Dr. Thomas Kretzschmar

Investigador asociado

Departamento de Geología

Centro de Investigacion Cientificas y de Enseñanza Superior de Ensenada (CICESE)

Ensenada, B.C. México  C.P. 22760

Telephone:  (+52) 646 1750500 ext 26047

e-mail:  tkretzsc@cicese.mx

Education: 

Ph.D., Geology, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany, 1995

Diploma (M.Sc.), Geology, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany, 1989

Vordiploma (B.Sc.), Geology, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany, 1985

Professional Appointments:

2002 – present   Researcher at the Centro de Investigacion Cientificas y de Enseñanza Superior de Ensenada (CICESE) in Ensenada , B.C. Mexico

1999-2002         Professor at Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of the Universidad Autónoma de Cd. Juárez, Chih., Mexico.

1997-1998         Coordinator of ground-water safety in the hydrogeological department of the Junta Municipal de Agua y Saneamiento (Water utilities), in Cd Juarez, Mexico.

1996-1997         Consultant at the UW Company Stuttgart, Germany realizing investigations in the area of mineral and thermal water.

1995                 Consultant at the UW Company Stuttgart, Germany, realizing investigations for the localization, continuation and detailed studies on old waste deposits.

1992-1993         Consultant at the IGI Company, Bad Urach, Germany, realizing investigations for the localization, continuation and detailed studies on old waste deposits.

1991-1995         Organization and guidance of excursions for the study course “Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology of tropical and subtropical regions”.

1990                 Consultant at the V e d e w a Company Stuttgart, Germany, realizing investigations for the localization, continuation and detailed studies on old waste deposits. 

1989-1990         Investigator at the Instituto de Investigaciónes Eléctricas (IIE), Cuernavaca, México, with a research project regarding 13C isotope development at the geothermal field of Los Azufres, Michoacán.

1988                 Student tutor of students form the United States during a geological field camp in the Austrian Alps (Saualpe).

1987                 Practical research trainee at the Epukret Company, Rechberghausen, Germany searching for new ingredients for polymer concrete.

1987                 Participant at an expedition to Pakistan: Geological, hydrogeological and social geographical studies in the region of the "Himalayan Foothills" for the project of the construction of a new Islamic University in the Murree Foothills at the surroundings of de Islamabad, Pakistan.

1986                 Student tutor at the Geological and Paleontological Institute of University at Tübingen

1986                 Trainee at the PREUSSAG Company, Hannover, Germany as a     sampler at deep gas drillings.

1985                 Research assistant under Prof. Holloway at the Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA. Subject: Basalts of the Colorado Plateau; Investigations with the electron microprobe and calculations to determine the formation temperature with the olivine/chromite thermometer.

Selected Publications:

2002     Dirk Schulze-Makuch,  Suresh D. Pillai, Huade Guan, Robert Bowman, Emile Couroux, Frank Hielscher, James Totten, Isabell Y. Espinosa and Thomas Kretzschmar (2002):  Surfactant modified zeolite can protect drinking water wells from viruses and bacteria. EOS, Vol. 83, No.18 p 193, 200-201.

 

2000     Thomas G. Kretzschmar, Dirk Schulze-Makuch and Ignacio S. Torres Alvarado: Hydrochemical development of ground waters in the Tularosa Basin in Southern New Mexico, USA. Extended Abstract submitted for WRI 10. Villasimius, Italy

1999     Thomas G. Kretzschmar and Ignacio S. Torres Alvarado: Hydrochemical characteristics of waters in the bunter sandstone formation, SW-Germany: relation between low and highly mineralized ground waters. Paper submitted to Hydrogeology Journal

1998     Thomas Kretzschmar: Linkage between hydrochemistry and geological cover of ground waters in a Triassic sandstone aquifer (Buntsandstein), SW Germany Water/Rock Interaction Eds. Arehart & Hulston, p. 157-160, Balkema, Rotterdam.

1995     Thomas Kretzschmar & Gerhard Einsele: Chemical evolution of shallow and deep ground waters in a Triassic sandstone aquifer (Buntsandstein), SW-Germany.  Water/Rock Inter­action Eds. Y. Kharaka und O. Chudaev, S 453-457, Balkema,             Rotterdam.

1995     Thomas Kretzschmar: Hydrochemische, petrogra­phi­sche und themodynamische Unter­ suchungen zur Genese tiefer Buntsandsteinwässer in Baden-Württemberg. (Hydro-chemical, petrografic and thermodynamic investigations for determining the genesis of deep waters form the Bunter Sandstone in Baden-Württemberg, Germany). Tübinger Geowissenschaftliche Arbeiten (TGA) Reihe C, 142 S.

Other Significant Publications:

 

1999     Thomas G. Kretzschmar, Gustavo A. Moreno Martínez, Ricardo Sánchez Ybarra and Esequiel Rascón Mendoza: Program for the protection of the ground-water in the urban area of Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua, México. Article for the congress: Contaminated Site Remediation Conference, 1999.

1990     Jörg Loeschke, Thomas Kretzschmar, Vera Langer & Martin Streck: Zur Geologie der         Norischen Decke nordwestlich von Kalwang (Eisenerzer Alpen, Steirische Grauwacken­         zone/Österreich). Jb.Geol. B.-A., Band 133 Heft 2 S.345-363.