Dr. rer. nat. Samar Ensenbach

Research Division 2: Marine Biogeochemistry
Research Unit: Marine Geosystems
Working Group: DeepSea Monitoring


Office:
Room: 8A-104
Phone: +49 431 600-2562
E-Mail: sensenbach(at)geomar.de

Address:
Wischhofstraße 1-3
D-24148 Kiel

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Scientific Career/Education

Since 2025
Scientific project manager
, MUNIMAR Centre for management of Munitions in the Marine Environment, Kiel, Germany

Since 2022
Scientific researcher (Post-Doc)
, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, DeepSea Monitoring Group

2017–2020
Doctoral candidate
, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, department of Ecosystem research, Kiel, Germany
Thesis: "Development of Colony Collapse Disorder in Honeybees in Schleswig-Holstein and its relations to the beekeeping methods"

2011–2017
Master of Science
, “Environmental Management”, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, school of sustainability, Kiel, Germany

2005–2009
Bachelor of Science
, “Environmental engineering and natural resources”, IAU, Tehran, Iran

Research Interests

  • Munitions in the Sea
  • Stakeholder dialog / science communication
  • Scientific Decision-Making / MCA
  • Economic evaluation / Risk assessment
  • Ecosystem research / sustainable use of ecoservices

Projects

2024–2028
MMinE-SwEEPER (Marine Munition in Europe - Solutions with Economic and Ecological Profits for Efficient Remediation) 

2024–2027 
MUNI-RISK (Mitigation of risks due to submerged munitions for a sustainable development of the Baltic Sea)

2021–2027
CONMAR (CONcept for conventional MARine munition Remediation in the German North and Baltic Sea)

Publications

  • "Impact of Munition Contamination on the Offshore Production of Hydrogen at German Coasts", the 34th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE), Rhodes, Greece, June 2024
  • "Transition to Renewable Energies with Focus on Hydrogen in Germany", the 33rd International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE), Ottawa, Canada, June 2023 (Presentation chosen as keynote speaker)
  • Entwicklung des Bienensterbens bei Honigbienen in Schleswig-Holstein und ihr Zusammenhang mit den Imkereimethoden, "Bienenzucht“ Journal, July 2021
  • "Development of Colony Collapse Disorder in Honeybees in Schleswig-Holstein and its relations to the beekeeping methods", Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany, January 2021
    https://macau.uni-kiel.de/receive/macau_mods_00000908

Posters

  • Remediation – Recommendations towards policy and decision makers, HGF Evaluation, Kiel, March 2025
  • Prioritization of munition piles in the German Baltic Sea using multi-criteria analysis, Alkor Open Ship, Kiel, June 2023
  • Prioritization of munition piles in the German Baltic Sea using multi-criteria analysis, SustainMare midterm conference, Kiel, August 2023 (Livestream of the pitch presentation at the UN event on the Decade of Sustainable Oceans)
  • Implementing spatial data in multi-criteria analysis for prioritization of munition dump site clearance, European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria, April 2023
  • Überblick über die zuständigen öffentlichen Stellen für „Munition im Meer“ in Deutschland, Tag der offenen Tür, GEOMAR, Kiel, August 2022
  • Colony Collapse Disorder in Honeybees in Schleswig-Holstein, Life Sciences Nord, Kiel, November 2017
  • Renewable energy potentials for Easter Island, Dithmarscher Landesmuseum, March 2013

Scholarship

06/2012
„Erasmus Summer school ecological status of lake Durowskie “, Poland

Research Cruise Participation

03/2023
AL590, Monitoring ecological consequences of marine munition in the Baltic Sea

12/2022
Littorina, Mine Monitoring in the German Baltic Sea

Teaching & Public Talks

04/2025
Science & Shopping: Wissenschaft in der Holtenauer, Kiel, Germany

07/2024 
Baltic Sea seminar, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Kiel, Germany

06/2023
Gemeinsam gegen Klimawandel, Kiel, Germany

2022–2024
Fresenius University of applied sciences, Business English Module, Presentation methods

2021–2023
Freelance lecturer for sustainability and environmental protection, ZEIK, Kiel, Germany

2012–2019
Freelance Lecturer for Professional and business English, Kiel, Germany