GEOMAR  Achterberg, Eric

Prof. Dr. Eric Achterberg

Research Group Leader WG Marine Chemistry

Topic 6: Marine and polar Life

RD2: Marine Biogeochemistry
RU CH Chemical Oceanography

WG Water Column Biogeochemistry

Office:
Room: 312 / Buil. 12 - 3rd floor
Tel.: + 49 (0) 431 600 1290
Fax: + 49 (0) 431 600 131290
E-Mail: eachterberg(at)geomar.de

Address:
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Wischhofstraße 1-3,  Build. 12
D-24148 Kiel

Research interests

  • Open Ocean Biogeochemistry
  • Global Change and Ecosystem Functioning
  • Study of nutrient and (in) organic carbon and trace element distributions
  • Study of trace element behaviour and speciation (incl. colloids and nanoparticles) and the interactions with geochemical and biological processes
  • Development and application of in-situ sensors for nutrients and carbonate chemistry variables

Projects

Memberships, Services, Activities

  • Member of The Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Member of The UK Challenger Society for Marine Science
  • Member of The American Geophysical Union
  • Member of American Society for Limnology and Oceanography

Current appointments and awards

  • Since February 2013 W3 Professor in Marine Chemistry at University of Kiel and GEOMAR, Germany
  • 2012-2013 Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award Professor

External funding

  • DFG SFB 754 project: Iron stabilization and transfer in tropical oxygen minimum zone
  • DFG Cruise Programme: GEOTRACES GA08 cruise in the South East Atlantic Ocean (with Prof. Dr. Martin Frank).

Publications

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  • Beck, A. J. , Gledhill, M. , Gräwe, U., Kampmeier, M., Eggert, A., Schlosser, C., Stamer, B., Greinert, J., Achterberg, E. P. (2025). Widespread environmental contamination from relic munitions in the southwestern Baltic Sea. Chemosphere, 372, 144115.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2025.144115
  • Guo, J., Achterberg, E. P., Shen, Y., Zhou, B., Song, J., Li, X., Duan, L., Yuan, H. (2025). Sources and fate of particulate organic matter along the river-estuary-coastal ocean continuum: Constraints from amino acid and amino sugar carbon isotopes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 393, pp. 31-42.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2025.02.004
  • Cloete, R., Planquette, H., van Horsten, N. R., Samanta, S., Chen, X. ‐., Achterberg, E. P., Middag, R., Janssen, D. J., Bowie, A. R., van der Merwe, P., Loock, J. C., Mtshali, T. N., Fietz, S., Roychoudhury, A. N. (2025). Drivers of Nickel Distribution and Seasonality in the Southern Ocean: New Perspectives From the GEOTRACES GIpr07 Transect. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 130 (1), e2024JC021542.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC021542
  • Hommel, E., König, M., Braun, G., Krauss, M., Kamjunke, N., Brack, W., Matousu, A., Sanders, T., Bussmann, I., Achterberg, E. P., Raupers, B., Escher, B. I. (2025). Following the Mixtures of Organic Micropollutants with In Vitro Bioassays in a Large Lowland River from Source to Sea. ACS Environmental Au.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenvironau.4c00059
  • Steiner, Z. , Turchyn, A. V., Ziveri, P., Shiller, A. M., Lam, P. J., Paytan, A., Achterberg, E. P. (2025). The roles of celestine and barite in modulating strontium and barium water column concentrations in the northeast Pacific Ocean. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 388, pp. 182-194.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2024.10.003