The distribution and dynamics of eddies in the Baltic Sea and their impact on physical and biological processes

• Complex Systems
• Lagrangian coherent structures and transport barriers
• Dynamical system tools to describe geophysical processes
• Theoretical oceanography especially dynamical processes in the ocean (eddies/vortices and currents)
• The North Sea and The Baltic Sea

• Ziegler, A., and Vortmeyer-Kley, R.: „Physik, verständlich“, Europa-Lehrmittel, ISBN: 978-3-8085-5782-2, 2016.
• Vortmeyer-Kley, R., Gräwe, U., and Feudel, U.: Detecting and tracking eddies in oceanic flow fields: a Lagrangian descriptor based on the modulus of vorticity, Nonlin. Processes Geophys., 23, 159-173, doi:10.5194/npg-23-159-2016, 2016.

Conferences:

• Vortmeyer-Kley, R., Gräwe, U., and Feudel, U.: “Eddy census of thecentral Baltic Sea for the period 2012-2014”,  11th Baltic Sea Science Congress, Rostock (2017). (Best Newcomer Presentation Price)
• Vortmeyer-Kley, R., Gräwe, U., and Feudel, U.: “Detecting and tracking eddies in oceanic flows: A vorticity based Euler-Lagrangian method”, EGU General Assembly, Vienna (2016).
• Vortmeyer-Kley, R., Gräwe, U., and Feudel, U.: “Eddy detection in oceanic dynamical systems– an Eulerian-Lagrangian approach”, ECC 2015: 6th Early Career Scientists Conference for Marine and Climate Research, Kiel (2015).
• Vortmeyer-Kley, R., Gräwe, U., and Feudel, U.: “An Euler-Lagrangian approach to eddy detection in oceanic dynamical systems”, CONFLOW: Complex network perspectives on flow systems, Potsdam (2015).
• Vortmeyer-Kley, R., Gräwe, U., and Feudel, U.: “Detecting transport barriers using Lagrangian descriptors with applications to the Baltic Sea”, EGU General Assembly, Vienna (2013).

• Doctoral fellowship Studienstiftung des dt. Volkes (since 2013)
• M. Sc. physics (2010-2013) Oldenburg, Germany and Lund, Sweden
• B. Sc. physics (2007-2010) Osnabrück, Germany
• Scholarship for undergraduates Studienstiftung des dt. Volkes (2007-2013)