Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment

Contact

Administration Office

+49 (0)441 798-5279

icbm@uni-oldenburg.de

Staff

Director

Prof. Dr. Katharina Pahnke-May

Institute Management

Management

Birgit Stein

Jana Stone

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Oldenburg
Campus Wechloy, Building W15
Carl-von-Ossietzky-Straße 9 - 11
26111 Oldenburg

Wilhelmshaven
Schleusenstraße 1
D-26382 Wilhelmshaven

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Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment

The Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) is an interdisciplinary Institute at the University of Oldenburg with locations in Oldenburg and Wilhelmshaven. It is the only university institute in Lower Saxony that covers broad areas of marine sciences, both in research and in teaching. Currently, 28 working groups of various scientific disciplines - including biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics and social sciences - belong to the institute. ICBM operates the Spiekeroog Coastal Observatory and is the home institute of the research vessel SONNE.

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News

28 Apr 2026 Marine Science Cooperations Research

Joint geochemical research within the Northwest Alliance

Dr Michael Seidel from the ICBM and Dr Florence Schubotz from the University of Bremen are both organic geochemists and work together.

13 Mar 2026 Marine Science Personalia

Holger Freund retired

PD Dr. Holger Freund, head of the Geoecology Working Group, retired on 31 December 2025 after 21 years at the ICBM.

20 Feb 2026 Marine Science Early career researcher

Propagating corals on the other side of the world

ICBM doctoral student Laura Fiegel is investigating coral colonization near Moorea in the tropical South Pacific.

19 Feb 2026 Marine Science Personalia

Dr. Rossella Alba appointed junior professor at ICBM

Dr. Rossella Alba has been appointed junior professor of Marine Policy and Management at the ICBM by the University of Oldenburg, HIFMB, and AWI.

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Events

21.05.2026 12:15ICBM Marine Science Seminar

„Entering Wonderland: Evolving Computational Life in the ALICE Framework“

Prof. Dr. Bernd Blasius (ICBM)
W15 1-146 (Hybrid)

28.05.2026 12:15ICBM Marine Science Seminar

“Emergent Heterogeneity in Metacommunities -A Triangle of Ecological Intera ...

Dr. Christian Guill (University Potsdam)
W15 1-146 (Hybrid)

In metacommunities, the interplay of ecological interactions between populations within a habitat and the movement of individuals between habitats can create spatial instabilities that lead to heterogeneous population distributions despite homogeneous environmental conditions across habitats. I w ...

04.06.2026 12:15ICBM Marine Science Seminar