GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
RD1: Physical Oceanography
email: jkarstensen(at)geomar.de
phone: 0431 600 4156
Research gate profile: www.researchgate.net/profile/Johannes_Karstensen
Web of Science www.researcherid.com: A-8534-2013
Academic Degrees
July 1999 Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography, University of Hamburg
Dec 1994 Diploma in Physical Oceanography, University of Hamburg
Academic Education
1994 – 1999 University of Hamburg, Germany, Ph.D. student in Physical Oceanography
1987 – 1994 University of Hamburg, Germany, Diplom program Physical Oceanography
Professional Experience
012/2002 – currently Senior Research Scientist, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany, Research Division 1: Ocean Circulation & Climate Dynamics (Physical Oceanography)
4/2002 – 12/2002 Investigador, Programa Regional de Oceanografia Fisica y Clima (PROFC), University of Concepcion, Chile
3/2000 – 4/2002 Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, USA
1995 – 2000 Research Scientist, University of Hamburg, Germany
Visiting Scientist
10/1995 – 03/1996 Visiting Research Scientist, FIAMS, Adelaide, Australia
02/2000 – 03/2000 DCESS, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Appointments Membership
- Member “Ocean Observations Panel for Climate” (OOPC)
- Member DFG Kiel Cluster of Excellence ”The Future Ocean”
- Member DFG SFB 754 ”Climate-Biogeochemistry Interaction in the Tropical Ocean”
- Member Strategy group “Open Ocean Observations” Konsortium Deutsche Meeresforschung
- Member Scientific Steering Committee OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program)
- Member Scientific Steering Committee member NAVIS (North Atlantic Virtual Institute)
- Member Editorial Board „Journal of Operational Oceanography“
Projects
European Union
Ongoing
2015-2019 AtlantOS (my role: Vice-Coordinator, Work package co-leader)
2013-2015 FixO3 Deep Sea Observatories I3 project (my role: Contributor various Work packages)
2012-2016 FP7 NACLIM (my role: Member Steering Committee, Leader Core theme 2, Work package lead)
completed
2011-2014 FP7 GROOM (my role: Work package Leader, Member Steering Committee)
2008-2012 FP7 European Multidisciplinary Seafloor Observatory (EMSO); (my role: contributor)
2008-2012 FP7 Thermohaline Overturning - at risk? (THOR) (my role: task leader)
2008-2010 FP7 Integration and enhancement of key existing European deep-ocean observatories (EuroSITES), (my role: task leader)
2007-2011 FP6 ESONET Network of Excellence (my role: coordinator demo mission MODOO)
2005-2009 FP6 Carbon Marine Carbon Sources and Sinks Assessment (CarboOcean) (my role: Co-PI WP7)
2004-2008 FP6 Marine Environment and Security for the European Area (MERSEA) (my role: co-lead Work package)
BMBF
ongoing
2013-2016 Helmholtz “Erde und Umwelt” Infrastructure investment ACROSS (my role: supervision of GEOMAR investment and installation)
2012-open Helmholtz “Erde und Umwelt” Earth System Knowledge Platform (ESKP), (my role: GEOMAR contact person)
2012-2015 Regional Atlantic Circulation and global change (RACE), (my role: Co-PI TP2.2)
completed
2010-2010 Molab (Ein modulares Beobachtungssystem zur Erforschung von biologischen, geologischen, chemischen und physikalischen Prozessen an kleinräumigen Strukturen am Meeresboden), (my role: supervision of PO investment and installation)
DFG
ongoing
2013-2015 Kiel Cluster of Excellence ”The Future Ocean”: Cluster Proposal 2012: Biogeochemistry and Ecology of Oxygen depleted Eddies in the eastern Tropical Atlantic (my role: Co-PI)
2013-2015 Forschergruppe 1740: A new Approach toward Improved Estimates of Atlantic Ocean freshwater Budgets and Transports as Part of the Global Hydrological Cycle (my role: Co-PI)
completed
2006-2011 1st & 2nd phase Cluster of Excellence ”The Future Ocean”: Research Platform P4 - Ocean Observatories (my role: Co-PI)
2008-2009 Kiel Cluster of Excellence ”The Future Ocean”: Glider Swarm Pilot Project (my role: PI)
2006-2007 Kiel Cluster of Excellence ”The Future Ocean”: Grundlagen & Rahmenbedingungen des Einsatzes autonomer Messgeräteträger in internationalen Gewässern, (my role: Co-PI)
2006-2007 Kiel Cluster of Excellence ”The Future Ocean”: DearX - XML: (my role: Co-PI)