Cara Nissen
Postdoctoral researcher
Southern Ocean - Phytoplankton - Biogeochemistry
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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


Seagoing experience

February/March 2016: GO-SHIP IO8S, R/V Roger Revelle (Chief Scientist: Alison Macdonald, WHOI)
Assisting Norm Nelson in bio-optical measurements
  • chlorophyll a
  • sample preparations for CDOM, POC and HPLC measurements
  • spectroradiometer casts, sun photometer measurements
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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)
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