Sinikka Lennartz
Sinikka Lennartz
 | Junior Professor for Biogeochemical Ocean Modelling Phone: +49-441-798-3839 Email: sinikka.lennartz@uni-oldenburg.de |
Research Interest
I am broadly interested in ocean biogeochemistry, and how ocean biogeochemistry interacts with the climate system. My focus lies on including microbial processes into biogeochemical ocean models.
Current Projects
- Drivers behind the DOC distribution in the global ocean - present and future (MWK)
- Global Carbon Cycling and Complex Molecular Patterns in Aquatic Systems: Integrated Analyses Powered by Semantic Data Management (funded by MWK/Volkswagen Foundation)
- A novel approach to quantify global oceanic emissions of carbonyl sulfide (COS) (funded by MWK/Volkswagen Foundation)
- Interaction networks of phototroph-heterotroph microbial communities (funded by Simons Foundation, USA)
Education & Academic Career
| since 2022 | Professor for Biogeochemical Ocean Modelling at University of Oldenburg |
| 2021 - 2022 | Walter Benjamin Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA |
| 2019 - 2021 | PostDoc, Marine Geochemistry, ICBM, University of Oldenburg |
| 2017 - 2018 | PostDoc, Marine Biogeochemistry, AG Prof. Marandino, GEOMAR, Kiel |
| 2013 - 2017 | Doctoral student, Marine Biogeochemistry, AG Prof. Marandino, GEOMAR, Kiel Thesis "From local to global scale - marine emissions of the climate relevant sulfur gases carbonyl sulfide, carbon disulfide and dimethyl sulfide" (s.c.l.) |
| 2011 - 2013 | Geoecology, Master of Science, Technical University of Braunschweig, including stay at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (AG Doney) |
| 2007 - 2010 | Geoecology and ecosystem management, Bachelor of Science, University of Tübingen, including stays at ETH Zürich/eawag for Bachelor thesis (AG Wehrli) and Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental research, Lake Research (AG Friese) |
Expeditions
| 2010 | WHIII-345 (Bremerhaven - Bremerhaven) |
| 2013 | several one-day cruises with RV Littorina, Time Series Station Boknis Eck |
| 2014 | SO235-OASIS SONNE (Pt. Louis, Mauritius - Malé, Maldives) |
| 2015 | SO243 ASTRA-OMZ (Guayaquil, Ecuador - Antofagasta, Chile) |
| 2017 | M138 (Callao, Peru - Bahia las Minhas, Panama) |
Awards
| 2018 | Doctoral Prize of the Helmholtz Association, Category "Earth and Environment" |
| 2017 | Award of the Werner-Petersen-Foundation for outstanding PhD thesis at Geomar |
| 2017 | Bernd-Rendel-Prize (DFG) for excellent early-career geoscientists |
| 2016 | Selected participant in the 25th Dissertation Symposium of Chemical Oceanography, Hawaii, USA |
| 2015 | Science Award of the Annette Barthelt Foundation for outstanding master thesis |