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 communication![](./forschung/perspics/boetiusWWW.jpg)
Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius
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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
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Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius
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Am Alten Hafen 26
D-27568 Bremerhaven
Tel. +49 471 4831 - 1100
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