and geophysics. It houses not only open working space and seminar rooms but also a large test basin, a mechanical workshop, electronic workplaces, and a greenhouse for testing, prototyping, and developing new instruments and tools. The OceanLab is also the base for transdisciplinary research cruise preparations. Undergraduate and graduate students use it for their practical training, research, and thesis work.

Within the OceanLab building, the Geochemistry Lab is located. It is set out for trace metal geochemistry in diverse Earth materials, including rocks, soils, sediments, ores, plant and animal tissues, as well as different types of freshwater and marine waters. A special focus of the analyses is on high-tech metals as resources and emerging contaminants and the role of metal speciation on geochemical reactivity and bioavailability.