Contact

Dr. Ferdinand Esser
Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Sea (ICBM)
Room: W15 0-031
Phone: +49 (0)441-798-3171
E-mail: ferdinand.esser@uni-oldenburg.de
Graduates - completed dissertations
Completed doctoral theses at the ICBM
Here you will find an overview of graduates who have completed a doctoral thesis at the ICBM, arranged by year.
In addition to the title of the thesis, the supervisor and the working group in which the thesis was written are also listed.
2025
Dr. Navya Prakash
„Autonomous Marine Pollution Analysis with Multimodal Spatio-Temporal Spectral Data”
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Oliver Zielinski
Working group: Marine Sensor Systems

Dr. Paul Müller
„Spatial and Temporal Correlations in Human Cortical Dynamics: Implications for Cognition and Epilepsy Management”
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thilo Gross
Working gropup: Biodiversity Theory

Dr. Kalel Luiz Rossi
„Multistability and Transient Dynamics in Networked Systems”
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ulrike Feudel
Working group: Theoretical Physics / Complex Systems

Dr. Floriane Coulmance Gayrard
„The phenotypic and genetic basis of a reef fish radiation”
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Oscar Puebla
Working group: Fish Ecology and Evolution
2024

Dr. Jana Charlotte Dewenter
„Macrozoobenthos and microphytobenthos in response to spatial and temporal variation in resources”
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ingrid Kröncke
Working group: Benthos Ecology

Dr. Laura Antonia Barth Martinez
„Phase Transitions in Robust Networks: From Theoretical Insights to an Ecological Application”
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thilo Gross
Working group: Biodiversity Theory

Dr. Pedro Manuel De La Cruz
„Computation of functional diversity from long-term monitoring time series”
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thilo Gross
Working group: Biodiversity Theory

Dr. Mika Sutorius
„Deep ocean circulation in the South Pacific during the Late Neogene”
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Katharina Pahnke
Working group: Marine Isotope Geochemistry

Dr. Tabea Hildebrand
„Dissolved organic matter processing by two Indo-Pacific sponge holobionts”
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Peter Schupp
Working group: Environmental Biochemistry

Dr. Ramona Buschen
„Phenol-sensing in the context of a complex regulatory network of Aromatoleum aromaticum EbN1T“
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ralf Rabus
Working group: General and Molecular Microbiology

Dr. Md Jakiul Islam
„Evaluation of dietary supplementation potentials to ameliorate extreme temperature stress events in European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax“
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Oscar Puebla
Working group: Fish Ecology and Evolution

Dr. Ole Jörg Müller
„Oceanic Mobilities: An interdisciplinary analysis of the influences that shape the movement of Ships“
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thilo Gross
Working group: Biodiversity Theory

Dr. Alica Ohnesorge
„Marine metazoan biodiversity based on molecular multispecies detection“
Supervisor: Dr. Silke Laakmann
Working group: Animal Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology

Dr. Melina Kerstin Knoke
“Biogeochemical transformations and mobilization of dissolved organic matter in sediments”
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thorsten Dittmar
Working group: Marine Geochemie

Dr. Amelie Luhede
„The value of information in environmental conservation
and management”“
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Helmut Hillebrand
Working group: Planktology

Dr. Charlotte Kunze
„Species contributions to ecological stability”“
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Helmut Hillebrand
Working group: Planktology

Dr. Jana Kalvelage
„Proteogenomic Insights into Subcellular Structures, Cell Biology and Photosynthesis of the Marine Dinoflagellate Prorocentrum cordatum CCMP1329“
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ralf Rabus
Working group: Allgemeine und Molekulare Mikrobiologie

Dr. Sören-Tobias Vital
„Growth performance and carbohydrate metabolism of the anaerobic gut bacterium Phocaeicola vulgatus“
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ralf Rabus
Working group: Allgemeine und Molekulare Mikrobiologie

Dr. Urte Clausen
„Growth physiology and sugar metabolism of the anaerobic gut bacterium Phocaeicola vulgatus DSM 1447“
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ralf Rabus
Working group: Allgemeine und Molekulare Mikrobiologie

Dr. Adenike Adebowale Adenaya
„Occurrence of antibiotic resistance in the sea surface microlayer of the southern North Sea“
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thorsten Brinkhoff
Working group: Pelagische Mikrobiologie

Dr. Lisa Gassen
“The influence of precipitation on the sea-surface microlayer and the relationship to freshwater fluxes across the ocean’s surface.”.
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Oliver Wurl
Working group: Meeresoberflächen

Dr. Jordan Aaron Gault
“Mapping the Dimensions of Compositional Variation in Ecological Communities”
Supervisor: Priv.-Doz. Dr. Jan Freund, Prof. Dr. Helmut Hillebrandt
Working group: Theoretische Physik / Komplexe Systeme; Prof. Dr. Ulrike Feudel

Dr. Jana Chiara Maßing
“Dynamics of complex ecological communities”.
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thilo Gross
Working group: Biodiversitätstherie Prof. Dr. Thilo Gross