Oliver Wurl
Prof. Dr. OLIVER WURLTel.: +49-(0)4421-944 228 |
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Oliver Wurl
Research Interest
During the last 15 years Prof. Dr. Wurl has focused on the interactions between the atmosphere and the ocean, especially on the surface films of the ocean, which are only a few hundred micrometers thick. This area, also known as Sea-Surface Microlayer (SML), is a previously neglected habitat with extreme physical-chemical and biological conditions and global
Expansion as well as significance, among other things for climate research. His group follows a multi- and interdisciplinary approach and also develops its own technologies, such as a remote-controlled catamaran, drifting measurement laboratories and micro-profiling probes. Thereby
Prof. Dr. Wurl benefits from his own multidisciplinary training, which has been provided by the
process engineer (University of Applied Sciences Hamburg) about the doctorate in
organic pollutants in surface water (National University of Singapore)
has led to complex biogeochemical processes at the sea surface layer (with several years of foreign activities in Canada and the U.S.A.). His work includes numerous expeditions from the tropics to the most remote polar regions to gain new knowledge in global matter cycles and climate change.
Academic Career
| Apr 2019 - today | Professor and head of the research group Processes and Senorics of Marine Interfaces at ICBM, University of Oldenburg |
| Apr 2014 - Mar 2019 | Head of the research group Processes and Senorics of Marine Interfaces at ICBM, University of Oldenburg |
Dec 2012 - Mar 2014 | Researcher at IOW |
Jun 2012 - Nov 2012 | DFG Fellow at IOW |
Jun 2010 - May 2012 | Senior researcher (postdoc) at the Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA |
Feb 2008 - May 2010 | Researcher (DFG postdoc) at the Institute of Ocean Sciences, BC, Canada |
Jul 2007 - Jan 2008 | Researcher at the Singapore-Delft Water Alliance, National University of Singapore (NUS) |
Oct 2006 - Jun 2007 | Researcher at Tropical Marine Science Institute, NUS |
Feb 2003 - Oct 2006 | PhD Student at Tropical Marine Science Institute, NUS |