Nicolaj Mahlstedt

Nicolaj Mahlstedt joined GEOS4 in 2013 as Petroleum System Analyst and he is also active as Postdoc in Organic Geochemistry at GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany.

He studied Applied Geosciences and holds a diploma and Ph.D. from the Technical University of Berlin. He conducted his Ph.D. within the GFZ – Industry-Partnership-Program investigating High Temperature Methane (HiTMe) generating processes, a topic having immediate application in both conventional and unconventional gas plays. He works for the research project Gas Shales in Europe (GASH), and supervises various Master and Ph.D. candidates. His major scientific interests include petroleum system analysis, oil and gas retention processes, compositional kinetic modelling and the development of geochemical screening tools. 

Contact me: mahlstedt@geos4.com

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