HOSST doctoral researchers are scientific employees in their specific research divisions of their supervisor:
6 in FB1 Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics
4 in FB2 Marine Biogeochemistry
2 in FB3 Marine Ecology
5 in FB4 Dynamics of the Ocean Floor
7 students are supervised by reseachers at the Christian-Albrechts Universität Kiel
Co-Supervision of TOSST PhD Candidates
1 by FB1 Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics
5 by FB2 Marine Biogeochemistry
3 by FB3 Marine Ecology
7 by FB4 Dynamics of the Ocean Floor
7 students are co-supervised by reseachers at the Christian-Albrechts Universität
HOSST Doctoral Researchers:
(for PhD-Students in the partnerprogram TOSST see the TOSST Website)
Start in 2016
Jacqueline Bertlich - PhD co-representative
PhD-Research Topic:
"The fate of the Laurentide Ice Sheet and its freshwater signature in the North Atlantic"
Supervisors:
Prof. Dirk Nürnberg, GEOMAR
Dr. Ed Hathorne, GEOMAR
Prof. Markus Kienast, Dalhousie University, Canada
Tatum Miko Herrero
PhD-Research Topic:
"The story of failures in the North Atlantic: slope instability at glacially-influenced continental margins"
Supervisors:
Prof. Colin Devey, GEOMAR
Prof. Mladen Nedimovic, Dalhousie University, Canada
Florian Lange
PhD-Research Topic:
"Physicochemical investigations of the sea surface nano layer with modern laser spectroscopic techniques"
Supervisors:
Prof. Gernot Friedrichs, CAU
Prof. Doug Wallace, Dalhousie University, Canada
Kriste Makarevičiūtė-Fichtner
PhD-Research Topic:
"The role of phytoplankton for the resilience of plankton food webs"
Supervisors:
Prof. Ulrich Sommer, GEOMAR
Prof. Heike Lotze, Dalhousie University, Canada
Kirsten Meulenbroek
PhD-Research Topic:
"Calibration and application of Ba isotopes in planktic forminifera as freshwater proxy in the North Atlantic"
Supervisors:
Prof. Martin Frank, GEOMAR
Prof. Markus Kienast, Dalhousie University, Canada
Lisa Samrock - PhD representative, currently in parent time
PhD-Research Topic:
"Evolution of the Cape Verde archipelago"
Supervisors:
PD. Dr. Thor Hansteen, GEOMAR
Prof. Dr. Christian Dullo, GEOMAR
Prof. Mladen Nedimovic, Dalhousie University, Canada
Falko Vehling
PhD-Research Topic:
"Numerical Modeling of Hydrothermal Systems at Reykjanes Ridge"
Supervisors:
Prof. Lars Rüpke, GEOMAR
Dr. Jörg Hasenclever, MARUM, Bremen
Prof. Mladen Nedimovic, Dalhousie University, Canada
Yao Wanxuan
PhD-Research Topic:
"Modelling dissolved iron in the Ataltnic Ocean: elucidating the role of scavenging"
Supervisors:
Prof. Andreas Oschlies, GEOMAR
to be announced, Dalhousie University, Canada
Students that started in 2014
Maryam Mirzaloo
PhD-Research Topic:
"Late Pleistocene to Holocene climate and ocean circulation change around Iceland and relationships to volcanic events"
Supervisors:
Prof. Dirk Nürnberg, GEOMAR
Prof. Marting Frank, GEOMAR
Prof. Markus Kienast, Dalhousie University, Canada
Students of the first Cohort started in 2012
Eyram Koku Apetcho
PhD-Research Topic:
"Physics-biogeochemistry interactions modeling in the the Gulf of Guinea"
Supervisors:
Prof. Andreas Oschlies, GEOMAR
Prof. Birgit Schneider, CAU
Prof. Katja Fennel, Dalhousie University, Canada
HOSST- Alumni:
PhD-Research Topic:
"Potential of thecosome pteropods ('sea butterflies') to record and preserve ocean acidification trends via the boron isotope proxy"
Supervisors:
Prof. Anton Eisenhauer, GEOMAR
Dr. Markus Gutjahr, GEOMAR
Prof. Markus Kienast, Dalhousie University, Canada
Felix Geißler startet 01/2016, defended November 15, 2019
PhD-Res
earch Topic:
"Chemical sensor applications in the Atlantic Ocean Unravelling Biogeochemical questions"
Supervisors:
Prof. Eric Achterberg, GEOMAR
Prof. Doug Wallace, Dalhousie University, Canada
Evangelia Louropoulou started 01/2016 defended September 18, 2019
PhD-Research Topic:
"Iron optimization by marine diazotrophs and its impact on nitrogen fixation activity in the Atlantic Ocean"
Supervisors:
Prof. Schmitz-Streit, CAU
Dr. Martha Gedhill, GEOMAR
Prof. Julie LaRoche, Dalhousie University, Canada
Annalena Lochte started in 10/2015, defended December 2018
PhD-Research Topic:
"Holocene climate variability in the Labrador Current of Labrador Current off Labrador and Newfoundland"
Supervisors:
Prof. Ralf Schneider, CAU
Prof. Markus Kienast, Dalhousie University, Canada
Ibrahim Sadiek started in 11/2012 defended 11/2017
PhD-Research Topic:
"Ranging the potential of IR-CRDS analyzers for quantitative detection of organohalogen compounds in marine environments"
Supervisors:
Prof. Gernot Friedrichs, CAU
Prof. Arne Körtzinger, GEOMAR
Prof. Douglas Wallace, Dalhousie University, Canada
Dominik Palgan started 11/2012, defended on July 4, 2017
PhD-Research Topic:
"The tectonic and volcanological control of hot spring location in the North Atlantic"
Supervisors:
Prof. Colin Devey, GEOMAR
Prof. Keith Louden, Dalhousie University, Canada
Nadine Schattel started 10/2012, defended on July 3, 2017
PhD-Research Topic:
"Volcanic risks on Iceland and their consequences for the North Atlantic"
Supervisors:
Prof. Kaj Hoernle, GEOMAR
Prof. Gergia Pe-Piper, Dalhousie University, Canada
Stéphanie Celine Michl started 01/2013, defended on February 1, 2017
PhD-Research Topic:
"Adaptive potential of auqaculture species for various feeding strategies"
Supervisors:
Prof. Carsten Schulz, CAU
Prof. Jeff Hutchings, Dalhousie University, Canada
Alexandra Filippova - started 11/2012, defended on November 30, 2016
PhD-Research Topic:
"Paleoreconstructions of deep and surface currents in the western North Atlantic and Labrador Sea through the Late Quaternary"
Supervisors:
Prof. Martin Frank, GEOMAR
Prof. Dirk Nürnberg, GEOMAR
Prof. Markus Kienast, Dalhousie University, Canada
Annika Drews - started 10/2012, defended on December 15, 2016
PhD-Research Topic: "Dynamics of the North Atlantic Ocean Circulation"
Supervisors:
Prof. Richard Greatbach, GEOMAR
Prof. Mojib Latif, GEOMAR
Prof. Jinyu Sheng, Dalhousie University, Canada
Swaantje Bennecke - started in 11/2012, defended October 20, 2016
PhD-Research Topic:
"Distribution patterns and physiology of the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa"
Supervisors:
Prof. Christian Dullo, GEOMAR
Prof. Anna Metaxas, Dalhousie University, Canada
Judith Elger, started 10/2012, defended on July 4, 2016
PhD-Research Topic:
"Studies of submarine slope failures in the North Atlantic: Causes, timing and consequences"
Supervisors:
Prof. Sebastian Krastel, CAU
Prof. Christian Berndt, GEOMAR
Prof. David Piper, Dalhousie University, Canada
Corinna Breusing - started in 11/2012, defended April 4, 2016
PhD-Research Topic:
"Diversification in the deep sea: A case study on two hybridizing Bathymodiolus species (B. azoricus x B. puteoserpentis)"
Supervisors:
Prof. Torsten Reusch, GEOMAR
Prof. Frank Melzner, GEOMAR
Prof. Anna Metaxas, Dalhousie University, Canada
PhD-Research Topic:
"Engineering a population balance model for long-term fish stock prediction"
Supervisors:
Prof. Wilhelm Hasselbring, CAU
Prof. Andreas Oschlies, GEOMAR
Prof. Boris Worm, Dalhousie University, Canada
