Education
Doctor of Sciences (PhD)
Thesis: "Southern Ocean phytoplankton biogeography: Controlling factors and implications for biogeochemistry"
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Supervisors: Dr. Nicolas Gruber, Dr. Meike Vogt, Dr. Matthias Mönnich
2014-2019
M.Sc. "Joint Nordic Master's Program in Marine Ecosystems and Climate (MARECLIM)"
Major: Physical Oceanography
University of Bergen, University of Aarhus, University of Iceland, University of the Faroe Islands
Thesis: "Physical-biogeochemical Couplings in the Land-Ocean Transition Zone"
Supervisors: Dr. Corinna Schrum, Dr. Ute Daewel, Dr. Katja Fennel
2012-2014
B.Sc. "Physics of the Earth's System: Geophysics, Meteorology and Oceanography"
Major: Meteorology & Physical Oceanography
University of Kiel
Thesis: "A comparative study of Cyclones in the Mediterranean Sea at the end of the 20th and 21st century in ECHAM5"
Supervisors: Dr. Mojib Latif, Dr. Thomas Martin
2008-2012
Thesis: "Southern Ocean phytoplankton biogeography: Controlling factors and implications for biogeochemistry"
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Supervisors: Dr. Nicolas Gruber, Dr. Meike Vogt, Dr. Matthias Mönnich
2014-2019
M.Sc. "Joint Nordic Master's Program in Marine Ecosystems and Climate (MARECLIM)"
Major: Physical Oceanography
University of Bergen, University of Aarhus, University of Iceland, University of the Faroe Islands
Thesis: "Physical-biogeochemical Couplings in the Land-Ocean Transition Zone"
Supervisors: Dr. Corinna Schrum, Dr. Ute Daewel, Dr. Katja Fennel
2012-2014
B.Sc. "Physics of the Earth's System: Geophysics, Meteorology and Oceanography"
Major: Meteorology & Physical Oceanography
University of Kiel
Thesis: "A comparative study of Cyclones in the Mediterranean Sea at the end of the 20th and 21st century in ECHAM5"
Supervisors: Dr. Mojib Latif, Dr. Thomas Martin
2008-2012
Seagoing experience
February/March 2016: GO-SHIP IO8S, R/V Roger Revelle (Chief Scientist: Alison Macdonald, WHOI)
Assisting Norm Nelson in bio-optical measurements
Assisting Norm Nelson in bio-optical measurements
- chlorophyll a
- sample preparations for CDOM, POC and HPLC measurements
- spectroradiometer casts, sun photometer measurements
Affiliations
- Since 01/2020: Postdoctoral researcher, MarESys, Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany.
- 09/2014-12/2019: PhD Student, later postdoctoral researcher, Environmental Physics, ETH Zürich.
- 11/2012-09/2014: Research Assistant, Geophysical Institute, Bergen, Norway.
- 01/2013 and 09/2013-12/2013: Visiting Student, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
- 02/2013-04/2013: Research Internship, DTU Aqua, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 06/2010-04/2012: Research Assistant, GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany.
- 07/2011-09/2011: Research Internship, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
Teaching Experience
- since 2015: Tutor for Introduction to Physical Oceanography, ETH Zürich.
- 2014: Tutor for laboratory experiments in Physics, ETH Zürich.
- 2010-2012: Tutor for Applied Synoptic Meteorology, GEOMAR/University of Kiel.
- 2011: Tutor for Climate Physics, GEOMAR/University of Kiel.
Fellowships/Awards
- 2013/2014: DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), Scholarship for Graduates, Master's studies in Norway
- 2013: POME ("Prediction and Observation of the Marine Environment", Norwegian-Canadian exchange program) fellowship for two research stays at Dalhousie University, Halifax (Canada)
- 2012/2013: DAAD, Scholarship for Graduates, Master's studies in Norway
- 2011: DAAD, Scholarship for research stay in Texas, USA, with RISE (Research Internships in Science and Engineering)
Languages
German (mother tongue)
English (fluent)
French (fluent)
Norwegian (level B2)
Spanish (level B1)
English (fluent)
French (fluent)
Norwegian (level B2)
Spanish (level B1)