Angelika Brandt
Head of Department Marine Zoology, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt
Professor Angelika Brandt studied biology and education at the University of Oldenburg. She became full professor at the University of Hamburg in 1995 at the Zoological Museum and curator of the Department Invertebrates II. Since 2003, she has either been deputy director or director of the Zoological Museum of the University of Hamburg. In 2017, she started at the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum and is the head of the Marine Zoology department for the Crustacea and Ichthyology sections.
Brandt focuses on the systematics, ecology and evolution of peracarid crustaceans with a focus on Isopoda from deep-sea and polar habitats. As part of the Census of the Marine Life, she was involved in the Antarctic and deep-sea field projects CAML and CeDAMar. Her work documented the high levels of biodiversity of Southern Ocean deep-sea invertebrates. In recent years, her research interests have concentrated on the identification of drivers of evolution in the deep sea, such as dispersal barriers, as well as on advancing deep-sea sampling methodologies. She is active in deep-sea research NW Pacific and Southern Ocean but also interested in biodiversity of the World Oceans. She has joined or led 29 expeditions.
Predicted Ocean: Speakers & Moderators
Angelika Brandt
Head of Department Marine Zoology, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt
Beth Fulton
Lead, Integrated Marine Management, CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere
Deputy Director, Centre for Marine Socioecology
Judith Giblin
Senior Technical Officer in Oceanography in the Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division/ Pacific Community
Melissa Iwamoto
Director and Principal Investigator, Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
Marjolaine Krug
Senior Scientific Advisor, OCIMS, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE)
Mojib Latif
Professor, University of Kiel and researcher, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Roshan T Ramessur
Co-Chair OA-Africa
Advisory Member, The Ocean Foundation
Associate Professor, University of Mauritius
Derrick Snowden
Chief, Operations Division, US Integrated Ocean Observing System Office at NOAA/National Ocean Service
Detlef Stammer
Professor and Director of the Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability, University of Hamburg
Janice R. Trotte-Duhá
Special Adviser, Directorate-General for Scientific, Technological and Nuclear Development of the Brazilian Navy
Ramasamy Venkatesan
National Institute of Ocean Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, Chennai India
Martin Visbeck
Professor of Physical Oceanography, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and Kiel University
