How storm surges affect the coastal marshes of the Baltic Sea – Bachelor graduate Denise Otto receives Otto Krümmel Prize 2023

20.09.2023 16:00

Otto Krümmel award laureate Denise Otto — Showing outstanding commitment - whether in field research or in the lab: geoscientist and 2023 Otto Krümmel Award winner Denise Otto (Photo: Lilly Biedermann)

September 20, 2023 / Kiel, Germany. For her bachelor's thesis, Denise Otto studied the biogeochemical effects of floods on the soils of a coastal marsh. Today, the young scientist receives the Otto Krümmel Award 2023 in Kiel. Endowed with 1,500 euros, the prize is awarded annually by the “Society to Support GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel” for outstanding bachelor theses in marine research.

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GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW)
(see PDF file below)

20230920_press_Otto_Krümmel_Award_DeniseOtto_en.pdf (607.4 KiB)

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