Kristin Burmeister
Postdoctoral Researcher in Physical Oceanography, Scottish Association of Marine Science (SAMS), UK
Dr. Burmeister is one of those people who has been fascinated by the ocean since childhood. As soon as it was possible, she learned scuba diving to explore the ocean for herself.
In her professional life, Burmeister is interested in the variability of the ocean circulations and water masses. She did her Ph.D. on changes in ocean currents and oxygen in the tropical Atlantic at GEOMAR (Kiel, Germany). Now, she is a postdoctoral researcher at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS, Oban, UK) and her research focuses on the entire Atlantic. She is investigating how and why ocean currents and their impact on temperature, salinity and biogeochemical components like oxygen are changing. She works with observational data as well as model simulations. With her work, she hopes to identify key drivers of variability in certain Atlantic regions of ecological and economical importance. This is crucial to detect and predict ecosystem tipping points within these regions.
Burmeister enjoys sharing her research and knowledge about the ocean beyond the scientific community. She loves turning ideas into reality and values making an active contribution to a sustainable lifestyle in both her professional and private life
Speakers & Moderators
Kristin Burmeister
Postdoctoral Researcher in Physical Oceanography, Scottish Association of Marine Science (SAMS), UK
Angelika Dummermuth
Science Manager, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany
Karen Evans
Principal Research Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
Britta Knefelkamp
Head of Department “Marine Nature Conservation”, German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Germany
Lilian Anne Krug
Scientific Coordinator, Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean & NF-POGO Alumni Network for the Ocean, Portugal
Nelson A. Lagos
Director, Centro de Investigación e Innovación para el Cambio Climático, Universidad Santo Tomás, Chile
Aisa O. Manlosa
Postdoctoral Researcher, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Bremen, Germany
Natalie Prinz
Doctoral Assistant, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Waikato, Aotearoa, New Zealand
Vladimir Ryabinin
Executive Secretary, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO
Subrata Sarker
Assistant Professor, Department of Oceanography, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
Sophie Seeyave
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean, United Kingdom
Alexander Turra
Coordinator, UNESCO Chair on Ocean Sustainability (Brazil) and Full Professor, IOUSP, Brazil
Karen Wiltshire
Vice Director, Alfred Wegener Institute & Director, Biological Station Helgoland, Germany
Jialin Zhang
Knowledge exchange specialist & project manager, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, Germany
Christa von Hillebrandt-Andrade
Deputy Director, International Tsunami Information Center, Caribbean Office, Puerto Rico
Jeanne Izard Everett
Director Programs and Operations, Blue Climate Initiative, Tetiaroa Society, USA
Oda Keppler
Deputy Director-General „Sustainability, Provision for the Future“ of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany
Claudia Schultz
Research Associate, Project Management Jülich, Marine and Maritime Research, Geosciences and Shipping (MGS), Bonn
Renate Duckat
Science Journalist at Forschungszentrum Jülich, Project Management Jülich, Bonn, Germany