SCIENCE REPORTER
CV
Studies of biochemistry & oceanography at Kiel University and at GEOMAR // MSc and PhD in the Department of Biogeochemistry at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen // Postdoc in the Department of Oceanography at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada // Postdoc in the Department of Environmental Systems Sciences - Aquatic Chemistry Group at ETH Zürich, Switzerland // Postgraduate professional education "science editorial office" at the mibeg Media Institute in Cologne // Journalism training at the Reutlingen School of Reportage // Editor for chemistry & geosciences at the popular science magazine Spektrum der Wissenschaft in Heidelberg // Freelance science reporter & photographer since 2018
TOPICS
Ocean science
Climate change
Polar regions
Coral reefs
Deep-sea mining
Fisheries
Marine protected areas
Global element cycles
Lakes & rivers
Geosciences
Climate engineering
Microbiology
Chemistry
Expeditions
2024: Western Indian Ocean (R/V Sonne)
2024: Fuvahmulah, Maldives
2023: Central Arctic Ocean/North Pole (RV Polarstern)
2023: Disko Island, Western Greenland
2022: Pacific/Clarion-Clipperton-Zone (RV Sonne)
2021: Southern Greenland Ice Sheet
2021: Weddell Sea/Antarctic Ocean (RV Polarstern)
2020: Fram Strait (RV Merian)
2019: Greenland Sea/Northeast Atlantic (RV Merian)