Dr. Jens Meyerjürgens
Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (» Postal address)
Dr. Jens Meyerjürgens
My scientific focus is on determining key physical processes responsible for transporting and accumulating anthropogenic pollutants and biological and chemical substances at the ocean surface. In particular, my investigations focus on hydrodynamic processes in coastal areas, which differ significantly from those in the open ocean and are characterized by multi-layered interactions such as tidal forcing and submesoscale current patterns.
Curriculum vitae
Academic degrees
2021 Doctoral degree in Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat) at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg
2016 Master of Science at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg in the subject Marine Sensors
2012 Bachelor of Science at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg in the subject Environmental Sciences
Academic career
2021 - today: Research assistant at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg in the project "Sailing Intelligent Micro Drifter Swarms"
2020 - 2021 Research Assistant at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in the project "Research-based learning as a study program profile".
2016 - 2020 PhD student at Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg in the project "Macroplastic Pollution in the Southern North Sea - Sources, Pathways and Abatement Strategies"
2015 Research assistant in the Physical Oceanography group of Prof. Dr. Monika Rhein at the University of Bremen
2013 - 2016: Research assistant in the research group Marine Sensor Systems of Prof. Dr. Oliver Zielinski at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg
2013 - 2016: Master studies in the subject Marine Sensor Systems at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg
2008 - 2012: Bachelor studies in Environmental Sciences at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg
Teaching activities
2016 - today: teaching exercises and practical courses at the University of Oldenburg and at the Jade University of Applied Sciences Wilhelmshaven as well as training of students on research vessels
2016 - today: teaching in various subjects of Marine Sensors at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg
2016 - today: teaching in various subjects of Environmental Sciences at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg
2014 - today: teaching in the department of Marine Technology at the Jade University of Applied Sciences Wilhelmshaven
Research activities
2010 - now: participation in 11 research cruises with the ships FS Sonne, FS Maria S. Merian, FS Alkor and FS Heincke
- Planning of research cruises
- Use of various sensors and instruments to record hydrodynamic and optical parameters
- Laboratory work e.g. CFC tracer laboratory
Lectures
Winter term 2024 / 2025
Publications
Wurl, O; Gassen, L; Badewien, TH; Braun, A; Emig, S; Holthusen, LA; Lehners, C; Meyerjürgens, J & Ribas, MR (2024) HALOBATES: An autonomous surface vehicle for high-resolution mapping of the sea-surface microlayer and near-surface layer on essential climate variables. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-24-0021.1
Villa Castrillón, L; Ricker, M; Staneva, J; Meyerjürgens, J; Badewien, TH & Stanev, EV (2024). Relative dispersion and relative diffusivities in an ocean-wave coupled model of the North Sea. Ocean Dynamics, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-024-01619-6
Deyle, L; Badewien, TH; Wurl, O; and Meyerjürgens, J (2024) Lagrangian surface drifter observations in the North Sea: an overview of high-resolution tidal dynamics and surface current, Earth System Science Data, 16, 2099-2112, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-2099-2024
Milke, F; Meyerjürgens, J; Simon, M (2023) Ecological mechanisms and current systems shape the modular structure of the global oceans’ prokaryotic seascape. Nat Commun 14, 6141. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41909-z
Meyerjürgens, J; Ricker, M; Aden, C; Albinus, M; Barrelet, J; Freund, H; Hahner, F; Lettmann, KA; Mose, I; Schaal, P; Schleich-Argent, RI; Stanev, EV; Wolff, JO; Zielinski, O and Badewien, TH (2023). Sources, pathways, and abatement strategies of macroplastic pollution: An interdisciplinary approach for the southern North Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 727, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1148714
Martín, J; Alonso, G; Dragani, W; Meyerjürgens, J; Giesecke, R; Cucco, A.; and Fenco, H (2023). General circulation and tidal wave propagation along the Beagle Channel. Journal of Marine Systems, 103889, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2023.103889
Belkin, I. M., Aliani, S., Alkire, M. B., Badewien, T. H., Berta, M., Durán Gómez, G. S., Meyerjürgens, J., ... & Stanev, E. V. (2022). Introduction to the Chemical Oceanography of Frontal Zones. In: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2022_894
Meyerjürgens, J; Schöneich-Argent, RI; Badewien, TH (2022) An exploratory analysis of seabed litter dynamics in the SE German Bight. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 177, 113515. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113515
Ricker, M., Meyerjürgens, J., Badewien, T.H., Stanev, E.V. (2022). Lagrangian Methods for Visualizing and Assessing Frontal Dynamics of Floating Marine Litter with a Focus on Tidal Basins. In: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2021_812
Villa Castrillion, L; Ricker, M; Meyerjürgens, J; Grayek, S; Staneva, J (2022) Relative dispersion and relative diffusivities of model-runs in the North Sea, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-8861, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-8861
Zielinski, O; Pieck, D; Schulz, J; Thölen, C; Wollschläger, J; Albinus, M; Badewien, TH; Braun, A; Engelen, B; Feenders, C; Fock, S; Lehners, C; Löhmus, K; Lübben, A; Massmann, G; Meyerjürgens, J; Nicolai, H; Pollmann, T; Schwalfenberg, K; Stone, J; Waska, H; Winkler, H (2022) The Spiekeroog Coastal Observatory: A scientific infrastructure at the land-sea transition zone (southern North Sea), Frontiers in Marine Science, 8 (February), DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.754905
Meyerjürgens, J. (2021). Observations of Processes Governing the Dynamics of Marine Litter in the North Sea (Doctoral dissertation, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg).
Giebel, HA; Arnosti, C; Badewien, TH; Bakenhus, I; Balmonte, JP; Billerbeck, S; Dlugosch, L; Henkel, R; Kuerzel, B; Meyerjuergens, J; Milke, F; Voss, D; Wienhausen, G; Wietz, M; Winkler, H; Wolterink, M; Simon, M (2021) Microbial growth and organic matter cycling in the Pacific Ocean along a latitudinal transect between subarctic and subantarctic waters. Front. Mar. Sci., 13 Dec. 2021, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.764383
Meyerjürgens, J; Ricker, M; Schakau, V; Badewien, TH; Stanev, EV (2020) Relative dispersion of surface drifters in the North Sea: The effect of tides on mesoscale diffusivity. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125(8), https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015925
Ricker, M; Stanev, EV; Badewien, TH; Freund H; Meyerjürgens, J; Wolff, JO; Zielinski, O (2020) Drifter observations and Lagrangian tracking of the 2018 easterly wind event in the North Sea. In: Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report, Issue 4, Journal of Operational Oceanography, 13 (sup1), s155-s160, https://doi.org/10.1080/1755876X.2020.1785097
Stanev, EV; Badewien, TH; Freund, H; Grayek, S; Hahner, F; Meyerjürgens, J; Ricker, M; Schöneich-Argent, RI; Wolff, JO; Zielinski, O (2019) Extreme westward surface drift in the North Sea: Public reports of stranded drifters and Lagrangian tracking. Continental Shelf Research (177), 24-32, doi: 10.1016/j.csr.2019.03.003
Meyerjürgens, J; Badewien, TH; Garaba, SP; Wolff, JO; Zielinski, O (2019) A state-of-the art compact surface drifter reveals pathways of floating marine litter in the German Bight. Frontiers Marine Science, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00058. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2019.00058/full