Professional Career

• since 09/2024: Research Funding Advisor | GEOMAR
• 07/20 - 08/24: Research Funding Advisor in the Team International Funding Programs | Ludwig Maximilian University Munich
• 01/20 - 06/20: Research Manager | Department of Biology (ECOBE), University of Antwerpen
• 01/19 - 12/19: Postdoc | Department of Biology (ECOBE), University Antwerpen
• 11/15 - 12/18: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship | Gothenburg University, Sweden
• 08/14 - 10/15: Postdoc | Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, The Netherlands
• 02/10 - 04/14: Postdoc | Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Education

• 10/06 – 02/10: Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology | Oceanlab, University of Aberdeen, Schottland. PhD-Thesis: Metabolic Activity in Intertidal Sands: the Role of Permeability and Carbon Sources. Supervisors: Prof. Ursula Witte and Dr. David Lumsdon
• 10/02 – 09/04: Master of Science (MSc) International Studies in Aquatic Tropical Ecology | Universität Bremen, Deutschland. M.Sc.-Thesis: Macroalgal Production and Herbivory on Different Reef Substrates of Turneffe Islands Atoll, Belize. Supervisors: Prof. Claudio Richter, Dr. Melanie McField, Prof. Gunter-Otto Kirst
• 09/98 – 07/01: Bachelor of Science with Honours (B.Sc. (Hons)) Oceanography with Marine Biology | University of Southampton, England. B.Sc.-Thesis: An Investigation into the Bio-Optical Modelling Capabilities of Above-Water Radiometry. Supervisor: Dr. Simon Boxall.
• 07/98: Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife (German High School Diploma) | Deutsche Schule Tokyo Yokohama, Japan</h4>

Publications

• Zetsche E, Larsson AI, Iversen MH and Ploug H (2020). Flow and diffusion around and within diatom aggregates: Effects of aggregate composition and shape. doi:10.1002/lno.11420
• Olofsson M, Kourtchenko O, Zetsche E, Marchant HK, Whitehouse MJ, Godhe A and Ploug H (2019). High single-cell diversity in carbon and nitrogen assimilations by a chain-forming diatom across a century. Environmental Microbiology 21: 142-151. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.14434
• Geerlings NMJ, Zetsche E, Hidalgo-Martinez S, Middelburg JJ and FJR Meysman (2019). Mineral formation induced by cable bacteria performing long-distance electron transport in marine sediments. Biogeosciences 16: 811-829. doi:10.5194/bg-16-811-2019
• Cornelissen R, Bøggild A, Eachambadi RT, Koning RI, Kremer A, Hidalgo-Martinez S, Zetsche E, Bonné R, Drijkoningen J, Geelgoed JS, Boesen T, Boschker ET, Valcke R, Nielsen LP, D’haen J, Manca JV and Meysman FJR (2018). The cell envelope structure of cable bacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology 9: 3044. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.03044
• Peperzak L, Zetsche E, Gollasch S, Artigas LF, Bonato S, Creach V, de Vré P, Dubelaar GBJ, Henneghien J, Hess-Erga O, Langelaar R, Larsen A, Maurer BN, Mosselaar A, Reavie ED, Rijkeboer M and Tobiesen A (2018). Comparing flow cytometry and microscopy in the quantification of vital aquatic organisms in ballast water, Journal of Marine Engineering & Technology, doi:10.1080/20464177.2018.1525806
• Linders T, Infantes E, Joyce A, Karlsson T, Ploug H, Hassellöv M, Sköld M and Zetsche E (2018). Particle sources and transport in stratified Nordic coastal seas in the Anthropocene. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 6:29. doi:10.1525/elementa.149
• Burdorf LDW, Tramper A, Seitaj D, Meire L, Hidalgo-Martinez S, Zetsche E, Boschker HTS and Meysman FJR (2017). Long-distance electron transport occurs globally in marine sediments. Biogeosciences 14(3): 683-701. doi:10.5194/bg-14-683-2017
• Yin K, Zetsche E and PJ Harrison (2016). Effects of sandy vs muddy sediments on the vertical distribution of microphytobenthos in intertidal flats of the Fraser River Estuary, Canada. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 23(14): 14196-14209. doi:10.1007/s11356-016-6571-y
• Zetsche E, Baussant T, Meysman FJR and van Oevelen D (2016). Direct visualization of mucus production by the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa with digital holographic microscopy. PLOS ONE 11(2): e0146766. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0146766
• Zetsche E, Baussant T and van Oevelen D (2016). Ciliary removal of particles by the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa. Reef Encounter 31(1): 53-56.
• Zetsche E, El Mallahi A and Meysman FJR (2016). Digital holographic microscopy: a novel tool to study the morphology, physiology and ecology of diatoms. Diatom Research 31(1):1-16. doi:10.1080/0269249X.2016.1140679
• Zetsche E and Ploug H (2015). Marine Chemistry special issue: Particles in aquatic environments: from invisible exopolymers to sinking aggregates. Marine Chemistry 175:1-4. doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2015.04.008
• Zetsche E, El Mallahi A, Dubois F, Yourassowsky C, Kromkamp JC, and Meysman FJR (2014). Imaging-in- Flow: Digital holographic microscopy as a novel tool to detect and classify nanoplanktonic organisms. Limnology and Oceanography:Methods, 12: 757-775. doi: 10.4319/lom.2014.12.757
• Malkin S, Rao A, Seitaj D, Vasquez-Cardenas D, Zetsche E, Hidalgo-Martinez S, Boschker H, and Meysman FJR (2014). Natural occurrence of microbial sulphur oxidation by long-range electron transport in the seafloor. The ISME Journal. doi:10.1038/ismej.2014.41
• Zetsche E and Meysman FJR (2012). Dead or alive? Viability assessment of micro- and mesoplankton. Journal of Plankton Research, 34: 493-509. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbs018
• Zetsche E, Bulling MT and Witte U (2012). Permeability of intertidal sandflats: Impact of temporal variability on sediment metabolism. Continental Shelf Research, 42: 41–50. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2012.04.020
• Zetsche E, Paterson DM, Lumsdon DG and Witte U (2011) Temporal variation in the sediment permeability of an intertidal sandflat. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 441:49-63. doi:10.3354/meps09390
• Zetsche E, Thornton B, Midwood AJ and Witte U (2011). Utilisation of different carbon sources in a shallow estuary identified through stable isotope techniques. Continental Shelf Research, 31: 832-840. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2011.02.006