About Us and Who We Are

We are a team of geochemists, geologists, microbiologists, engineers, environmental scientists, explorers and storytellers, brought together by one shared curiosity:

What is really happening below the surface?

To find out, we follow the signals that make their way upward. We chase gases, sample mineral- and thermal waters, study rocks and minerals, follow faults, investigate extreme microorganisms, build instruments, fly drones, run experiments and turn complex datasets into models.

Some of us hunt CO₂, H₂ and CH₄. Others track radon, groundwater, mineral reactions or microbial life. Some build sensors and reactors, some reconstruct hidden fluid pathways, and some make sure the rest of us actually make it back from the field.

Our laboratory is wherever the Earth gives us a clue: mofettas, mineral springs, volcanic lakes, caves, fault zones, hydrothermal systems, ophiolites and other environments where deep processes leave a fingerprint at the surface.

What connects us is field-based science, curiosity and the belief that the most interesting questions usually sit between disciplines. Gases interact with waters, waters react with rocks, faults guide fluids, microbes take advantage of chemical energy, and all of these processes become pieces of the same puzzle.

From the Eastern Carpathians to volcanic islands and other tectonically active regions, we try to understand how fluids move through the Earth, how they interact with rocks and life, and what those interactions can tell us about the deeper geosphere.

Different backgrounds. Different tools. Same curiosity. Let’s see what the Earth is trying to tell us.