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Prof. Dr. Kai Bischof |
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Marine Botany |
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2670 |
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Fachbereich 2, BIOM |
Research statement
I am a marine botanist with emphasis on ecosystem engineering seaweeds under the impact of environmental change with a strong focus on Arctic fjord ecosystems. My research comprises seaweed ecophysiology, acclimation and adaptation strategies along latitudinal (stress) gradients, mechanisms of range expansion, bioinvasions, competition, carbon sequestration as well as general Polar and Coastal Ecology. Seaweeds are of utmost importance to coastal ecosystem function, providing numerous ecosystem services as food and habitat provision to associated organisms, wave damping, shore consolidation and, furthermore, are among the most efficient absorbers of carbon dioxide; some even regard seaweed as our potential food of the future. In an era of multiple environmental challenges and pressures, fundamental as well as solution-focused applied research on seaweed is an important contributor to understand and safeguard coastal ecosystems worldwide.
Curriculum vitae
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Since 2024 |
Vice Director of MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences |
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2020-2024 |
Scientific Coordinator of the EU H2020 Project FACE-IT |
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Since 2006 |
Professor for Marine Botany, Faculty of Biology/Chemistry, University of Bremen |
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2003-2006 |
Assistant Professor for Biological Oceanography, Institute for Polar Ecology, University of Kiel, Germany |
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2001-2003 |
Post Doc at the Department of Marine Biology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands |
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2000-2001 |
Post Doc at Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) Bremerhaven, Germany |
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2000 |
Doctoral degree, University of Bremen, Germany |
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1996 |
Diploma degree in Biology, University of Osnabrück, Germany |