The Research Division Marine Ecology has five Research Units: Experimental Ecology - Benthos, Marine Evolutionary Ecology, Marine Natural Products Chemistry, Marine Symbioses and Ocean EcoSystems Biology.
RD3 mission: Ocean’s biological diversity drives ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles. A deeper knowledge on existing diversity, the associated processes and the reactions to environmental perturbation is needed to project future changes, and to guide sustainable use of biological resources.
These are a few key questions that scientists of RD3 are addressing:
The scientific work of the research units is embedded in the research program Changing Earth - Sustaining our Future, where it is significantly supplemented in the topic 6 as well as in the GEOMAR Strategy 2030 with its core topics and integrating research foci (IRF).
There are currently 17 research groups in the research area Marine Ecology. Follow the links to the respective research group pages.
Marine Evolutionary Ecology
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Reusch
Marine Symbioses
Prof. Dr. Ute Hentschel Humeida
Ecophysiology
Prof. Dr. Frank Melzner
Stress Ecology
Prof. Dr. Martin Wahl
Marine Natural Products Chemistry
Prof. Dr. Deniz Tasdemir
Marine Microbial Ecology
Prof. Dr. David Needham
Deep-sea biology
Dr. Henk-Jan Hoving
Marine Behavioural Ecology - Dr. Christopher Monk
Ecosystem Modelling
Dr. Marco Scotti
Marine Macrophytes
PD Dr. Florian Weinberger
Biodiversity
Dr. Birte Matthiessen
GAME Dr. Mark Lenz
Invasion Ecology
PD Dr. Elizabeta Briski
Coral Adaption to Extremes
Dr. Marlene Wall
Microbial Oceanography & Biogeochemistry
Dr. Kristin Bergauer
Fish Physiology
Dr. Till Harter
Aquatic Microbial Ecogenomics Group (AquaMEG)
Dr. David Ngugi
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