Zitoun, Rebecca

Research Unit 4: Dynamics of the Ocean Floor

FE Magmatic and Hydrothermal Systems
Marine Mineral Resources (MMR)

Office:
Room: 8/A-112
Telefon: +49 431 600-1425
E-Mail: rzitoun(at)geomar.de

Address:
Wischhofstrasse 1-3
D-24148 Kiel

Scientific Interest

2015 – 2019: Doctor of Philosophy, Marine Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, New Zealand.
2014 – 2014: Postgraduate Diploma, Marine Science, Department of Marine Science, University of Otago, New Zealand.
2013 – 2015: Masters of Science, Marine Environmental Science, ICBM, Carl Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany.
2010 – 2013: Bachelor of Science, Earth Science, Department of Earth Science Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Since Oct 2021: Postdoctoral Researcher, GEOMAR | Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Germany.
2020-2021: Postdoctoral Researcher, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, The Netherlands.
2021: Visiting Academic, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, New Zealand.
2021: Expert – Capacity Building for Marine Plastics, Department of Technical Cooperation, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna International Centre
2019 – 2020: Visiting Academic, Department of Botany, University of Otago, New Zealand.
2019: Expert – Capacity Building for Marine Topics in Small Island Developing States, Department of Technical Cooperation, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna International Centre
2019: Lead Science Writer, Commonwealth Blue Charter Ocean Acidification Workshop, Dunedin, 2019.
2015 – 2020: Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, New Zealand.

2016–2018: Scientific Outreach Assistant and Undergraduate Course Tutor, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, New Zealand.

2016–2017: Marine Interpreter/Aquarist, New Zealand Marine Science Studies Centre, Portobello, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2021: ECOP focal point, Ocean Literacy with all (OLWA)
2021: SCOR Committee Member on Capacity Development
2021: EMB Young Ambassador, The European Marine Board
2021: Organising committee member of the Early Career Ocean Professional (ECOPS) Ocean Visions Summit in May 2021
2021: Organizing committee member of OBPS webinars
2021: Review Editor for Frontiers in Marine Science, Editorial Board of Marine Biogeochemistry
2020: Task Team member of the Ocean Literacy ECOP working group of the UN Decade of Ocean Sciences
2020: Webpage manager, Ocean Acidification Research Theme (Otago, New Zealand).
2020: Co-Lead of working group 1 - 4th Workshop on Evolving and Sustaining Ocean Best Practices, Virtual.
2019: Organizing committee for the Global Women's Breakfast – IUPAC 100 – Dunedin, New Zealand
2018: Webpage manager, NIWA/University of Otago Research Centre for Oceanography, New Zealand.
Since 2017: Member of the NIWA/University of Otago Research Centre for Oceanography, New Zealand.
2016-2017: Student representative of the New Zealand Marine Sciences Society (NZMSS).
Since 2016: Member of the Ocean Acidification Research Theme (Otago, New Zealand).

Awarded ‘Exceptional PhD Thesis’ in the Division of Sciences, University of Otago, New Zealand
Research funding from the Otago Ocean Acidification Research Theme - 2019/20: "Experimentally derived solubility product (Ksp) for biogenic high-Mg calcites ".
Research funding from the Otago Ocean Acidification Research Theme - 2016/17: "Trace metals and their speciation in the CARIM Mesocosm 2 experiment".
University of Otago, Doctoral Scholarship.
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), scholarship “Jahresstipendien für Graduierte und Promovierte Studienjahr 2013/14”.

You can find a detailed publication list here.