• Since 2010    Researcher. Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, ICBM.
• 2008 – 2010    PostDoc. University of Guam, USA. ‘Defense strategies of tropical sponges’.
• 2007 –2008    Researcher. IFM-GEOMAR. Kiel. ‘Defense mechanisms and depth distribution of maroalgae from the Baltic’.
• 2004 – 2007    PhD, Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, (IFM-GEOMAR). Kiel. ‘Defense induction in marine macroalgae: Its prevalence, capabilities and limitations’
• 2003 – 2004    Researcher, Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR). Kiel. ‘Macroalgal monitoring in the Baltic Sea’.
• 1996-2003    Diploma (approx. equiv. M.Sc.) Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University (CAU) and Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research. Kiel. ‘Chemical defenses of macrophytes from the Baltic sea’. 

Curdt, F., Schupp, P. J., & Rohde, S. (2022). Light Availability Affects the Symbiosis of Sponge Specific Cyanobacteria and the Common Blue Aquarium Sponge (Lendenfeldia chondrodes). Animals, 12(10), Article 1283. doi.org/10.3390/ani12101283

Reverter, M., Helber, S. B., Rohde, S., de Goeij, J. M., & Schupp, P. J. (2022). Coral reef benthic community changes in the Anthropocene: Biogeographic heterogeneity, overlooked configurations, and methodology. Global Change Biology, 28(6), 1956-1971. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16034

Yong, J., Moick, M., Dewenter, J., Hillebrand, H., Kroncke, I., Lohmus, K., Pieck, D., Rohde, S., & Moorthi, S. (2022). Spatial and temporal patterns of microphytobenthos communities along the marine-terrestrial boundary in the German Wadden Sea. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, Article 956092. doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.956092

Faisal, M. R., Kellermann, M. Y., Rohde, S., Putra, M. Y., Murniasih, T., Risdian, C., Mohr, K. I., Wink, J., Praditya, D. F., Steinmann, E., Koeck, M., & Schupp, P. J. (2021). Ecological and Pharmacological Activities of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) from the Indonesian Marine Sponge Lamellodysidea herbacea. Marine Drugs, 19(11), Article 611. doi.org/10.3390/md19110611

Reverter, M., Jackson, M., Rohde, S., Moeller, M., Bara, R., Lasut, M. T., Reinach, M. S., & Schupp, P. J. (2021). High taxonomic resolution surveys and trait-based analyses reveal multiple benthic regimes in North Sulawesi (Indonesia). Scientific Reports, 11(1), Article 16554. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95905-8

Kamyab, E., Goebeler, N., Kellermann, M. Y., Rohde, S., Reverter, M., Striebel, M., & Schupp, P. J. (2020). Anti-Fouling Effects of Saponin-Containing Crude Extracts from Tropical Indo-Pacific Sea Cucumbers. Marine Drugs, 18(4), Article 181. doi.org/10.3390/md18040181

Kamyab, E., Kellermann, M., Rohde, S., Steinmann, E., Kock, M., Mohr, K., & Schupp, P. J. (2020). Comparative Studies of the Two Sea Cucumber Genera Bohadschia and Actinopyga: Biological Activities and Structural-Activity Differences. Marine Drugs, 18(1). <Go to ISI>://WOS:000513184600120

Kamyab, E., Rohde, S., Kellermann, M. Y., & Schupp, P. J. (2020). Chemical Defense Mechanisms and Ecological Implications of Indo-Pacific Holothurians. Molecules, 25(20), Article 4808. doi.org/10.3390/molecules25204808

Reverter, M., Rohde, S., Parchemin, C., Tapissier-Bontemps, N., & Schupp, P. J. (2020). Metabolomics and Marine Biotechnology: Coupling Metabolite Profiling and Organism Biology for the Discovery of New Compounds. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, Article 613471. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.613471

Helber, S. B., Steinert, G., Wu, Y. C., Rohde, S., Hentschel, U., Muhando, C. A., & Schupp, P. J. (2019). Sponges from Zanzibar host diverse prokaryotic communities with potential for natural product synthesis. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 95(4), Article fiz026. doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiz026

Lange, G., Schmitt, J. A., Kroncke, I., Moorthi, S. D., Rohde, S., Scheu, S., & Schupp, P. J. (2019). The role of invasive marine plants for macrofauna nutrition in the Wadden Sea. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 512, 1-11. doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2018.12.005

Helber, S. B., Hoeijmakers, D. J. J., Muhando, C. A., Rohde, S., & Schupp, P. J. (2018). Sponge chemical defenses are a possible mechanism for increasing sponge abundance on reefs in Zanzibar. PloS One, 13(6), Article e097617. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197617

Bogdanov, A., Hertzer, C., Kehraus, S., Nietzer, S., Rohde, S., Schupp, P. J., Wagele, H., & Konig, G. M. (2017). Secondary metabolome and its defensive role in the aeolidoidean Phyllodesmium longicirrum, (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Nudibranchia). Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 13, 502-519. doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.13.50

Helber, S. B., de Voogd, N. J., Muhando, C. A., Rohde, S., & Schupp, P. J. (2017). Anti-predatory effects of organic extracts of 10 common reef sponges from Zanzibar. Hydrobiologia, 790(1), 247-258. doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-3036-8

Rohde, S., Schupp, P. J., Markert, A., & Wehrmann, A. (2017). Only half of the truth: Managing invasive alien species by rapid assessment. Ocean & Coastal Management, 146, 26-35. doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2017.05.013

Schwartz, N., Dobretsov, S., Rohde, S., & Schupp, P. J. (2017). Comparison of antifouling properties of native and invasive Sargassum (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) species. European Journal of Phycology, 52(1), 116-131. doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2016.1231345

Schwartz, N., Rohde, S., Dobretsov, S., Hiromori, S., & Schupp, P. J. (2017). The role of chemical antifouling defence in the invasion success of Sargassum muticum: A comparison of native and invasive brown algae. PloS One, 12(12), Article e0189761. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189761

Steinert, G., Rohde, S., Janussen, D., Blaurock, C., & Schupp, P. J. (2017). Host-specific assembly of sponge-associated prokaryotes at high taxonomic ranks. Scientific Reports, 7, Article 2542. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02656-6

Bogdanov, A., Hertzer, C., Kehraus, S., Nietzer, S., Rohde, S., Schupp, P. J., Wagele, H., & Konig, G. M. (2016). Defensive Diterpene from the Aeolidoidean Phyllodesmium longicirrum. Journal of Natural Products, 79(3), 611-615. doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b00860

Markert, A., Matsuyama, K., Rohde, S., Schupp, P., & Wehrmann, A. (2016). First record of the non-native Pacific bryozoan Smittoidea prolifica Osburn, 1952 at the German North Sea coast. Marine Biodiversity, 46(3), 717-723. doi.org/10.1007/s12526-015-0415-8

Schwartz, N., Rohde, S., Hiromori, S., & Schupp, P. J. (2016). Understanding the invasion success of Sargassum muticum: herbivore preferences for native and invasive Sargassum spp. Marine Biology, 163(9), Article 181. doi.org/10.1007/s00227-016-2953-4

Rohde, S., Nietzer, S., & Schupp, P. J. (2015). Prevalence and Mechanisms of Dynamic Chemical Defenses in Tropical Sponges. PloS One, 10(7), Article e0132236. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132236

Rohde, S., Gochfeld, D. J., Ankisetty, S., Avula, B., Schupp, P. J., & Slattery, M. (2012). Spatial Variability in Secondary Metabolites of the Indo-Pacific Sponge Stylissa massa. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 38(5), 463-475. doi.org/10.1007/s10886-012-0124-8

Rohde, S., & Schupp, P. J. (2012). Growth and regeneration of the elephant ear sponge Ianthella basta (Porifera). Hydrobiologia, 687(1), 219-226. doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0774-5

Wright, A. D., Schupp, P. J., Schror, J. P., Engemann, A., Rohde, S., Kelman, D., de Voogd, N. J., Carroll, A., & Motti, C. A. (2012). Twilight Zone Sponges from Guam Yield Theonellin Isocyanate and Psammaplysins I and J. Journal of Natural Products, 75(3), 502-506. doi.org/10.1021/np200939d

Rohde, S., & Schupp, P. J. (2011). Allocation of chemical and structural defenses in the sponge Melophlus sarasinorum. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 399(1), 76-83. doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.01.012

Wahl, M., Jormalainen, V., Eriksson, B. K., Coyer, J. A., Molis, M., Schubert, H., Dethier, M., Karez, R., Kruse, I., Lenz, M., Pearson, G., Rohde, S., Wikstrom, S. A., & Olsen, J. L. (2011). STRESS ECOLOGY IN FUCUS: ABIOTIC, BIOTIC AND GENETIC INTERACTIONS. In M. Lesser (Ed.), Advances in Marine Biology, Vol 59 (Vol. 59, pp. 37-105). doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-385536-7.00002-9

Weinberger, F., Rohde, S., Oschmann, Y., Shahnaz, L., Dobretsov, S., & Wahl, M. (2011). Effects of limitation stress and of disruptive stress on induced antigrazing defense in the bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 427, 83-94. doi.org/10.3354/meps09044

Yun, H. Y., Rohde, S., Linnane, K., Wahl, M., & Molis, M. (2010). Seaweed-mediated indirect interaction between two species of meso-herbivores. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 408, 47-53. doi.org/10.3354/meps08561

Schupp, P. J., Kohlert-Schupp, C., Whitefield, S., Engemann, A., Rohde, S., Hemscheidt, T., Pezzuto, J. M., Kondratyuk, T. P., Park, E. J., Marler, L., Rostama, B., & Wright, A. D. (2009). Cancer Chemopreventive and Anticancer Evaluation of Extracts and Fractions from Marine Macro- and Micro-organisms Collected from Twilight Zone Waters Around Guam. Natural Product Communications, 4(12), 1717-1728. <Go to ISI>://WOS:000272754100025

Pawlik, J. R., Henkel, T. P., McMurray, S. E., Lopez-Legentil, S., Loh, T. L., & Rohde, S. (2008). Patterns of sponge recruitment and growth on a shipwreck corroborate chemical defense resource trade-off. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 368, 137-143. doi.org/10.3354/meps07615

Rohde, S., Hiebenthal, C., Wahl, M., Karez, R., & Bischof, K. (2008). Decreased depth distribution of Fucus vesiculosus (Phaeophyceae) in the Western Baltic: effects of light deficiency and epibionts on growth and photosynthesis. European Journal of Phycology, 43(2), 143-150. doi.org/10.1080/09670260801901018

Rohde, S., & Wahl, M. (2008a). Temporal dynamics of induced resistance in a marine macroalga: Time lag of induction and reduction in Fucus vesiculosus. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 367(2), 227-229. doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2008.10.003

Rohde, S., & Wahl, M. (2008b). Antifeeding defense in baltic macroalgae: Induction by direct grazing versus waterborne cues. Journal of Phycology, 44(1), 85-90. doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00451.x

Rohde, S., Molis, M., & Wahl, M. (2004). Regulation of anti-herbivore defence by Fucus vesiculosus in response to various cues. Journal of Ecology, 92(6), 1011-1018. doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-0477.2004.00936.x

• Ausbringung von Hartsubstrat als Ausgleichsmaßnahme im marinen Bereich.
  Abschlussbericht für das Landesamt für Natur und Umwelt (LANU) SH. 2004.
• Ausbringung von Hartsubstrat als Ausgleichsmaßnahme im marinen Bereich II (Projekt LASH plus). Landesamt für Natur und Umwelt (LANU) SH. 2006.
• Tiefenverbreitung von Makroalgen der Ostsee (Projekt LASHplus Analyse). Landesamt für Natur und Umwelt (LANU)SH. 2007.
• Abhängigkeit der Algenansiedlung von abiotischen Faktoren in der Ostsee.
  (Projekt Algenbewertung-Winter). Landesamt für Natur und Umwelt (LANU) SH. 2008.
• Coral Reef Monitoring: Kilo Wharf Extension, Apra Harbor, Guam. 2010. T. Schils, P. Schupp, L. Raymundo,  A. Halford, C. Caballes, A. Devillers, and S. Rohde.
• Ecological processes that allow the establishment of the invasive brown alga Sargassum muticum in the North Sea. Landesamt für Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und ländliche Räume des Landes Schleswig-Holstein (LLUR). 2012.
• Neobiota-Basislinie in niedersächsischen Küstengewässern. 2015. Rohde, S., A. Markert, P. Schupp, A. Wehrmann. Bericht erstellt im Auftrag des NLWKN und NLPV.
• Aquatische Optische Technologien in Deutschland. Schulz, J.,…, Rohde, S. et al. 2015. Meereswissenschaftliche Berichte. Vol. 97. Warnemünde.