The objective of my work is to assess the significance of satellite-based measurements of essential climate variables at the sea surface in coastal waters of the North Sea. Sea surface salinity and sea surface temperature are of particular interest. Necessary ground-truthing data will be collected with a purpose-built catamaran.

Educational Background and Training

09 / 2017 –­­ 02 / 2019             M.Sc. (Erasmus Mundus Marine Environment and Resources)

University of Bordeaux, France

University of Basque Country, Spain

National Oceanography Center University Southampton, United Kingdom

01 / 2014 – 09 / 2014             European Scientific Diver (ESD)

Commission for Research Diving in Germany (KFT)

09 / 2012 – 09 / 2016             B.Sc. (Geography with minors in Biology and Geosciences)

University of Cologne, Germany

Thesis title: Morphological variability in Cyprideis torosa (Ostracoda) in function of salinity (DOI:10.1144/jmpaleo2016-009)

Research and Professional Experience

05 / 2021 – present                 Ph.D. candidate (NorthSat-X project)

University of Oldenburg, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Processes and sensing of marine interfaces research group

03 / 2020 – 04 / 2021             Research associate (National Copernicus Strategy)

Earth Observation, Space Administration, German Aerospace Center DLR, Bonn, Germany

02 / 2019 – 09 / 2019             Master thesis research internship

Thesis title: Relating horizontal subsurface microplastic movement to surface fields in the North Atlantic

TOPIOS (Tracking of plastic in our seas) research group, Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (IMAU), Utrecht University, Netherlands

10 / 2014 – 09 / 2017             Research assistant

Research Group Geoarchaeology, Coastal Geomorphology and Geochronology, Department of Physical Geography, University of Cologne, Germany

02 / 2012 – 03 / 2012             Student internship

Senckenberg Institut Wilhelmshaven