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

Gold mobility in subduction zones, the slab perspective
Patten, C. G. C.; Peillod, A.; Hector, S.; Kleine-Marshall, B. I.; Beranoaguirre, A.; Bilau, A.; Drüppel, K.; Walters, J. B.; Pitcairn, I.; Ring, U.; Skelton, A.; Kolb, J.
2026. Communications Earth & Environment. doi:10.1038/s43247-026-03653-2

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