Antje Boetius
| Year of election: | 2009 |
| Section: | Earth Sciences |
| City: | Bremen |
| Country: | Germany |
CV Antje Boetius - Deutsch (PDF)
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Prof. Dr.
Vortrag „Ozeane - Kryosphäre und Mensch - Was uns die fremde Natur bedeutet“ am 21. September 2018
CV Antje Boetius - Deutsch (PDF)
CV Antje Boetius - English (PDF)
CV Antje Boetius - Deutsch (PDF)
CV Antje Boetius - English (PDF)
Research
Major scientific interests: Deep-Sea Ecology, Microbial Biodiversity
Pelago-benthic coupling in Polar Seas; Methane biogeochemistry; Ecology of chemosynthetic and extreme environments; Microbial biodiversity; Microbial processes of early diagenesis in deep-sea sediments; Effects of pressure and temperature on microbial processes
© Image: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / Kerstin Rolfes
Career
- since 2017 Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Zentrum für Polar und Meeresforschung
- since 2009 Professor of Geomicrobiology, University of Bremen, and Leader of the HGF-MPG Research Group on Deep Sea Ecology and Technology
- 2008 Full Professor for Microbiology Jacobs University Bremen
- 2003-2008 Associate Professor of Microbiology, Jacobs University Bremen
- 2001-2003 Assistant Professor of Microbiology, International University Bremen
- 1993-1996 Doctorate in Biology, University of Bremen
- 1986-1992 Diploma in Biology, University of Hamburg
Functions
- since 2014 Chair of the Steering Committee of Wissenschaft im Dialog (WiD)
- since 2015 Member, Senate of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
- 2014-2016 Chair of the Scientific Commission, Science Council of Germany (Wissenschaftsrat)
- since 2014 Member, Senate of the Leibniz Association
- since 2012 Vice Director of the MARUM Cluster of Excellence, University of Bremen
- 2010-2016 Member, Scientific Commission, Science Council of Germany (Wissenschaftsrat)
Projects
- 2015-2019 7FP EU project AtlantOS ocean observation
- 2015-2017 JPI Oceans Ecological Aspects of Deep Sea Mining
- 2014-2020 FRAM Frontiers in Arctic Marine Monitoring – HGF Research Infrastructure
- 2012-2017 ERC Advanced Grant – ABYSS (Assessment of Bacterial Life and Matter Cycling in Deep-Sea Surface Sediments)
Honours and Memberships
- 2020 Mercator-Professur of the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
- 2019 Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2019 Robert L. and Bettie P. Cody Award
- 2019 Leibniz-Ring-Hannover
- 2018 Deutscher Umweltpreis
- 2018 Communicator Award, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)
- 2017 Copernicus Medal
- 2017 Carl Friedrich Gauß Medal
- since 2016 Member of the European Academy of Sciences
- since 2014 Hector Fellowship
- 2014 Hector Wissenschaftspreis
- 2013 International Ecology Institute Prize (ECI)
- 2011 Elected Member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz
- 2010 External Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society
- 2009 Distinguished Professor, Jacobs University
- 2009 Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz Prize of the DFG
- 2007 Teaching Award MARMIC
- 2006 Teaching Award MARMIC
- 2006 Medaille de la Societé d’Oceanographie de France
- 2005 Teaching Award MARMIC
