Melzner, Frank

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.

Research areas

Marine ecology
Animal physiology
Assessment of the consequences of climate change on coastal ecosystems
Adaptability of marine organisms to climate change
Carbon storage potential & renaturation of coastal ecosystems

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

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Frank Melzner

Djerassiplatz 1 (UBB)
1030 Wien
Room: 3.136
Email
+43-1-4277-76420