Dr. rer. nat. Birgit Quack

Reserach Interests

• Marine sources and sinks of short-lived volatile halocarbons from natural and anthropogenic sources (e.g. bromoform, CHBr₃). 
• Their biogeochemical cycles, air-sea exchange and their impact on tropospheric and stratospheric ozone.
• In cooperation with other research fields, we investigate the distribution of the iodinated, brominated and chlorinated trace gases from various sources (e.g. biology: phytoplankton, macroalgae, chemistry: disinfection processes, sun, halogen substitution) in the ocean and atmosphere.
• Through measurements and modeling, processes are understood in regional and global studies and spatial and temporal data gaps are closed in order to clarify the oceanic contributions to future ozone chemistry in the troposphere and stratosphere.

More detailled information can be found on the Halocarbons page.

Education and professional experience

1981-1985	Study of food chemistry at the University of Münster
1986	Researchassistent at the University of Missouri (USA)
1987	Food chemist at the Federal Investigation Office in Münster
1988	Stipendiary at the Biological Institution of Helgoland in Hamburg (Halogens from macro algae
1989	Study of oceanography
1990-1994	Ph.D. in Marine Atmospheric Chemistry at the Institute for Marine Research in Kiel
1995	Scientist at the GEOMAR research institute, Kiel (Atmospheric trace gases over the western Pacific)
1996-2000	Parental leave
since 2000	Postdoc in various projects of Marine Biogeochemistry
2000-2001	Trace gas transformations and tracer ages in the deep ocean
2002-2003	Oceanic distributions and emissions of natural trace gases
2003	Research Assistant at NCAR (National Center of Atmospheric Research) and NOAA-CMDL (Climate Monitoring Division Labortory)
since 2004	Processes and controls of regional and global oceanic halocarbon distributions and their air-sea exchange

 

Publications

For a list of publications refer to OceanRep here..