Marcel Regelous

Dr. Marcel Regelous serves as Research Associate and Privatdozent (PD) at the Chair of Endogenous Geodynamics within the GeoZentrum Nordbayern (GeoCenter Northern Bavaria) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). He additionally holds critical operational roles as Laboratory Manager for multiple advanced analytical facilities including clean rooms, inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometers, thermal ionization mass spectrometers, and MC-ICP-MS laboratory, while also serving as Safety Officer for the GeoZentrum.

His research spans multiple interconnected domains of Earth and planetary sciences, with primary focus on the chemical evolution of Earth's mantle and crust, igneous petrogenesis, cosmochemistry of the early solar system, and meteorite petrology. Dr. Regelous employs cutting-edge microanalytical techniques including electron microprobe and laser-ablation ICP-MS to examine chemical compositions of volcanic glasses and other geological materials, avoiding complications from hydrothermal alteration that affect bulk rock analyses.

Analysis of his publication record reveals significant contributions to understanding mantle melting processes at spreading ridges, the formation mechanisms of ophiolites like the Troodos Ophiolite of Cyprus, continental insulation effects on mantle temperatures following rifting, and nickel isotope heterogeneity in the early Solar System. His work demonstrates expertise in correlating abyssal peridotite and mid-ocean ridge basalt compositions, subduction zone element transport mechanisms, and the links between flood basalt magmatism and paleoclimate.

Dr. Regelous maintains extensive collaborative networks across international research institutions, with co-authorship on numerous high-impact publications in journals including Nature Geoscience, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, and Chemical Geology. His laboratory facilities support not only his own research but also that of students and collaborators across multiple disciplines of geoscience.