- E-mailsamuel.pereira@uib.no
- Phone+47 920 76 974
- Visitor AddressAllégaten 41Realfagbygget5007 BergenRoom4D14d - 4140
- Postal AddressPostboks 78035020 Bergen
My research aims at understanding fluid-microbe interactions. I'm interested in the formation of organic molecules as a result of pyrolysis of microbial biomass (Archaeal and Bacterial) under various hydrothermal conditions using the Dickson-type flexible-cell high temperature-pressure reactors.
My work also includes understanding the formation and interactions of various organic compounds and nutrients in natural hydrothermal systems and their role on microbial metabolism.
I am also interested in understanding the effects of fluid-rock interactions, magma degassing, sub-surface cooling and mixing of seawater on hydrothermal fluids using fluid geochemistry and thermodynamic modelling. I'm based at the Department of Earth Sciences and the Centre for Deep Sea Research .
Expeditions:
2021 HACON21 ► R/V Kronprins Haakon/ROV Aurora(REV Ocean) ►Gakkel Ridge: Aurora vent field
2019 GS19 ► R/V GO Sars/ROV Ægir ►Arctic Mid-Oceanic ridge: 73°N Vent Site
2019 PS119 ► R/V Polarstern/ROV Quest 4000m ► East Scotia ridge and South Sandwich island arc
2018 M149 ► R/V Meteor/MeBo-70 ► Gulf of Cadiz
Curriculum Vitae
- 08/2021-present: PhD Research Fellow, University of Bergen.
- 10/2017-01/2021: MSc Marine Geosciences, University of Bremen, Germany. Thesis: Geochemical investigations of hydrothermal fluids from the South Sandiwch island arc, Southern Ocean.
- 07/2014-07/2021: BSc Geology, St Xavier's College, University of Mumbai, India.
- 2021
Expedition HACON21 blog
Article in Aftenposten (The search for the origin of life) about NFR project HyPOD.
- 2020
Expedition PS119 (Into the Deep) blog post in Google Arts and Culture
- (2022). Sulfur formation associated with coexisting sulfide minerals in the Kemp Caldera hydrothermal system, Scotia Sea. Chemical Geology.
- (2022). Geochemistry of hydrothermal fluids from the E2-segment of the East Scotia Ridge: Magmatic input, reaction zone processes, fluid mixing regimes and bioenergetic landscapes. Frontiers in Marine Science.
- (2022). Elemental sulfur formation in the Kemp Caldera hydrothermal system, Scotia Sea. EGU General Assembly.
More information in national current research information system (CRIStin)
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
[2] Kürzinger, V., Bach, W., Diehl, A., Pereira, S.I., Strauss, H. and Bohrmann, G., (2022). Sulfur formation associated with coexisting sulfide minerals in the Kemp Caldera hydrothermal system, Scotia Sea. Chemical Geology, p.120927. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2022.120927
[1] Pereira, S.I., Diehl, A., McDermott, J.M., Pape, T., Klose, L., Strauss, H., Bohrmann, G. and Bach, W (2022). Geochemistry of hydrothermal fluids from the E2-segment of the East Scotia Ridge: Magmatic input, reaction zone processes, fluid mixing regimes and bioenergetic landscapes. Frontiers in Marine Science. DOI:https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.765648
HACON (FRINATEK)
E.Ramirez (PI/NIVA-REV OCEAN)
HyPOD (FRINATEK)
E.P. Reeves (PI/UiB), I.H. Steen (UiB), F. Schubotz (Uni. Bremen), T.Dittmar (ICBM/MPI)
Sandwich Venting II (BMBF/ DFG)
G. Bohrmann (Uni Bremen), W. Bach (Uni Bremen), A. Diehl (Uni Bremen)
- Advanced Ion Chromatography (HPIC with CD and ED)
I work with the Dionex ICS 5000 to analyse anions (F, Cl, Br, SO4, NO3 and PO4), cations (NH4) and carboxylic acids (formate, acetate, propionate, butyrate, valerate and caproate) using conductivity detection. I also have a working method set up to analyse amino acids using electrochemical detection.
- Cultivation of extremophile microbes
My work involves working with mesophilic sulphur oxidizing bacteria's and hyperthermophilic methanogens under anaerobic conditions. I'm currently working on cultures of Sulfurovum riftiae and Methanocaldococcus villosus.