Employee
Dr. Steffen Swoboda
FB 2: Marine Biogeochemistry
FE Biogeochemical Modelling
Phone: +49 431 600 2090
Email: sswoboda(at)geomar.de
Address:
Wischhofstra脽e 1-3
24148 Kiel
Research Focus:
My scientific work primarily focuses on nature- and technology-based measures to reduce atmospheric carbon (Carbon Dioxide Removal, CDR) and on how these measures can be implemented in practice. Key aspects include:
- Developing process chains for the practical implementation of various CDR measures in both marine and terrestrial environments
- Conceptual analyses of the potentials and limits of the carbon cycle for implementing CDR, as well as societal risks involved
- Visualization and communication of relevant information regarding CDR implementation to key stakeholders, e.g., from industry, politics, or interested members of the public
Projects:
- 2022 鈥� 2027: Carbon Removal Atlas (CDRatlas), 黑料视频 Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
- 2019 鈥� 2022: Excellence Cluster 鈥淭he Ocean Floor 鈥� Earth鈥檚 Uncharted Interface鈥� in the 鈥淩eceiver鈥� section, MARUM Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences
Professional Career
- Since August 2022: Project Manager of the Carbon Removal Atlas (CDRatlas) project for science communication on measures to remove atmospheric CO鈧�, 黑料视频 Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel ()
- 2019鈥�2022: PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) at the MARUM Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, in the field of marine biogeochemistry and biological oceanography with a focus on the marine carbon cycle (Biological Pump)
Education
- 2016鈥�2018: Master of Science in Marine Sciences at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, with a focus on marine biogeochemistry and biological oceanography, including an external master鈥檚 thesis at the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), Svalbard
- 2012鈥�2015: Bachelor of Science in Biology, Philipps University Marburg, with a focus on ecology and physiology, including an external thesis at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven
- 2008鈥�2010: Advanced vocational training as a biological-technical assistant at the Naturwissenschaftliches Technikum Dr. K眉nkele, Landau
Participation in Scientific Expeditions:
- 2020: Expedition M165 on the research vessel Meteor
- 2019: Expedition PS121 on the research vessel Polarstern
- 2019: Expedition POS531 on the research vessel Poseidon
- 2015: Expedition HE451.1 & 451.2 on the research vessel Heincke
Publications:
Swoboda, S., Krumpen, T., N枚thig, E. M., Metfies, K., Ramondenc, S., Wollenburg, J., Fahl, K., Peeken, I., & Iversen, M. (2024). Release of ballast material during sea-ice melt enhances carbon export in the Arctic Ocean. PNAS Nexus, 3(4).
Pauli, N. C., Flintrop, C. M., Konrad, C., Pakhomov, E. A., Swoboda, S., Koch, F., Wang, X. L., Zhang, J. C., Brierley, A. S., Bernasconi, M., Meyer, B., & Iversen, M. H. (2021). Krill and salp faecal pellets contribute equally to the carbon flux at the Antarctic Peninsula. Nature Communications, 12(1), 1鈥�12.
Schmidt, M., Gerlach, G., Leo, E., Kunz, K. L., Swoboda, S., P枚rtner, H. O., Bock, C., Storch, D. (2017). Impact of ocean warming and acidification on the behaviour of two co-occurring gadid species, Boreogadus saida and Gadus morhua, from Svalbard. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 571, 183鈥�191.
