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Michael Glockzin - Curriculum vitae

Personal details:

 

Name:                                 Michael Glockzin

Date of Birth:                      29 March 1972

Nationality:                         German

Address:                             Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW)

                                             Section Marine Biology

                                             Seestrasse 15, D-18119 Rostock, Germany

Phone:                                +49 (0)381 5197 325

Fax:                                      +49 (0)381 5197 211

E-mail:                                 michael.glockzin@io-warnemuende.de

Education:

since 02/2007                                 PhD student, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW), Biological oceanography, working group Dr. F. Pollehne: pelagic matter cycles, phytoplancton and particle export, Thesis title: "Particle agglomeration, particle-specific sinking rates and consequential particle spectrums and mass balances in water columns of the Baltic Sea.”

06/2005 – 06/2006                        Diploma thesis, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW), Thesis title: “Dependency of the benthic colonisation of selected areas in the Pomeranian Bay (Southern Baltic Sea) on selected environmental factors“

- graduation: Dipl. Ing. (FH), mark: excellent

03/2002 – 02/2006                        Study, University of Applied Science (HTWS), Zittau, Faculty of mathematics and science (ecology  and environmental protection)

10/2000 – 03/2002                         Study, University of Applied Science (HTWS), Zittau, Faculty of electronics and information technology (mechatronics)

 

09/1998 – 06/2000                         Upper vocational school in the Friedrich List grammar school, Mannheim

                                                             - graduation: advanced technical college entrance qualification, mark: excellent

 

Work experience:

02/2010 – to date                         Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW), chemical oceanography, laboratory engineer (Dipl. Ing. ) in the Project SUGAR

02/2007 – 01/2010                         Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW), biological oceanography, research associate in the Project SOPRAN

05/2006 – 02/2007                         Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW), biological oceanography, visiting and relief scientist in different projects: statistical analysis, data base applications and geoscientific information systems (ArcGIS) – appliance and geostatistic structural modelling

03/2006 – 04/2006                         Institute of Applied Ecology – Research associations limited liability corporation (IfAÖ), Rostock – Broderstorf, Videomonitoring of benthic habitats and ArcGIS application

07/1996 – 09/2000                         Biological technical assistant (BTA) in the agricultural experimental facility of BASF AG, Limburgerhof (temporary contract employment):

                                                     – 09/2000               ecotoxicology, terrestrial mesocosms, Prof. Dr. Künast

                                                     – 12/1997               plant physiology and metabolism research, Prof. Dr. Großmann

                                                     – 12/1996               substance characterisation of pesticides, Dr. Stadler

                                                     – 09/1996               product development pesticides, Dr. Nuyken

08/1993 – 06/1995                     upper educational programme in biology, vocational school of natural sciences, Ludwigshafen / Rhein

                                                            – training qualification: governmental certified biological - technical assistant

Additional skills

driving license:                                 all motor vehicles (including trailer) up to 7.5 t

computing:                                      DANTEC Dynamic Studio (PIV, shadowsizing), MatLab, C++, SURFER, ArcInfo, ArcView, Statistica, SPSS, Statistica, ACCESS, PRIMER, CANOCO, R, Microsoft Office Package, Endnote, ImageJ and more.

laboratory:                                      extensive experience in working under GLP regulations, HPLC, GC, photometry, working with radioactive substances, benthic and terrestric invertebrates, pedology, sedimentology, plant physiology, ecotoxikology, biological, chemical and hydrochemical analyses, working with terrestrial and marine mesocosms

foreign languages:                          Englisch (UNICERT 3, ESU 7, advanced)

                                                             French (intermediate), Polish, Russian (basics)

research cruises:                            since 2004:

                                                            16 weeks on RV P.A. Penck, Baltic Sea

                                                              12 weeks on RV Poseidon, RV ALKOR and RV Heincke, Baltic Sea

                                                              2 weeks on RV Maria S. Merian, Baltic Sea

                                                            a range of cruise purposes:

                                                           - sediment trap deployment (e.g. FOILTRAP)

                                                           - offshore mesocosm experiments (SOPRAN)

                                                           - tests of hardware (e.g. instrument prototypes) and methods

                                                           - deployment of other marine measuring instruments (e.g. LISST)

                                                           - underwater camera deployment (imagery of particles and benthos)

                                                           - benthological survey and habitat mapping (e.g. Habitat Mare Natura 2000, Baltic Sea)