Dr. Rob Middag is a chemical oceanographer who focusses on the role of metals in marine ecosystems. Though often solely regarded as toxins, metals are required as nutrients for the growth of all organisms. Metals form the reactive centres of enzymes, enabling these to perform biochemical functions, such as oxygen-transport or photosynthesis. As such, trace […]

I Conducted my PhD research at the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, and received a PhD in Natural Sciences from Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany. Following postdoctoral stays at University of Essex, UK, and Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain, I moved to South Africa to join the Department of Earth Sciences at […]

Maite Maldonado received a PhD from McGill University in 1999. She is a Professor in the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of British Columbia. Since joining UBC, Maite’s research has focused on understanding how various ‘bioactive’ trace metals influence phytoplankton physiology and ecology, and how phytoplankton, in turn, affect the […]

Reiner Schlitzer obtained a Diploma in Physics and a PhD in Environmental Physics at the University of Heidelberg. He held a post-doctoral position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, habilitated at the University of Bremen and then moved to the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven. Since 2003 he is Professor for Environmental Physics at the […]

As an oceanographer and marine biogeochemist, my main scientific researches are focused on quantifying the fluxes and processes that govern the chemical state of the ocean. Since 1987 I have been among the pioneers in developing trace element and isotope analysis methods for seawater and marine particles. These analytical advances have led to important advances […]

My main open ocean trace metal research interest lies in the study of trace element distribution, behaviour and speciation and the interactions with biological processes. The biogeochemistry of Fe, Al, Mn and Co in the world’s oceans has played a prominent role in my work, but is now extended to other compounds (e.g. Pb, Zn, […]

Dr. Mohamed Adjou has a background in Marine and Climate Sciences (Marine Science Engineer and Climate-Environment Interaction MSc) and hold his PhD in Chemical Oceanography from University of Brest under the supervision of Prof. Paul Treguer. After his PhD he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Copenhagen in close collaboration with Prof. […]

My research career has principally revolved around the scientific underpinnings for trace elements in the ocean. I am currently a senior scientist leading the Marine Chemistry lab at the Institute of Marine Science of Andalusia (ICMAN) of the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) in Spain. For 20 years, my scientific efforts focus on the role of […]

Géraldine Sarthou is a senior research scientist at LEMAR (Brest, France). She completed her PhD in marine Geochemistry at the University Paul Sabatier in Toulouse (France) in 1996. After her PhD, she has conducted research at the University of Liverpool (UK) and at GEOMAR in Kiel (Germany). She is working on the biogeochemical cycles of […]

Robert F. Anderson received a PhD (1981) in Chemical Oceanography from the WHOI-MIT Joint Program in Oceanography. He is a Ewing-Lamont Research Professor at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University where he teaches courses in Chemical Oceanography and on the Chemistry of […]