Bodo von Bodungen - CV
1962 - 1964
Study of law at Universities of Freiburg and Berlin.
1964 - 1970
Study of biology
and law at the University of Kiel.
1970 - 1975
PhD-student in
the special research programme (Sonderforschungsbereich 95): "Interaction
Sea-Sea Bottom" with emphasis on phytoplankton production, nutrient cycles and
enclosure experiments; extensive diving operations for various biological,
chemical and geological aspects; participation in enclosure work of the Aberdeen
team in Scotland (1974); participation in research cruises to the Norwegian
Trench (1969) and to the Canary upwelling system (1976).
1975
PhD in biological
oceanography in Kiel (advisor Prof. Dr. Johannes Krey).
1975 - 1977
Research
assistent in Sonderforschungsbereich 95; research fields: pelagic system
structure in Kiel Bight and a subtropical lagoon (Bermuda 1977); participation
in cruises to the Baltic Sea Proper (1975, 1977) on pelagic production and
vertical matter export, involvment in teaching field courses and methods in
biological oceanography and field advisor for Masters and PhD-students under the
supervision of Prof. Dr. Zeitzschel.
1977 - 1980
Projectleader of
the Bermuda Inshore Waters Investigation at the Bermuda Biological Station; a
baseline study of ecosystem quality as apparent in the late seventies comprising
phytoplankton species composition and production, nutrient release from the
bottom and uptake by calcareous rocks, ecology and matter cycling in
proliferating algal mats, distribution of sediment composition and phyto- and
zoobenthos, studies of economical and ecological important species, impact of
sewer outlets and desalination plants, coastal engenering and ship traffic in
general and their impact on corals, coral recovery after ship accidents;
involvement in summer courses on marine ecology and methods, external
advisorship for PhD-students from US and Canadian Universities, training of
Bermudian students in environmental affairs.
1980 - 1983
Research
assistent in Sonderforschungsbereich 95, comparative studies of bio-geo-chemical
matter cyling in Kiel Bight and tropical waters (Philippines 1981); research
cruises to the Antarctic (1980) and Baltic Sea (1982); lecturing at Kiel
University in biological oceanography.
1983 -1989
Assistent
professor at the Institut für Meereskunde at the University Kiel, teaching
activities comprised courses on methods and ecosystem approaches, training at
sea, lectures about phytoplankton physiology, ecology and eutrophication.
1983 - 1986
Research in
Antarctic waters, 4 cruises to the Antarctic Peninsular Area and the Eastern
Weddell Sea, studies on phytoplankton growth and sinking, impact of krill
grazing and sediment trap work.
1986 - 1992
Project leader
of a subproject in the Sonderforschungsbereich 313 (Sedimentation in the
Northern European Seas), 11 cruises to the Norwegian Sea, Greenland Sea and
Barents Sea, research focus on phytoplankton growth, seasonal migration of
zooplankton, vertical flux of organic matter, stable isotope tracers as proxy
for production, close cooperation with paleo-oceanographers, studies on the fate
of land derived organic matter in tropical lagoons in Brasil in cooperation with
the University of Fluminense (1987 -1991); jointed German - Canadian project on
an Iceland-station on particles flux in the permanently ice-covered Arctic Ocean
(1986-1989); participation in planning groups and conduction of field work in
the Joint Global Ocean Flux Studies (JGOFS, 1986 -1996), focus on dissolved
organic matter; member of the planning group, steering committee and sub project
leader in Ocean Margin Experiment (OMEX, 1989 -1993).
1989
Habilitation in
biological oceanography (advisor Prof. Dr. B. Zeitzschel).
1992
Advisor for the
build-up of the Department of Biological Oceanography at the Institut für
Ostseeforschung, Warnemünde (IOW) at the University Rostock ( the former
Institut für Meereskunde, Warnemünde).
Since 1993
Full
professorship for biological oceanography at the University of Rostock and head
of Department of Biological Oceanography at IOW; research foci on coastal
oceans, eutrophication, nitrogen cycle in the vincinity of anoxic waters,
ecosystem analysis, fate of river loads, land ocean interaction, coastal zone
management, Baltic Sea Monitoring Programme; organisation of workshop series on
new research approaches in the Baltic Sea, international research cooperation
particularly with the mid and eastern European countries, relations of Baltic
Sea research to other coastal oceans and oceanic environments;coordinator of
BASYS ( Baltic Sea System Study) in the frame work of MAST III; member of the
commission for oceanography of German Science Foundation; teaching: courses,
introduction to biological oceanography, ecology of coastal oceans,
phytoplankton, methods, eutrophication.
Since 1997
Director of the Institut für Ostseeforschung, Warnemünde.