GEOMAR  Steck, Viktoria

Dr. Viktoria Steck

Group leader

Topic 6: Marine and polar Life

RD2: Marine Biogeochemistry
RU CH Chemical Oceanography

Dr. Viktoria Steck

Office: 
Room: 12/320
Tel.: 0049 431 600 4072
E-Mail: vsteck(at)geomar.de

Address:
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Building 12
Wischhofstrasse 1-3
24148 Kiel

Research Focus

  • Mechanisms of microbial metalloproteins within oceanic nutrient cycles
  • Metaproteomic analyses of microbial physiology and ecological interactions
  • Coupling of marine biogeochemical element cycles through microbial processes
  • Regulations of heterotrophic and autotrophic marine microbial activity

Feel free to contact us regarding collaborations, B.Sc./M.Sc./Ph.D. positions, postdoc opportunities, and more!

Project

  • Coupled Phosphorus and Manganese Controls on Ocean Ecosystem Fertility (2026-2031) | Website: click here for more information

Vita

  • 2026 – heute: GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel | Emmy Noether Research Group Leader
  • 2023 – 2025: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Postdoctoral Researcher
  • 2020 – 2023: Scripps Institution of Oceanography | Postdoctoral Researcher
  • 2016 – 2019: University of Rochester | Ph. D. in Chemistry
  • 2012 – 2015: Humboldt University of Berlin | M. Sc. in Chemistry
  • 2009 – 2012: Humboldt University of Berlin | B. Sc. in Chemistry

Publications

For a full list of publications please click here and visit OceanRep.

  • Steck, V., McIlvin, M.R., Stefanides, A. and Saito, M.A. (2026). Proteomics reveal temperature-coupled cobalamin homeostasis and pathogenicity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. bioXriv, 2026.01.27.701802.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.27.701802
  • Steck, V., Lampe, R.H., Bhakta, S., Marrufo, K.C., Adams, C.A., Sachdev, E., Allen, E.A. and Diaz, J.M. (2025). Atypical phosphatases drive dissolved organic phosphorus utilization by phosphorus-stressed phytoplankton in the California Current Ecosystem. bioXriv, 2025.04.09.648040.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.09.648040
  • Duhamel, S., Diaz, J.M., Adams, J.C., Djaoudi, K., Steck, V. and Waggoner, E.M. (2021). Phosphorus as an integral component of global marine biogeochemistry. Nature Geoscience, 14, 359–368.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00755-8
  • Steck, V., Kolev, J.N., Ren, X. and Fasan, R. (2020). Mechanism-Guided Design and Discovery of Efficient Cytochrome P450-Derived C–H Amination Biocatalysts. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 142, 23, 10343–10357.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b12859