Dr. Rena Meyer
Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences (» Postal address)
Rena Meyer
Research scientist
Curriculum vitae
Since 10/2021 | Research Associate at Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences, DFG project DynaDeep. |
09/2018 – 12/2018 | Postdoctoral scientist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen. |
04/2018-09/2021 | Postdoctoral scientist at the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources Management, University of Copenhagen, Denmark . |
04/2018 | Dissertation at the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources Management, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Topic: |
06/2016 - 12/2016 | Research stay at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australien. |
09/2014-11/2017 | PhD student at the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources Management, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. |
02/2014 - 08/2014 | Research assistant at the Department of Applied Geology, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany |
2011 – 2013 | MSc Studies: Hydrogeology and Environmental Geosciences, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Germany. Topic: |
2008 – 2011 | BSc Studies: Geosciences, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Germany. Topic: |
2007 | Erasmus Stay at the Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. |
10/2004 -10/2010 | Studies of Physics and French for higher education (Gymnasiallehramt) at the Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Germany |
Publications
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9127-8670
Amoako, K., Reckhardt, A., Roberts, M., Meyer, R., Brick, S., Dittmar, T., Waska, H., 2025. Organo-mineral interactions modulate organic carbon retention and mobility in a deep subterranean estuary of a high-energy beach. Front. Water. https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2025.1507564
Massmann, G., Greskowiak, J., Degenhardt, J., Engelen, B., Holtappels, M., Meyer, R., Müller-Petke, M., Moosdorf, N., Niggemann, J., Pahnke, K., Post, V., Reckhardt, A., Schwalfenberg, K., Seibert, S., Waska, H., Winter, C. (2025, preprint only). High Energy Systems are underrepresented in global porewater studies of sandy beach aquifers. Available at SSRN: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5116301
Meyer, R., Greskowiak, J., Seibert, S.L., Post, V.E., Massmann, G., (2025). Effects of boundary conditions and aquifer parameters on salinity distribution and mixing controlled reactions in high-energy beach aquifers. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 29, 1469–1482. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-1469-2025
Seibert, S.L., Massmann, G., Meyer, R., Post, V.E.A., Greskowiak, J., (2025). Reactive transport modeling to reveal the impacts of beach morphodynamics, storm floods and seasonal groundwater recharge on the biogeochemistry of sandy subterranean estuaries. Adv. Water Resour. 196, 104884. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2024.104884
Reckhardt, A., Meyer, R., Seibert, S.L., Greskowiak, J., Roberts, M., Brick, S., Abarike, G., Amoako, K., Waska, H., Schwalfenberg, K., Schmiedinger, I., Wurl, O., B, M.E., Pahnke, K., (2024). Spatial and temporal dynamics of groundwater biogeochemistry in the deep subsurface of a high-energy beach. Mar. Chem. 267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2024.104461
Skibbe, N., Günther, T., Schwalfenberg, K., Meyer, R., Reckhardt, A., Greskowiak, J., Massmann, G., Müller-petke, M., (2024). Comparison of methods measuring electrical conductivity in coastal aquifers. J. Hydrol. 643, 131905. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131905
Seibert, S.L., Massmann, G., Meyer, R., Post, V.E.A., Greskowiak, J., (2024). Impact of mineral reactions and surface complexation on the transport of dissolved species in a subterranean estuary: Application of a comprehensive reactive transport modeling approach. Adv. Water Resour. 191, 104763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2024.104763
Massmann, G., Abarike, G., Amoako, K., Auer, F., Badewien, T.H., Berkenbrink, C., Böttcher, M.E., Brick, S., Valeria, I., Cordova, M., Cueto, J., Dittmar, T., Engelen, B., Freund, H., Greskowiak, J., Günther, T., Herbst, G., Holtappels, M., Marchant, H.K., Meyer, R., Müller-Petke, M., Niggemann, J., Pahnke, K., Pommerin, D., Post, V., Reckhardt, A., Siebert, C., Skibbe, N., Waska, H., (2023). The DynaDeep observatory – a unique approach to study high- energy subterranean estuaries. Front. Mar. Sci. 10, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1189281
Andreasen, M., Kragh, S.J., Meyer, R., Jensen, K.H., Looms, M.C., (2023). Mapping spatiotemporal soil moisture in highly heterogeneous agricultural landscapes using mobile dual-spectra cosmic-ray neutron sensing. Vadose Zo. J. 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20287
Seibert, S. L., Greskowiak, J., Bungenstock, F., Freund, H., Karle, M., Meyer, R., Oude Essink, G. H. P., Van Engelen, J. & Massmann, G. (2023): Paleo-hydrogeological modeling to understand present-day groundwater salinities in a low-lying coastal groundwater system (Northwestern Germany), Water Resour. Res., 59, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR033151
Meyer, R., Zhang, W., Kragh, S. J., Andreasen, M., Jensen, K. H., Fensholt, R., Stisen, S., & Looms, M. C. (2022). Exploring the combined use of SMAP and Sentinel-1 data for downscaling soil moisture beyond the 1 km scale. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 26(July), 3337–3357. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-3337-2022
Duque, C., Meyer, R., & Sonnenborg, T. O. (2022). Saltwater intrusion in Denmark. Boletín Geológico Y Minero, 133(1), 29–46. https://doi.org/10.21701/bolgeomin/133.1/002
Müller S., Jessen S., Sonnenborg T. O., Meyer, R. & Engesgaard P. (2021): Simulation of density and flow dynamics in a lagoon aquifer environment and implications for nutrient delivery from land to sea. Front. Water. https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2021.773859
Al-Halbouni, D., Watson, R. A., Holohan, E. P., Meyer, R., Polom, U., Dos Santos, F. M., Comas, X., Alrshdan, H., Krawczyk, C. M., & Dahm, T. (2021): Dynamics of hydrological and geomorphological processes in evaporite karst at the eastern Dead Sea – a multidisciplinary study. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 25, 3351–3395. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-3351-2021
Meyer R., Engesgaard P. & Sonnenborg T.O. (2019): Origin and dynamics of saltwater intrusions in regional aquifers; combining 3D saltwater modelling with geophysical and geochemical data. Water Resour. Res., 55, 3, 1792-1813. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018WR023624
Meyer R., Engesgaard P., Hinsby K., Piotrowski J. A. & Sonnenborg T.O. (2018): Estimation of effective porosity in large-scale groundwater models by combining particle tracking, auto-calibration and 14C dating. Hydrol Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 4843-4865. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-4843-2018
Meyer R., Engesgaard P., Høyer A.-S., Jørgensen F., Vignoli G. & Sonnenborg T.O. (2018). Regional flow in a complex coastal aquifer system: combining voxel geological modelling with regularized calibration. J.Hydrol.562, 544–563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.05.020