Principal Investigators

Michael E. Böttcher

The key approach of the main research activities are focused on the process-oriented investigation of separated and connected biogeochemical element cycles with the use of special analytical approaches as stable isotope (S, O, C) and redox-sensitive element partitioning (e.g., S, C, O, P, Fe, Mn, Mo, Ba). It is reflected by the five main research areas:
•    Aquatic Geochemistry
•    Biogeochemistry
•    Stable Isotope Geochemistry
•    Sediment Geochemistry
•    Environmental Geochemistry

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e-mail: michael.boettcher(at)io-warnemuende.de

Department of Marine Geology
Baltic Sea Research Institute Warnemuende

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B5

Joachim W. Dippner (Coordinator)

Research Interest

• Inter-annual and inter-decadal climate variability
• climate impact assessment
• ecosystem theory
• dynamical systems in earth sciences
• numerical and statistical modelling

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e-mail: joachim.dippner(at)io-warnemuende.de

Baltic Sea Research Institute Warnemuende

A3

A5

A6

Research interests:

My group focuses on the nitrogen cycling processes in the water ecosystem, both in the sediments and in the water column. We study the nitrogen removing processes denitrification and anammox, as well as nitrification, the process that feeds the removal processes, and DNRA, a process that recycles nitrogen within the water ecosystem. We aim at quantifying the rates under various environmental conditions and at understanding the factors that control the processes. The data produced in our group can be used to improve and validate ecosystem models.

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e-mail: susanna.hietanen(at)helsinki.fi

Christoph Humborg

Director Swedish BNI, Watershed

Research Interests:

• Land sea fluxes of biogenic elements (C, N, P and Si)
• Man-made changes of N and P fluxes in watersheds
• Bioegochemistry of enclosed seas (Baltic Sea, Black Sea)
• Global warming induced changes in C fluxes in taiga and tundra biomes

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e-mail: christoph.humborg(at)stockholmresilience.su.se

Baltic Nest Institute, ResilienceCentre, Stockholm University, Sweden

B2

C2

Markus Meier

Head of Division of Oceanography at the Research Department of SMHI

Research Interests:

Past, present and future climate variability of the Baltic Sea and Arctic Ocean; dynamical downscaling using regional climate system models; ocean and sea ice processes; coupled physical-biogeochemicalprocesses with impact on the marine ecosystem; interdisciplinary research

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e-mail: Markus.Meier(at)smhi.se

Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
Research Department
Norrköpping

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Stockholm University
Department of Meteorology

A4

C6

Christian Möllmann

Research Interests:

My research focuses on direct and indirect effects of climate-induced variability and change as well as fisheries on the structure and function of marine foodwebs. I am especially interested in the dynamics and interactions of fish and zooplankton populations. Within this field I conduct studies on the effect of trends in physics and zooplankton on recruitment and growth of marine fish populations, and the occurrence and causes of ecosystem reorganizations such as regime shifts and trophic cascades in marine ecosystems. My present research combines statistical analyses of long-term data series, field-based process studies, and modelling techniques. The ultimate goal of my work is the integration of environmental processes into an ecosystem-based management of marine resources.

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e-mail: christian.moellmann(at)uni-hamburg.de

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D2

Federico Montesino Pouzols

Research Interests

• Time series prediction
• Computational intelligence
• Nonlinear dynamics
• Applications in environmental modeling

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e-mail:  fedemp(at)cis.hut.fi

Biodiversity Conservation Informatics Group

University of Helsinki

Artūras Razinkovas

Research interests:

• Studying climate change impact on the ecosystem of the Curonian lagoon
• Modeling biogeochemical cycles in the Curonian lagoon
• Linking NPZD models to food web models

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e-mail: art(at)corpi.ku.lt

Coastal Research and Planning Institute
Klaipeda University

Gerald Schernewski

Senior scientist and head of the group “Coastal and Marine Management” at the Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research. National representative and executive board member of EUCC - The Coastal Union International.

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e-mail: gerald.schernewski(at)io-warnemuende.de

Department of Marine Oceanography
Coastal and Marine Management
Baltic Sea Research Institute WarnemuendeI

Markus Venohr

Research Interests

• Meso- and large scale modelling of nutrient emissions 
• Nutrient retention and transport in river systems
• Influence of global change on nutrient fluxes in river systems
• Data quality and harmonization for large scale modelling
• River basin management

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e-mail: m.venohr(at)igb-berlin.de

C1

C3

D3

D4

D5

Maren Voß

Research Interests

I am working on the biogeochemistry of nitrogen in coastal and estuarine system. Over the past years the focus on the  working group was on nitrogen fixation and its regulation in the Mekong river plume and in the Baltic Sea. Furthermore we are working on the quantification of losses of nitrogen via denitrification using the IP-method. In the AMBER project we will work again in river plumes but with the focus on the dissolved organic substances.

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e-mail: maren.voss(at)io-warnemuende.de

Department of Marine Oceanography
Stable Isotopes
Baltic Sea Research Institute WarnemuendeI

B3

D6

Ilppo Vuorinen

Research Interests

• Baltic Sea ecology
• zooplankton
• zooplankton-fish interactions
• long term monitoring

e-mail:ilppovuo(at)utu.fi

Archipelago Research Institute
University of Turku
Finland

A1

A2

Jan-Marcin Weslawski

Research Interests

• Arctic coastal waters ecology, food web, climate change/biodiversity interactions
• Malacostraca - benthic and pelagic as a group of my specialization and identification knowledge
• Sandy shores ecology, integrated coastal zone management

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e-mail: weslaw(at)iopan.gda.pl

Department of Marine Ecology
Institute of Oceanology PAS

Sopot

Poland