Education and Scientific Career

- Vordiplom Biology¹, University of Hamburg/Germany (1987).
- Diplom Biology¹: Botany, Microbiology und Hydrobiology, University of Hamburg (1991).
- BAH Research Fellow, Biologische Anstalt Helgoland und University of Hamburg (1991-1993).
- Project Scientist, Hamburger Umwelt-Institut, Silva Jardim, Brazil (1993-1995).
- MINERVA Research Fellow, National Institute of Oceanography, Haifa, Israel (1996-1999).
- Dr. rer. nat.¹ Microbiology, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel/Germany (1999).
- Postdoc, CNRS, Station Biologique de Roscoff, France (1999-2004).
- Scientist, Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften (IFM-GEOMAR), Kiel (2005-2010).
- Scientist, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung (GEOMAR), Kiel (since 2011).
- Dr. habil. Biologische Meereskunde, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel (2013).

 [1] "Vordiplom", "Diplom" and "Dr. rer. nat."  degrees are similar but not entirely equivalent to B.Sc., M.Sc. and PhD degrees, respectively.

Research

Ecology and management of seaweeds, in particular of
- invasive seaweeds,
- macroalgal blooms,
- seaweed diseases,
- cultivated seaweed.

Seaweed-microbe, seaweed-epibiont and seaweed-herbivore interactions.
 

Teaching

- Since 2005 various classes at Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel
   (M.Sc. Biological Oceanography, B.Sc. Biology)
- 2013 Habilitation and Venia Legendi (= teaching permission), Biological Oceanography

Editorial responsibilities

- Field editor for macrophytobenthos, "Helgoland Marine Research" (2012-2015)
- Associate editor, "Marine Biology" (2014-2021)

Professional Society Memberships

- Sektion Phykologie der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft
- International Phycological Society (IPC)
- Phycological Society of America (PSA)

Research funding

DBU (2023-2026)
LFU Schleswig-Holstein (2006-2026)
BMBF (2010-2013, 2019-2020)
DFG (2016-2021)
DFG-Exzellenzinitiative "Future Ocean" (2007-2009, 2008-2010, 2015-2016)
EU-BONUS (2017-2020)
GIZ (2020-2022)
EuroMarine (2015)
ASSEMBLE European Community - Research Infrastructure Action (2009, 2010, 2013, 2020)
Université de Toulon/France (2015)
Universidad Catolica/Chile (2022)
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel

Publications

1. Complete lists of publications, often linking to PDF's:

A) Through OceanRep
B) Through Researcher ID: O-5554-2015
C) Through ORCID: 0000-0003-3366-6880
D) Through ResearchGate
E) Through Google Scholar

2. More recent publications:

L.M. van der Loos, S. Steinhagen, W. Stock, F. Weinberger, S. D’hondt, A. Willems, O. De Clerck (2025) Low functional change despite high taxonomic turnover characterizes the Ulva microbiome across a 2000-km salinity gradient. Science Advances 11:eadr6070. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adr6070

N.C. Bousso, P. Brehmer, W. Ndiaye, V. Stiger-Pouvereau, C. Kane, M. Gautier, M. Faye, A. Fricke, H.D. Diadhiou, H. Aroui Boukbida, F. Weinberger, B. Ramasamy, F. Diedhiou, M.S. Diop, B.S. Balde, G. Simon, B. Quack (2024)  Unusual holopelagic Sargassum mass beaching in Northwest Africa: Morphotypes, chemical composition, and potential valorisation. Science of the Total Environment 955:177018. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177018

F. Denoeud, O. Godfroy, C. Cruaud, S. Heesch, Z. Nehr, N. Tadrent and 103 others, including F. Weinberger, and J. M. Cock (2024) Evolutionary genomics of the emergence of brown algae as key components of coastal ecosystems. Cell 187(24):6943-6965.e39.  doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.10.049

M. Ito, T. Guy-Haim, Y. Sawall, M. Franz, B. Buchholz, T. Hansen, P. Neitzel, C. Pansch, T. Steinhoff, M. Wahl, F. Weinberger, M. Scotti (2024) Responses at various levels of ecological hierarchy indicate acclimation to sequential sublethal heatwaves in a temperate benthic ecosystem. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 379: 20230171. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2023.0171

T. Aires, C. Cucio, J. Brakel, F. Weinberger, M. Wahl, A. Teles, G. Muyzer, A.E. Engelen (2024) Impact of persistently high sea surface temperatures on the rhizobiomes of Zostera marina in a Baltic Sea benthocosms. Global Change Biology 30:e17337. doi: 10.1111/gcb.17337

C. Wagner-Ahlfs, K. Ahrendt, H. Bange, K. Bauer, E. Bruggaier, C. Imenkamp, F. Junge, R. Karez, M. Kock, P. Krost, C. Malisch, R. Meichßner, M. Mühl, F. Prowe, J. Schneider von Deimling, P. Schubert, M. Wahl, F. Weinberger, C. Wenzel (2024) Reallabor Eckernförder Bucht 2030 - The first living lab covering sea, coast and land. OSF Preprint:9mdqv, Center for Open Science. doi: 10.31219/osf.io/9mdqv

J. Li, M. Saha, M.E. Majzoub, T. Yang, H. Chu, T. Thomas, F. Weinberger, S. Egan (2024) Non-selective microbiota reduction after the elicitation of a seaweed's immune response. Environmental Microbiology Reports 16:e13268. doi: 10.1111/1758-2229.13268

A. P. Lipinska, S. A. Krueger-Hadfield, O. Godfroy, S. Dittami, L. Ayres-Ostrock, G. Bonthond, L. Brillet-Guéguen, S. Coelho, E. Corre, G. Cossard, C. Destombe, P. Epperlein, S. Faugeron, E. Ficko-Blean, J. Beltrán, E. Lavaut, A. Le Bars, F. Marchi, S. Mauger, G. Michel, P. Potin, D. Scornet, E. Sotka, F. Weinberger, M. C. de Oliveira, M. L. Guillemin, E. M. Plastino, M. Valero, V. Castric (2023) The Rhodoexplorer platform for red algal genomics and whole genome assemblies for several Gracilaria species. Genome Biology and Evolution, 15/7:evad124. doi:10.1093/gbe/evad124.

L. Düsedau, Y. Ren, M. Hou, M. Wahl, Z.-M. Hu, G. Wang, F. Weinberger (2023) Elevated temperature-induced epimicrobiome shifts in an invasive seaweed Gracilaria vermiculophylla. Microorganisms 2023, 11, 599. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms11030599

G. Bonthond, A.-K. Neu, T. Bayer, S. A. Krueger-Hadfield, S. Künzel, F. Weinberger (2023) Non-native hosts of an invasive seaweed holobiont have more stable microbial communities compared to native hosts in response to thermal stress. Ecol. Evol. 13:e9753. doi: 10.1002/ece3.9753

J. Li, F. Weinberger, R. de Nys, T. Thomas, S. Egan (2023) A pathway to improve seaweed aquaculture through microbiota manipulation. Trends in Biotechnol. 41/4:545-556. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2022.08.003

J.-X. Xiang, M. Saha, K.-L. Zhong, Q.-S. Zhang, D. Zhang, A. Jueterbock, S. A. Krueger-Hadfield, G.-G. Wang, F. Weinberger, Z.-M. Hu (2023) Genome-scale signatures of adaptive gene expression changes in an invasive seaweed Gracilaria vermiculophylla. Mol. Ecol 32:613–627. doi: 10.1111/mec.16776

Y.-J. Liu, K.-L. Zhong, A. Jueterbock, S. Satoshi, H.-G. Choi, F. Weinberger, J. Assis Z.-M. Hu (2022) The invasive alga Gracilaria vermiculophylla in the native northwest Pacific under ocean warming: Southern genetic consequence and northern range expansion. Front. Mar. Sci. 9:983685. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.98368

L.M. van der Loos, S. D'hondt, A.E. Engelen, H. Pavia, G.B. Toth, A. Willems, F. Weinberger, O. De Clerck, S. Steinhagen (2022) Salinity and host drive Ulva-associated bacterial communities across the Atlantic-Baltic Sea gradient. Mol. Ecol. doi: 10.1111/mec.16462

D.F. Afanasyev, S. Steinhagen, S.R. Abdullin, F. Weinberger (2022) Vegetation of the supralittoral and upper sublittoral zones of the Western German Baltic Sea coast: A phytosociological study. Botanica Marina 65/2, 121-133. doi: 10.1515/bot-2021-0026

Y. Boundir, R. Haroun, R. Sanchez de Pedro, M. Hasni, N. Ouazzani, L. Mandi, F. Rafiq, F. Weinberger, O. Cherifi (2022) Biomonitoring of heavy metal pollution using the brown seaweed Ericaria selaginoides along the Atlantic coast of Morocco. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research 20(1): 21-41 doi: 10.15666/aeer/2001_021041

G. Wang, Y. Ren, S. Wang, M. Hou, F. Weinberger (2022) Shifting chemical defence or novel weapons? A review of defence traits in Agarophyton vermiculophyllum and other invasive seaweeds. Marine Life Science and Technology doi: 10.1007/s42995-021-00109-8