Marine Microbiology
Cooperation Professorship Alfred-Wegener-Institut Bremerhaven
Studied Materials
• Climate change impact on communities of Arctic sea-ice and deep-sea
• A variety of marine ecosystems like hot and cold gas and oil vents, seamounts, deep seabed, polar regions
• Diversity of microorganisms in the ocean
Methods
Biogeochemical measurements, development of ocean observatories; ecology of deep-sea habitats; DNA- based methods to study microbial diversity, science communicationProf. Dr. Antje Boetius
1992 Diploma in Biology, Institute for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science, University of Hamburg
1996 PhD FB2 University of Bremen and Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven
Positions/stays:
Since 2017, Director Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research.
Since 2009, Professor of Geomicrobiology at the University of Bremen
Since 2003, director d. HGF-MPG-Bridge Group for Deep-Sea Ecology and Technology at the MPI for Marine Microbiology
2001-2008 Prof. for Microbiology Jacobs University, Bremen
Research areas:
Polar and marine research, geomicrobiology, deep-sea biology
Tel. +49 471 4831 - 1100
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Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung
Am Alten Hafen 26
D-27568 Bremerhaven
Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius
Am Alten Hafen 26
D-27568 Bremerhaven
Tel. +49 471 4831 - 1100
directorawi.de