Dr. Leonardo Tamborrino

Gruppe:	Marine Geotechnics
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Scientific Profile

Biosketch

Leonardo Tamborrino is a marine geoscientist with a PhD in Marine Geosciences from MARUM - University of Bremen. His research focuses on marine sedimentology, carbonate systems, and the reconstruction of past environmental and oceanographic conditions, with particular emphasis on cold-water coral mounds. He has participated in several international research expeditions, including IODP Expedition 390/393. Leonardo’s background spans academic research, offshore geophysics, and applied marine data management, bridging fundamental science with operational and societal applications. Since January 2026, Leonardo is the Mission Manager of the DAM mission mareXtreme.

Research Interest and Experience

- marine geohazards

- seafloor intelligence through geophysical and optical mapping tools

- spatial and temporal development of cold-water coral mounds

- underwater technology for seafloor mapping

- offshore energy site characterization and seafloor habitat mapping/monitoring

- cold seeps, mud volcanism and related geobiological processes

- subseafloor characterization and sediment coring

Scientific fieldwork

04-06.2022	IODP Exp. 390 (Joides Resolution) South Atlantic Transect (Chief Scientists: Dr. R. Coggon, Prof. J. Silvan)
10-11.2020	M167 RV METEOR cruise "Long-term monitoring of fluid and solid emissions at the African-Eurasian tectonic boundary in the ALBOran Sea and the Gulf of CAdiz (ALBOCA II)" (Chief Scientist: Dr. W. Menapace)
10.2018	M151 RV METEOR cruise "Atlantic Thermocline Ocean and Ecosystems Dynamic during Natural Climate Change (ATHENA)" (Chief scientist: Prof. N. Frank)
04.2017	PS105 Echosounding training cruise on board of *RV Polarstern*
03.2016	Alkaline Lakes in the Kenyan Rift Valley (ERC-PROMETHEUS, Prof. J.M. Garzia-Ruiz)
01.2016	Dallol, Ethiopia, Documentary "Dallol, aux frontiers de la vie" expedition" (Group leader: O. Grunewald)
11-12.2014	M112 RV METEOR cruise "Dynamic of Mud Volcanoes and Seeps in the Calabrian Accretionary Prism, Ionian Sea" (Chief Scientist: Prof. G. Bohrmann)

Curriculum vitae

Since 01.2026	Mission Manager at mareXtreme at MARUM-University of Bremen in the Marine Geotechnics group
01.2024-12.2025	Geospatial Product Owner at PlanBlue (Bremen, Germany)
03.2021-12.2023	Offshore Geophysicist at Green Rebel (Cork, Ireland)
10.2016-09.2022	Ph.D. student at MARUM-University of Bremen in the Marine Sedimentology group
09.2015-07.2016	Predoctoral researcher at CSIC-Istituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Terra (Granada, Spain)
04.2014-10.2014	Grant holder at CIRCe-Dept. of Geosciences, University of Padova (Italy)
11.2011-02.2014	M.Sc. in Geological Sciences & Technologies at University of Modena (Italy)
04.2013-07.2013	Erasmus Placement at MARUM-University of Bremen in the Marine Geology group
09.2008-09.2011	B.Sc. in Geological Sciences at University of Modena (Italy)
2.2010-06.2010	Erasmus at Faculty for the Built Environment, Univerisity of Malta (Malta)

Publications, reports and conference papers

Coggon, R.M., Carter, E.J., Grant, L.J.C., Evans A. D., Lowery C.M., Teagle D.A.H., Kempton P.D., Cooper M.J., Routledge C.M., Albers E., Estep J., Christeson G.L., Harris M., Belgrano T.M., Sylvan J.B., Reece J. S., Estes E.R., Williams T. and the South Atlantic Transect IODP Expedition 390 & 393 Scientists, 2025. A geological carbon cycle sink hosted by ocean crust talus breccias. Nature Geosciences, 18, 1279-1286.

Jin X., Ma X., Dinarès-Turell J., Jiang X., Ma W., Du J., Liu F., Liu C., and the South Atlantic Transect IODP Expeditions 390 & 393 Scientists, 2025. The late Miocene ocean carbon cycle changes: New evidence from the South Atlantic IODP Expeditions. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 40:5, p. e2024PA005028.

Shchepetkina A., Moal-Darrigade P., Williams T., and the South Atlantic Transect IODP Expedition 390 & 393 Scientists, 2024. Estimating CaCO3 Content Based on Natural Gamma Ray (NGR) in Deep-Ocean Sediment Cores. Stratigraphy 21:3, p. 225-242.

Coggon, R.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Sylvan, J.B., Reece, J., Estes, E.R., Williams, T.J., Christeson, G.L., and the Expedition 390/393 Scientists, 2024. South Atlantic Transect. Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program, 390/393: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program).

Tamborrino L., Titschack J., Wienberg C., Purkis S., Eberli G.E., Hebbeln D., 2022. Spatial distribution and morphometry of the Namibian coral mounds controlled by the hydrodynamic regime and outer-shelf topography. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9.

Coggon, R.M., Sylvan, J.B., Teagle, D.A.H., Reece, J., Christeson, G.L., Estes, E.R., Williams, T.J., and the Expedition 390 Scientists, 2022. Expedition 390 Preliminary Report: South Atlantic Transect 1. International Ocean Discovery Program.

Orejas C., Wienberg C., Titschack J., Tamborrino L., Freiwald A., Hebbeln D., 2021. Madrepora oculata forms large frameworks in hypoxic waters off Angola (SE Atlantic). Scientific Reports, 11, 15170.

Menapace W., Chahid D., Duarte D., Fleischmann T., Heitmann-Bacza C., Kramer L., Krupiński S., Leymann T., Mai A., Morales N., Otte F., Schmidt C., Tamborrino L., Vittori V., Xu S., Zehnle H., Zhang J., 2021. Long-term monitoring of fluid and solid emissions at the African-Eurasian tectonic boundary in the ALBOran Sea and the Gulf of CAdiz. METEOR-Berichte, M167. Gutachterpanel Forschungsschiffe, Bonn, 96 pp.

Tamborrino, L., Wienberg, C., Titschack, J., Wintersteller, P., Mienis, F., Schröder-Ritzrau A., Freiwald, A., Orejas, C., Dullo, C., Haberkern, J., Hebbeln, D., 2019, Mid-Holocene extinction of cold-water corals on the Namibian shelf steered by the Benguela Upwelling System. Geology, v. 47(12), p. 1185-1188

Hanz U., Wienberg C., Hebbeln D., Duineweld G., Lavaleye M.S.S., Juva K., Dullo W.F., Freiwald A., Tamborrino L., Reichart G.J., Flögel S., Mienis F., 2019, Environmental factors influencing cold-water coral ecosystems in the oxygen minimum zones on the Angolan and Namibian margins. Biogeosciences, v. 16, p. 4337-4356

Tamborrino L., Himmler T., Elvert M., Conti S., Gualtieri A. F., Fontana D., Bohrmann G., 2019, Formation of tubular carbonate conduits at Athina mud volcano, eastern Mediterranean Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology (2019), v. 107, p. 20-31

García-Ruiz, J. M., Nakouzi, E., Kotopoulou, E., Tamborrino, L., Steinbock, O., 2017 Biomimetic mineral self-organization from silica-rich spring waters. Science Advances 3, e1602285

Bohrmann G., Alvarez R., Biller T., Buchheister S., Büttner H., Canoni O., Dehnin, K., Ferreira C., Geprägs P., Heinken S., Hüttich D., Johansen C., Klar S., Klüber S., Leymann T., Mai H.A., Marcon Y., Mary F., Meinecke G., Menapace W., Nowald N., Pape T., Praeg, D., Raeke A., Rehage R., Renken J., Reuter C., Rohleder C., Römer M., Sahling H., Sans i Coll C., Schade T., Seiter C., Spalek P., Spiesecke U., Tamborrino, L., Torres M., von Wahl T., Wiebe M., Wintersteller, P., Zarrouk, M. 2015. Report and preliminary results of R/V METEOR cruise M112, Dynamic of Mud Volcanoes and Seeps in the Calabrian Accretionary Prism, Ionian Sea, Catania (Italy) – Catania (Italy), November 6 – December 15, 2014. Berichte, MARUM – Zentrum für Marine Umweltwissenschaften, Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, Universität Bremen, No. 306, 217 pages. Bremen, 2015. ISSN 2195-9633.

Ferrari G., Russo V., Dragoni M., Artioli G., Dalconi M.C., Secco M., Tamborrino L., Valentini L., The influence of C3A on the dissolution kinetics of alite/gypsum mixtures in the presence of PCEs. (Special Proceedings -11th Int. Conf. on “Superplasticizers and Other Chemical Admixtures in Concrete”, Ottawa, 2015).