Prof Dr Hermann W Bange
Research Division 2: Marine Biogeochemistry
Research Unit Chemical Oceanography
Working Group Trace Gas Biogeochemistry
Office:
room: 5 3.508
ph: +49 431 600 4204
email: hbange(at)geomar.de
Address:
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Wischhofstraße 1-3
D-24148 Kiel, Germany
Research Interests
- Open ocean and coastal biogeochemistry of nitrogen, carbon and sulphur
- Special focus on upwelling regions/OMZ, the Arctic Sea and the Baltic Sea
- Cycling and emissions of oceanic trace gases (N2O, NO, CH4, CO, DMS)
- Development of underwater trace gas sensors
- Measurements of short-lived intermediates of the nitrogen and sulphur cycles (NH2OH, NO, DMSP and DMSO)
- Biogeochemical time-series observations
- 15N isotope signature of dissolved nitrate
Responsibilities
- Head of research group 'Trace Gas Biogeochemistry'
- Research grant acquisition (internatl./natl.)
- Internatl./natl. research project management/coordination
- Teaching
- Supervisor for BSc, MSc and PhD students
- Chief scientist on research cruises
Coordinator / Co-Chair:
- Boknis Eck Time-Series Station (Eckernförde Bay, SW Baltic Sea)
- MEMENTO (The MarinE MethanE and NiTrous Oxide database)
- SCOR WG #143
- Member of the IIOE-2 (2nd Internatl. Indian Ocean Expedition) core group
- NITROSO (Nitrous oxide in the Southern Ocean), Sino-German project funded by SOA and BMBF
- BONUS INTEGRAL (Integrated carbon and trace gas monitoring in the Baltic Sea), funded by EU and BMBF
- PETRA (Pathways and emissions of cliamte-relevant trace gases in achanging Arctic Ocean), UK-German project funded by NERC and BMBF
