Dr. Viola Schaber
(née Neumann)
Project manager, CDR-Atlas
Research Division/Unit
FB 2: Marine Biogeochemistry
FE Biogeochemical Modelling

Address:
GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel
Wischhofstraße 1-3
24148 Kiel
Phone:
+49 431 600 4147
Email:
vschaber(at)geomar.de
Research Interests
- Coordination and visualization of methods for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere (Carbon Dioxide Removal, CDR), with a focus on making them understandable and accessible to a broad audience.
- Sustainable use of marine resources and fisheries ecology
Professional Experience
- Since 2024: Project Manager, CDR-Atlas, GEOMAR
- 2021–2023: Scientist and Coordinator, Graduate Center, Kiel University (SEA-EU Doc)
- 2019–2023: Project Coordinator and Scientist, Center for Ocean and Society, Kiel University
- 2018: Postdoctoral Researcher, National Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU Aqua), Denmark
- 2011–2017: PhD, DTU Aqua, Denmark
- 2008–2011: Research Assistant, DTU Aqua, Denmark
Education
- 2011–2017: PhD (Dr. rer. nat.), DTU Aqua, Denmark
- 2006–2007: Diploma Thesis, Kiel University, Germany
- 2005–2006: Advanced Studies in Biological Oceanography, Zoology, Pedagogy, GEOMAR & Kiel University
- 2001–2004: Undergraduate studies in Biology, Kiel University
Research Expeditions
2006–2016: Multiple multi-week scientific expeditions on
- FS Alkor (GEOMAR, Germany)
- FS Walter Herwig III (Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries, Germany)
- FS Baltica (Poland)
- FS Dana and Havfisken (Denmark)
- Focus: Pelagic trawl surveys, plankton sampling, oceanography, climate studies
Selected Publications
Schaber, V., Riekhof, M.C., Stecher, M., Voss, R., Baumgärtner, S. (2022). Stakeholders’ normative notions of sustainability – A survey for the co-design of a sustainable future of the Western Baltic fishery system. In: Transdisciplinary Marine Research – Bridging Science and Society. Routledge.
Neumann, V., Schaber, M., Eero, M., Böttcher, U., Köster, F.W. (2017). Quantifying predation on Baltic cod early life stages. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 74: 833–842.
Köster, F.W., Huwer, B., Hinrichsen, H.H., Neumann, V., Makarchouk, A., Eero, M., et al. (2016). Eastern Baltic cod recruitment revisited – dynamics and impacting factors. ICES Journal of Marine Science.
Neumann, V., Köster, F.W., Schaber, M., Eero, M. (2014). Recovery in eastern Baltic cod: is increased recruitment caused by decreased predation on early life stages? ICES Journal of Marine Science, 71(6): 1382–1392.
Voss, R., Hinrichsen, H.H., Stepputtis, D., Bernreuther, M., Huwer, B., Neumann, V., Schmidt, J.O. (2011). Egg mortality: predation and hydrography in the central Baltic. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68(7): 1379–1390.
Schaber, M., Haslob, H., Huwer, B., Harjes, A., Hinrichsen, H.-H., Oesterwind, D., Schmidt, J.O., Voss, R., Neumann, V., Köster, F.W. (2011). Spatio-temporal overlap of the alien invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi and ichthyoplankton in the Bornholm Basin (Baltic Sea). ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68(3), 379–388.