Melzner, Frank
Professorship in Marine Biology at the Faculty of Life Sciences
My research
Climate change is also causing profound changes in the ocean, which will have a major impact on ecosystem functions and human use of ocean resources. My research focuses on how coastal ecosystems in Europe might change. Using a combination of methods from ecology, physiology and evolutionary biology, I am trying to understand how quickly key species can adapt to climate change and how new species communities are forming along European coasts. My research aims to help protect coastal ecosystems more effectively. To this end, we work along the coast in the field and simulate climate change in laboratory and mesocosm experiments.
Curriculum Vitae
• 1996-2002 Studied biology (fisheries biology, biochemistry, zoology), Christian Albrecht University (CAU) in Kiel (Germany)
• 2001 Visiting scientist (diploma thesis), University of Texas Medical Branch (USA)
• 2002-2005 Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) in animal physiology, University of Bremen (Germany)
• 2006 Doctoral Prize, Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven (Germany)
• 2005-2007 Postdoctoral researcher, Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven (Germany)
• 2007-2013 Junior Professor (W1) & Group Leader ‘Ocean Acidification’ in the Cluster of Excellence ‘Future Ocean’, CAU Kiel & GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (Germany)
• 2013-2022 Group leader ‘Ecophysiology’, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (Germany)
• 2020-2025 Curriculum coordinator M.Sc. ‘Biological Oceanography’, CAU Kiel
Contact
Djerassiplatz 1 (UBB)
1030
Wien
Room: 3.136
Email
+43-1-4277-76420