Dr. Daniela Henkel

Marine Biologist / Scientific project manager
Research Division 2: Marine Biogeochemistry
Research Unit: Marine Geosystems
Working Group: DeepSea Monitoring

Office
Room: 8/A-214
Phone: +49 431 600-2111
E-mail: dhenkel(at)geomar.de

Address
Wischhofstrasse 1-3
D-24148 Kiel

Research Interests

  • Marine Biology
  • Anthropogenic impact on marine life
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Munitions in the Sea

Scientific Career

since 2014
Scientific Researcher & Scientific Project Manager, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

2020–2022
Scientific Project Manager,
Konsortium Deutsche Meeresforschung e. V

2012–2014
Managing Director at Sino German Cooperation in Marine Sciences
, Christian Albrecht University Kiel

2013
Visiting Scientist, Huinay Scientific Field Station in Patagonia, Chile

2007/08/09
Visiting Scientist,
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2004–2011
Scientific Researcher,
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Frankfurt

2004
Guest
Scientist, National Institute for Water and Atmosphere, NIWA, Hamilton New Zealand

Education

2007-2011
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (Dr. rer.nat), Zoology/Animal Biology, Goethe University Frankfurt/ Main, Faculty of Biosciences
Thesis: The Sponges of the Chinese Yellow Sea

2001–2004
Diploma in Marine Biology, University of Rostock

1999–2001
Vordiplom in Biology, University of Cologne

Projects

2024–2028
MMinE-SwEEPER (Marine Munition in Europe - Solutions with Economic and Ecological Profits for Efficient Remediation)

2021–2027
CONMAR (CONcept for conventional MARine munition Remediation in the German North and Baltic Sea)

2021–2024
ProBaNNt (Professional intelligent munitions assessment using 3D reconstructions and Bayesian Neural Networks)

2018–2022
Digital Earth
(Towards SMART Monitoring and Integrated Data Exploration of the Earth System - Implementing the Data Science Paradigm)

2014–2018
BASE-LiNE Earth
(Brachiopods As SEnsitive tracers of gLobal mariNe Environment: Insights from alkaline, alkaline Earth metal, and metalloid trace element ratios and isotope systems)

Research Cruise Participation at GEOMAR

03/2023
AL590, Monitoring ecological consequences of marine munition in the Baltic Sea

11/2020
AL548, Mine Monitoring in the German Baltic Sea

Publications

You can find a list of publications and other activities on OceanRep.