Work Experience

PhD Researcher at Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg (GER)

Apr 2022 - est. May 2025

Quantifying the added value and rate of improvement of underway carbon dioxide data from sailboats using machine learning

  • Data visualization & analysis, machine learning, participation in international conferences, scientific writing & presentations, peer review, mentoring & supervision
  • 06/2023 SOLAS Summer School, Ocean Science Centre Mindelo, Cabo Verde 
  • 05/2024 Southern Ocean Summer School,  Institut d’Etudes Scientifiques de Cargèse, Corsica

Research Assistant at Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg (GER)

Apr 2021 - Feb 2022

  • Analyzing sea surface carbon dioxide data collected by sailing yachts around the globe
  • Investigating local variations in surface ocean carbon dioxide levels, contributing to a nuanced understanding of regional dynamics
  • Examining the local impact of temperature and phytoplankton activity on pCO2

(Work group Observations, Analysis, Synthesis)

Research Assistant at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Callao (PER)

Feb 2020 - Apr 2020
Mesocosm study in the Humboldt Upwelling System (Research project CUSCO): Carbon and nitrate uptake incubations using stable isotopes to estimate the phytoplanktons primary productivity under different upwelling and light intensity scenarios.

Research Assistant at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Gran Canaria (ESP)

Sep 2019 - Oct 2019

Mesocosm study on artificial upwelling in the Canary Current Upwelling System (Research project Ocean artUp): Carbon and nitrate uptake incubations using stable isotopes to estimate the phytoplanktons primary productivity under different upwelling intensity scenarios.


Research Assistant at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel (GER)

May 2019 - Apr 2019
Implementation of an experiment to investigate the sensitivity of marine fluorescent dissolved organic matter to oxygen (Work group Microbial Biogeochemistry)


Voluntary Ecological Year at BUND Natur-, Umwelt- und Abfallberatungsstelle, Preetz (GER)

Aug 2015 - Jun 2016
Public relations work in regard to environmental consulting. Supervising children's groups. Working in a wild animal shelter. Planning and designing of exhibitions. Organisation of group events.


Education

PhD, Earth System Sciences

2022 - est. 2025

International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modelling, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg (GER)

  • Preliminary Thesis Title: Quantifying the added value and rate of improvement of underway carbon dioxide data from sailboats using machine learning

Master of Science, Marine Umweltwissenschaften

2019- 2022
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg (GER)

  • Grade: 1.2
  • Thesis Title: Effect of Light and Upwelling Intensity on the Phytoplankton Community Composition in the Peruvian Upwelling System (Grade: 1.3)

Bachelor of Science, Geoökologie

2016 - 2019
Universität Potsdam, Potsdam (GER)

  • Grade: 1.6
  • Thesis Title: Identifizierung von biogeochemischen Prozessen in Daten des Langzeit Monitorings in Küstengewässern Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns (Grade: 1.1)