Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Anja Engel
Professor of Biological Oceanography - working group Microbial Biogeochemistry (BI/MB)
Head of Research Division 2 - Marine Biogeochemistry (RD2)
Speaker TOPIC 6: Marine and Polar Life
Office:
building 5
room no. 2.116
phone: +49 (0)431/600-1510
email: aengel(at)geomar.de
Personal Assistant/Office Management (RD2)
building 5
room no. 2.310
phone: +49 (0)431/600-1508
email: sgagliardi@geomar.de
Personal Assistant/Office Management (BI/MB)
building 5
room no. 2.310
phone: +49 (0)431/600-4447
email: mpeschke(at)geomar.de
Personal Assistant/Office Management TOPIC 6:
room no. 20-308
phone +49 (0)431/600-4481
email: breuter(at)geomar.de
Address:
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Wischhofstr. 1-3, D-24148 Kiel, Germany
Education
- 1989-1995 Undergraduate studies in Biology, Christian Albrechts University (CAU), Kiel, Germany
- 1995 Graduate studies in biological sciences, Institute for Marine Sciences (IfM), Kiel, Germany
- 1991 Ph.D., biological sciences, Christian Albrechts University (CAU), Kiel, Germany
Professional Experience
- 1998-1999 Post-Doc, Institute for Marine Sciences (IfM), Kiel, Germany
- 1999-2000 Post-Doc, Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), USA
- 2001-2004 Post-Doc, Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Bremerhaven, Germany
- 2005-2018 extraordinary professorship, State University of New York at Stony Brook (SUNYSB), USA
- 2005-2011 Head of HGF junior research group "Global change and the future marine carbon cycle", Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Bremerhaven, Germany
- since 2005 adjunct professorship, State University of New York at Stony Brook (SUNYSB), USA
- since 2011 Professor of Biological Oceanography, IFM-GEOMAR, now GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany
- 2012-2014 Head of Research Division 2: Marine Biogeochemistry, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany
- 2021-2023 Head of Research Division 2: Marine Biogeochemistry, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany
Honours, Awards and Fellowships
- 1995-1998 HSP II Fellowship, German Ministry of Science and Technology
- 1999-2000 Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, German Science Foundation
- 2004-2005 Max Kade Fellowship, Max Kade Society, USA
Memberships and Expert Activities
- BIOACID Steering Committee, German Ministry of Science and Technology
- EPOCA Steering Committee, EU
- PGM, JGFOS 2012 - 2013, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- SOLAS Steering Committee
- SCOR Working Group 141. Sea surface microlayers: towards a unified physicochemical and biological perspective of the air-ocean interface; Regular Member
- GEOMAR WEB (Women‘s Executive Board)
- Marine Sciences Committee, Faculty of Mathmatics and Natural Sciences, Christian Albrechts University of Kiel
- Examination Committee Biological Oceanography (Deputy)
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig
- Member of the Expert Research Vessel Panel (GPF)
- Ombuds Person GEOMAR
- Member of the Zukunftsforum Ozean (ZFO)
- Associate Editor Biogeosciences
- Associate Editor Limnology & Oceanography
- Member of the Scientific Council of the National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (OGS), Trieste, Italy
- Academia Net Member (since 2013)
- Sigma Xi Full Member (since 2022)
- Member of the Annette Barthelt Foundation
- Member of the German National Committee SCOR (Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research)
- Membership of the DFG Review Board for Atmospheric, Marine and Climate Research
External funding
- AQUASHIFT: Temperature-dependency of carbon partitioning between dissolved and particulate organic matter in a pelagic new peoduction system
(German Science Foundation, DFG)
Funding period: 2004-2010 - GloCar: Global Change and the future marine carbon cycle
(Helmholtz Foundation, HGF Young Investigators Grant)
Funding period: 2005-2010 - PEACE: Role of pelagic calcification and export of carbonate production in climate change
(BELSPO European partnership, Belgium)
Funding period: 2005-2010 - COCALIFE: Calcification of selected coccolithophore species: metabolic state and trace metal partitioning
(German Science Foundation, DFG)
Funding period: 2006-2009 - SOPRAN: Surface Ocean PRocesses in the ANthropocene. Biogeochemical response to CO2 enrichment
(German Ministry for Science and Education, BMBF)
Funding period: 2006-2013 - EPOCA: European Project of Ocean Acidification
(EU 7th framework program, Coordinated Project)
Funding period: 2008-2012 - MicroTrance: Microbiological Transformation of Anthropogenic Nitrogen in Coastal Environments
(EU Marie Curie IOF; EU 7th framework program)
Funding period: 2009-2011 - BIOACID: Biological Impacts of Ocean ACIDification
(German Ministry for Science and Education, BMBF)
Funding period: 2009-2012 - ADAGIO: Effects of ocean acidification on the formation and sinking of particle aggregates
(NSF)
Funding period: 2009-2012 - SFB 754 “Climate-Biogeochemistry Interactions in the Tropical Ocean”
Subproject B9 “Near-coastal supply of oxygen and dissolved organic matter to the oxygen minimum zone”
(German Science Foundation, DFG)
Funding Period: 2012 – 2019 - Land SH "CoastSens", Funding Period: 2018 - 2020
- BMBF, WTZ Great Britain, "MicroArc", Funding Period: 2018-2021
- REEBUS: Role of Eddies in the Carbon Pump of Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems - Demonstration Case Canary Current System (WP4). (German Ministry of Science and Education, BMBF) Funding period: 2019-2021
- FACTS: Transport and Fate of microplastic in Northern European Seas (German Ministry of Science and Education, BMBF) Funding period: 2020-2023
- LABPLAS: Land-Based Solutions for Plastics in the Sea (EU-Rahmenprogramme: HORIZON 2020), Funding period: 2021-2025
- BASS: Biogeochemische Prozesse und Ozean/Atmosphäre-Austauschprozesse in marinen Oberlächenfilmen (German Science Foundation, DFG), Funding Period: 2022-2026
- PlastTrack: Technological platform for micro- and nanoplastics tracking (interreg 6a, joint project Denmark/Germany), Funding Period: 2023-2026
- ICEBERG: Innovative Community Engagement for Building Effective Resilience and arctic ocean pollution-control Governance in the context of climate change (EU HORIZON-CL6-2023-ZEROPOLLUTION-01-3), Funding Period: 2024-2026
- INDICOM: Composition, production and turnover of organic matter in the bathypelagic Indian Ocean (German Ministry of Science and Education, BMBF), Funding period: 2024-2026
