• Born on 23. February 1976 in Istanbul, Turkey
• Married with 1 child
• Languages: Turkish (native), English (fluent), German (advanced)

   

Since 2020: Member of the Science Coordination team at the directorate of GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, responsible for Internationalisation

2016-2020: Scientific manager of the Horizon 2020 project on “Baltic Consortium on Promoting Gender Equality in Marine Research Organisations (Baltic Gender)” coordinated by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

2015-2016: Scientific assistant to the speaker of the Cluster of Excellence project ‘The Future Ocean' of the Kiel Marine Science

2014: Representative for the Equal Opportunities Office at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, responsible for the coordination of an HORIZON 2020 proposal

2011-2013: Science Officer at the COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Office of the EU, responsible for the management of the Earth System Science and Environmental Management Domain under the supervision of the Head of Science Operations

2006-2011: Scientist position at Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, IFM-GEOMAR in the working group of Marine Geosystems

2001-2005: Ph.D. on “Lithium and Magnesium Isotopes as Tracers of Continental Weathering Processes” in the Isotope Geochemistry Research Group at the Open University, UK

2000-2001: M.Sc. in Oceanography, National Oceanography Centre, UK

1994-1999: B.Sc. in Environmental Eng., Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Böhm, F., Horn, C., Eisenhauer, A., Tang, J., Dietzel, M., Krabbenhöft, A., Kısakürek, B., Horn, C. (2012) Strontium isotope fractionation of planktic foraminifera and inorganic calcite. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 93: 300-314.

Tang, J., Niedermayr, A., Köhler, S. J., Böhm, F., Kısakürek, B., Eisenhauer, A., Dietzel, M. (2012) Sr²⁺/Ca²⁺ and ⁴⁴Ca/⁴⁰Ca fractionation during inorganic calcite formation: III. Impact of salinity/ionic strength. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 77: 432–443

Müller, M.N., Kısakürek, B., Stoll, H., Riebesell, U., Kolevica, A., Gutperlet, R., Buhl, D., Eisenhauer, A. (2011) Response of cocccolithphores to changing seawater Mg²⁺ and Ca²⁺ concentrations: Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca ratios and ^44/40Ca, ^26/24Mg of coocolith calcite. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 75: 2088–2102.

Kısakürek, B., Eisenhauer, A., Böhm, F., Hathorne, E., Erez. J. (2011) Controls on calcium isotope fractionation in cultured planktic foraminifera, Globigerinoides ruber (white) and Globigerinella siphonifera. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 75: 427-443.

Eisenhauer, A., Kısakürek, B., Böhm, F. (2009) Marine Calcification: An Alkaline Earth Metal Isotope Perspective. Elements, 5: 365-368.

Kısakürek, B., Eisenhauer, A., Böhm, F., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Erez, J. (2008) Controls on shell Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca in cultured planktonic foraminiferan, Globigerinoides ruber (white). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 273:260-269.

Kısakürek, B., James, R.H. and Harris, N.B.W. (2005) Li and δ⁷Li in Himalayan rivers: proxies for silicate weathering? Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 237: 387-401.

Kısakürek, B., Widdowson, M. and James, R.H. (2004) Behaviour of Li isotopes during continental weathering: the Bidar laterite profile, India. Chemical Geology, 212:27-44.

Dissertations

Kısakürek, B. (2005) Ph.D. Thesis. "Utility of Lithium and Magnesium Isotopes as Tracers of Continental Weathering Processes". Department of Earth Sciences, The Open University, UK, 310 pp.

Kısakürek, B. (2001) M.Sc. Thesis. "Changes in Silica/Germanium Ratios of Upper Ocean Crust as a Constraint on Global Hydrothermal Fluxes". School of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Southampton, UK, 49 pp.

Kısakürek, B. (1999) B.Sc. Thesis. "Environmental Risk Assessment of Oil Spills". Department of Environmental Engineering, IstanbulTechnical University, Turkey, 34 pp.

Conference Abstracts

Kısakürek Ibsen, B., Braun, S., Heiskanen, A.-S., Kutser, T., Stadmark, J., Vaitkeviciene, V., Waniek, J., Werner, I., Matthes, K. (2017) Baltic Consortium on Promoting Gender Equality in Marine Research Organisations (Baltic Gender), EGU General Assembly 2017, Geophysical Research Abstracts
Vol. 19, EGU2017-6885.


Kısakürek, B., Eisenhauer, Müller, M.N., A., Taubner, I., Fietzke, J., Böhm, F., Buhl, D., Erez, J (2011) Calcium and magnesium isotopes in biogenic calcite, 21st Annual V M Goldschmidt Conference, Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 75 (3): 1195.

Böhm, F., Eisenhauer, A., Horn, C., Kısakürek, B., Krabbenhöft, A.,Tang, J., Niedermayr, A., Dietzel, M. (2010) Kinetic Strontium Isotope Fractionation of Planktic Foraminifera and Inorganic Calcite. AGU Fall Meet. Abstract PP11A-1419.

Kısakürek, B., Niedermayr, A., Müller, M.N., Taubner, I., Eisenhauer, A., Dietzel, M., Buhl, D., Fietzke, J., Erez, J. (2009) Magnesium Isotope Fractionation in Inorganic and Biogenic Calcite. 19th Annual V M Goldschmidt Conference, Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 73: A663.

Niedermayr, A., Dietzel, M., Köhler, S.J., Böhm, F., Kısakürek, B., Eisenhauer, A. (2009) Sr Incorporation and Calcium Isotopic Fractionation during Calcium Carbonate Precipitation. EUG General Assembly, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Volume 11:108842-1.

James, R.H., Wimpenny, J. B., Pogge von Strandmann, P., Kısakürek, B., Hathorne, Anand, P., Burton, K. W. (2008) Utility of Li and Li Isotopes as Tracers of Continental Weathering. Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V32A-06.

Kısakürek, B., Böhm, F., Eisenhauer, A., Hathorne, E., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Erez, J. (2008) Controls on Calcium Isotope Fractionation in Cultured Foraminifera Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract B11C-0382.

Tang, J., Niedermayr, A., Dietzel, M., Böhm, F., Kısakürek, B., Eisenhauer, A. (2008) No Impact of Ionic Strength/Salinity on Divalent Cation Fractionation During Inorganic Calcite Precipitation. Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract B11C-0386.

Kısakürek, B., Eisenhauer, A., Erez, J., Böhm, F., Garbe-Schönberg, D. (2007) Controls on Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca in Planktonic Foraminifera: Results from Culturing Experiments. Eos. Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract PP31B-0419.

James, R.H., Kısakürek, B., Pogge von Strandmann, P. A. E., Hathorne, E. C. (2006) Utility of Li and Li isotopes as tracers of silicate weathering. 16th Annual V M Goldschmidt Conference, Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 70 (18): A288.

James, R.H., Hathorne E.C., Kısakürek, B., Harris, N.B.W. (2005) Seawater Li and ⁷Li: Proxies for Silicate Weathering? Eos. Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract PP34A-06.

Kısakürek, B., James, R.H., Harris, N.B.W. (2004) Utility of lithium isotopes as tracers of continental weathering processes. 14th Annual V M Goldschmidt Conference, Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 68 (11): A420.

Kısakürek, B., James, R.H., Harris, N.B.W. (2003) Lithium isotopes as a tracer of weathering processes in the Nepalese Himalayas. EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Volume 5:12190