Team based in Odense, Denmark
Karl Attard, Associate Professor of Marine Sciences
Leah Brinch-Iversen, PhD student in Marine Carbon Cycling
Maria Papadimitraki, PhD student in Arctic Marine Primary Production
Esben Bay Sørensen, PhD student in Environmental Data Science
External team members
Foucaut Tachon, PhD student in Arctic Remote Sensing (based at TAKUVIK, Université Laval). Co-supervised with Mathieu Ardyna and Philippe Archambault.
Eva Rohlfer, PhD student in benthic ecosystems (based at CoastClim, University of Helsinki). Co-supervised with Camilla Gustafsson and Alf Norkko.
Alumni
2025
MSc Marie Stougaard Østertorn, University of Southern Denmark. Thesis title: ‘Climate adaptation and knowledge production in Greenland in light of Greenland’s Research Strategy.’ Co-supervised with Prof. Søren Tollestrup Askegaard.
MSc student Madison Kira Paliotti, University of the Cote d’Azur, France. Project title: ‘Evaluating the diel oxygen technique for long-term measurements of eelgrass metabolism.’
MSc student Magnus Løkke Schultz, University of Southern Denmark. Project title: ‘Acoustic doppler velocimetry measurements of currents and turbulence in Kerteminde fjord, Denmark.’
2024
PhD student Sandra Rizzo Calderon, University of Cadiz, Spain. Project title: ‘Construction and testing of an eddy covariance system.’
Erasmus student John Attard, Malta College for Arts, Science and Technology, Malta. Project title: ‘Design and development of an underwater frame for eddy covariance measurements.’
B.Sc. Carl Rasmussen, University of Southern Denmark. Thesis title: ‘Winter dissolved organic carbon release by marine macroalgae and its bioavailability’ (co-supervised with Leah Brinch-Iversen)
2023
M.Sc. Mike Klicman, University of Southern Denmark. Thesis title: ‘Impact of extreme climate events on light availability on the Arctic seafloor’ (co-supervised with Prof. Jing Qin, Department of Mathematics and Data Science)
M.Sc. Frederikke Agerup, University of Southern Denmark. Thesis title: ‘Statistical modelling of benthic primary production in the Arctic Ocean’ (co-supervised with Prof. Jing Qin, Department of Mathematics and Data Science)
M.Sc. Esben Bay Sørensen, University of Southern Denmark. Thesis title: ‘Interactive visualization of sunlight availability on the pan-Arctic seafloor’ (co-supervised with Prof. Stefan Jänicke, Department of Mathematics and Data Science)
M.Sc. Simon Weber, University of Southern Denmark. Thesis title: ‘Benthic primary production under low light’ (co-supervised with Leah Brinch-Iversen)
2022
M.Sc. Lisbeth F. Sørensen, University of Southern Denmark. Thesis title: ‘The importance of sediment resuspension for benthic redox and oxygen dynamics’ (co-supervised with Prof. Ronnie N. Glud)
M.Sc. Varun Tandon, Wageningen University, Netherlands. Thesis title: ‘Carbon loss from seagrass meadows following sediment resuspension’ (co-supervised with Dr. Rebecca James)
B.Sc. Annika Hjørdt Juul, University of Southern Denmark. Thesis title: ‘Carbon loss from Phragmites beds following sediment resuspension’ (co-supervised with Dr. Rebecca James)
Erasmus student Pavlos Efthymiadis, University of Crete, Greece. Thesis title: ‘Methods in sediment biogeochemical studies’ (co-supervised with Lisbeth F. Sørensen)
2021
M.Sc. Emma Hald-Boldreel, University of Southern Denmark. Thesis title: ‘Benthic degradation dynamics of deposits from two kelp species: sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima) & winged kelp (Alaria esculenta)’ (co-supervised with Prof. Ronnie N. Glud and Dr. Kasper Hancke)
Ph.D. Nicola Camillini, Southern Cross University. Thesis title: ‘Carbon and nitrogen cycling in seagrass meadows’ (co-supervised with Prof. Bradley Eyre and Prof. Ronnie N. Glud)