Curriculum Vitae

2023-heute: Forscher und Dozent
2020-2023: Ph.D. student, Economic Geology group, Institute of Applied Geosciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany.
Project: “The actively forming sulfide mineralization in the Kolumbo volcano: source of metals in shallow marine magmatic-hydrothermal systems” https://egg.agw.kit.edu/english/65_286.php
2019-2020: Research assistant, Economic Geology group, Institute of Applied Geosciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany.
Project: “Typical and atypical orogenic Au deposits of the Pohjanmaa Belt, south-western Finland: deposit model and potential Co-source” https://egg.agw.kit.edu/english/65_286.php
2016-2018: Economic Geology studies (M.Sc) at the University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. Thesis : “Study of unconformity-type uranium deposits of the Athabasca basin, Saskatchewan, Canada”
2014-2016: Earth Sciences studies (B.Sc.) at the University of Lorraine, Nancy, France. Thesis : “Le Chipal : La carrière,de marbre” – Petrologic study of an old marble quarry in the Vosges mountain range, France (2017).

Research activities

Study of multi-stage mineralization in orogenic gold deposits and enrichment in atypical metals (Cu, Co, Ni). Focus on the mineralization timing, metal sources and development of a deposit model. Work area: Pohjanmaa Belt, south-western Finland.
Study of actively forming sulfide deposit in a marine magmatic-hydrothermal system. Considering the system from source to sink, to better understand the fate of the metals in these complex and dynamic environments.

Publications

Hydrothermal co-enrichment of Au, As, Co, and Cu in orogenic deposits: insights from the Pohjanmaa belt
Araujo Silva, A. de; Hector, S.; Patten, C.; Beranoaguirre, A.; Eiche, E.; Walter, B. F.; Kolb, J.
2026. Mineralium Deposita, 61 (1), 91–115. doi:10.1007/s00126-025-01380-w

Duration of isobaric heating and slab rollback in the Aegean extensional province, Eastern Mediterranean: Evidence from garnet diffusion modelling
Peillod, A.; Hess, B.; Moulas, E.; Hector, S.; Patten, C. G. C.; Beranoaguirre, A.; Ring, U.
2025. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 663, 119409. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119409

Unravel subseafloor hydrothermal leaching and magmatic degassing during chimney formation at Kolumbo volcano
Hector, S.; Ahmad, Q.; Patten, C. G. C.; Chiaradia, M.; Nomikou, P.; Kilias, S.; Peillod, A.; Wagner, S.; Kolb, J.
2025. Scientific Reports, 15 (1), 14673. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-99586-5

Transfer of sulfur and chalcophile metals via sulfide-volatile compound drops in the Christiana-Santorini-Kolumbo volcanic field
Patten, C. G. C.; Hector, S.; Kilias, S.; Ulrich, M.; Peillod, A.; Beranoaguirre, A.; Nomikou, P.; Eiche, E.; Kolb, J.
2024. Nature Communications, 15 (1), Art.-Nr.: 4968. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-48656-9

The historical Corrente gold deposit, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Geological characteristics and a reconnaissance study of nugget effect
Cabral, A. R.; da Costa, M. A.; Oliveira, L.; Hector, S.; Zeh, A.; Martins, M. de S.; Moura, P.; Silva, M.; Nazareth, L. P. T.; Silva, L. C. da; Amorim, L. E. D.; Kwitko-Ribeiro, R.; Araújo, G. D. S.; Baeta, V. A. D.; Lemos, T. de C.; Porto, J. V. E.; Ribeiro Jr, N. F.; Soares, M. L. F.; Waughan, G. D.
2024. Applied Earth Science: Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy. doi:10.1177/25726838241249369

Magmatic evolution of the Kolumbo submarine volcano and its implication to seafloor massive sulfide formation
Hector, S.; Patten, C. G. C.; Beranoaguirre, A.; Lanari, P.; Kilias, S.; Nomikou, P.; Peillod, A.; Eiche, E.; Kolb, J.
2024. Mineralium Deposita, 59 (6), 1229–1248. doi:10.1007/s00126-024-01262-7

Gold mobility in the crust: From source to ore deposit formation. Dissertation
Hector, S.
2024, Januar 15. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000167224

Disruption of a high‐pressure unit during exhumation: Example of the Cycladic Blueschist unit (Thera, Ios and Naxos islands, Greece)
Peillod, A.; Patten, C. G. C.; Drüppel, K.; Beranoaguirre, A.; Zeh, A.; Gudelius, D.; Hector, S.; Majka, J.; Kleine-Marshall, B. I.; Karlson, A.; Gerdes, A.; Kolb, J.
2024. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 42 (2), 225–255. doi:10.1111/jmg.12753

Improved whole rock low detection limit gold analysis by LA-ICP-MS utilizing pressed-powder-pellets
Patten, C. G. C.; Beranoaguirre, A.; Hector, S.; Gudelius, D.; Kolb, J.; Eiche, E.
2023. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 488, Article no: 117039. doi:10.1016/j.ijms.2023.117039

Orogenic Au deposits with atypical metal association (Cu, Co, Ni): insights from the Pohjanmaa Belt, western Finland
Hector, S.; G. C. Patten, C.; Kolb, J.; Araujo Silva, A. de; Walter, B. F.; Molnár, F.
2023. Ore Geology Reviews, Art.-Nr.: 105326. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2023.105326

Multi-source and multi-stage metal mobilization during the tectonic evolution of the Central Lapland Greenstone Belt, Finland: implications for the formation of orogenic Au deposits
Patten, C. G. C.; Molnár, F.; Pitcairn, I. K.; Kolb, J.; Mertanen, S.; Hector, S.
2022. Mineralium Deposita, 58 (3), 461–488. doi:10.1007/s00126-022-01133-z