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Centre Leader, Danish Centre for Marine Research (2015-)
Professor, DTU Aqua, (Oct 2019- )
Associate Professor, DTU Aqua, (2011-2019 )
Senior Scientist at NERI-Aarhus University, Dept. of Marine Ecology (2009-2011)
Scientist at NERI-Aarhus University, Dept. of Marine Ecology (2005-2009)
Biogeochemistry of nutrients and organic matter in aquatic ecosystems
Ocean optics and photo-chemistry
Tracing water mass mixing using chemical tracers
UV-Visible spectroscopy in analytical environmental chemistry applications
Multivariate and statistical modelling
PhD, Global Change Ph.D. School, Copenhagen University, Denmark (2004)
B.Sc. Marine Environmental Chemistry, University of Southampton, (1997)
20Member of the Programme Advisory Group for UK NERC Changing Arctic Ocean initiative.
Member of Marine working group of International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
Board member for Danish National Council for Oceanology, DNO (2010-)
Journal associate editor, Marine Chemistry, (2010-2017)
Member of SCOR workgroup 134. Microbial Carbon Pump in the Ocean (Jiao & Azam).
Board Member for Association for the Science of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) (2002-2005); Member of Early Careers Committee for ASLO (2007-2009)
Scientific reviewer for several international journals (including Science, Nature Geoscience) and national funding agencies (UK, Poland, Luxembourg, Hong Kong and USA).
Professional membership: ASLO
· 2018 Statoil Prize (100,000 DKK) for excellence in scientific research for the benefit of society. Link.
· 2014 & 2016 reached interview stage for ERC consolidator grants (final 20 applicants).
· 2013 Nominated by Horiba Scientific for the 2013 Masao Horiba Awards.
· 2008 L. A. Colding Distinguished Lecture in Environmental Science and Technology. DTU.
· Stedmon et al 2003 in Marine Chemistry among the ten most cited paper in the journal.
· Stedmon and Bro 2008 in Limnology and Oceanography: Methods is the most cited paper in the journal.
Pedagogical qualification: Passed DTU Teaching and Learning Course for University Teachers. Modules 1-4. 2013.
Current teaching: DTU AQUA M.Sc. program. All are 5 ETCS points (1coordinator; 2co-coordinator):
o Chemical Oceanography1 (25327);
o Topics in Marine Science and Technology1 (25323);
o Aquatic Ecosystems and Climate Change2 (24325);
o Ocean Science and Technology2 (25104);
o Aquatic Ecosystem Management 2012-20152 (25318);
Ad-hoc teaching/guest lectures:
o Guest lecturer for Water Polluition (DTU-Environment) 2012-present;
o Oceanography@Sea: 2012 and 2015 co-ordinated a 5 day introduction to oceanography course on board RV Dana. (Hirtshals - Reykjavik; Tromsø-Hirtshals);
PhD and Post Doctorate teaching. Courses on multiway analysis of spectral fluorescence measurements: 7 courses from 2004 to 2018.
As lead applicant
2019-2023 New insights on ocean circulation and the fate of organic carbon in the Arctic Ocean (Independent Research Foundation Denmark) DKK 6,078,488/ €814,000.
2017 Tracing terrestrial dissolved organic carbon export from the Arctic Ocean (Funded by Carlsberg Foundation) DKK 400,000/€53,736.
2014-2017 Nordic5Tech PhD project. Joint with Chalmers University. DKK1,450,000/€194,716
2013-2015 Linking the Optical Properties of DOM to its Characteristics and Origins (LOCO). (Danish Research Council for Natural Sciences). DKK2,543,000/€341,824.
2012 Oceanographic cruise in 2013: “North Atlantic-Arctic Ocean Coupling: Deep water overflows and surface water outflow”. (Danish Centre for Marine Research) 2,183,000/€293,500. Cruise leader.
2011-2012 Optical properties of Greenlandic coastal waters: modelling light penetration in a changing environment. (Greenland Climate Research Centre) DKK759,000/€102,800.
2008-2009 Terrestrial organic matter in the Arctic Ocean: Supply, distribution and application to understanding water mass circulation and halocline layer formation (Funded by Carlsberg Foundation). DKK757,000/€101,800.
2007 Remineralisation of organic carbon in the marine environment: TOC analyser application (Danish Research Council for Natural Sciences). DKK446,000/€60,260.
2006-2008 Prediction of light absorption by dissolved organic matter in the coastal zone (U.S. Office of Naval Research). DKK796,000/€107,000.
2005-2007 Development of a fluorescence technique for quantitative and qualitative analysis of organic matter (Danish Research Council for Technology and Production). DKK1,450000/€195,000.
As co-applicant
Cleaning marine Litter by developing and Applying Innovative Methods (CLAIM). Funded by EU-H2020. (2017-2020) [PI: Hellenic Centre for Marine Research].
Nunataryuk- Arctic Permafrost (2017-2020). Funded by EU-H2020. [PI: Huges Lantuit, AWI].
Fluorescence Analysis and Monitoring of Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (FAMoRAS) (2015-2016.). Funded by EU-Marie Curie Incoming Fellowship [PI: A. Hambly].
Nutrient COcktails in COAstal zones of the Baltic Sea (COCOA), (2015-2018) Funded by EU-BONUS program project. [PI: J. Carstensen, Aarhus University]
Centre for Ocean Life. (2012-2015). Funded by the Villum Foundation. [PI: T Kiørboe, Technical University of Denmark]
North Atlantic Coupling in a Changing Climate, NAACOS. (2012-2015). Funded by Danish Strategic Research Council. [PI: A. Visser, Technical University of Denmark]
Reactivity of terrestrial derived dissolved organic matter in aquatic ecosystems. (2011- 2014). Funded by Swedish Research Council. Emma [PI: E. Kritzberg, Lund University]
Aqua fingerprint: Detecting contamination in water supplies and bathing water. (2009- 2010). Funded by Danish Environmental Protection Agency. [PI: E. Arvin, Technical University of Denmark]
Individual based plankton ecology. 2008-2010. Funded by Danish Research Council for Natural Sciences. [PI: T Kiørboe, Technical University of Denmark].
A global perspective on dissolved organic matter and the world’s smallest organisms. A project on the GALATHEA3 cruise. 2006-2007. Partially funded by the Danish Research Council [PI: S. Markager Aarhus University].
Dissolved Organic Nitrogen as a Key Nutrient for Marine Plankton (January 2004- December 2006). Funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers. [PI: L. Tranvik, Uppsala University]
Scanning spectrofluorometer application (December 2002). Funded by Danish Research Council for Natural Science. [PI: S. Markager Aarhus University]
2015 Analysis of microplastic in fish stomachs of fish from North Sea and Baltic Sea (Danish Nature Agency, 335,000 DKK).
2014-2015 Investigation of causes for declines in fish abundance in coastal areas (Kystfisk II). Sub-task on Recent trends in Nutrient conditions and Plaice distribution in Shallow and Coastal areas of the North Sea.
2013 Analysis of marine litter (microplastics) in herring and whiting from the Great Belt. (Danish Nature Agency, 75,000DKK).
· PhD censor
o University of New South Wales, Australia (2014),
o University of Oslo (2017),
o University of Upsalla (2017).
· M.Sc. censor
o Aarhus University (Feb-2014, Oct-2014)
1. Institute for Alpine and Arctic Research, University of Colorado, USA. Feb. 2004.
2. Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen, Helsingør. Mar. 2004.
3. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), MD, USA. May 2004.
4. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D.C., USA. May 2004.
5. European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2006, Vienna, Austria. Apr. 2006.
6. UK-NERC FluoroNet workshop, Oxford, U.K. Apr. 2008.
7. Technical University Berlin, Germany. Nov. 2008.
8. L. A. Colding Lecture, Dept. Environmental Engineering, DTU, Denmark. Dec. 2008.
9. National Institute of Aquatic Resources, DTU, Charlottenlund, Denmark. Dec. 2008.
10. Dept. Limnology, Lund University, Sweden. Jan. 2010.
11. Changing Seas. Nordic Council of Ministers Conference, Copenhagen. March 2010.
12. Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø. January 2011.
13. Finish Environmental Research Institute & University of Helsinki. March 2011.
14. Chemical Oceanography Gordon Research Conference, Andover NH, USA. August 2011.
15. Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Magdeburg, Germany. December 2011.
16. Dansk Havforsker møde, Roskilde, Denmark. January 2013.
17. Polar Marine Science Gordon Research Conference, Ventura Ca, USA. March 2013.
18. International Humic Substances Society, Nordic meeting, Upsalla, Sweden. June 2013.
19. Department of Limnology and Oceanography, Univeristy of Vienna, Austria. 28th October 2013.
20. Microscale Ocean Biophysics, Aspen Center for Physics, Colorado, USA. 12-16th Jan. 2015.
21. Chemometrics and Analytical Technology, Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen. 13th May 2016.
22. Uppsala University, Evolutionary Biology Centre, 29th April 2017
23. Alfred Wegner Institute for Polar Research, Bremerhaven, Germany, 3rd May 2017.
2021 Interview about UN Ocean Decade for popular science magazine Geoviden
https://www.geoviden.dk/ocean-decade-giver-os-et-faelles-maal_
2021 Interview about Arctic research on tracing Siberian river organic matter exiting the Arctic Ocean
https://www.geoviden.dk/sibirisk-flodvand-kan-aendre-de-arktiske-havstroemme
2021 Interview on research project CARBEX with EU research magazine Research*EU
https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/435279-tracing-a-major-arctic-export-oceanic-carbon
2021 Opinion article in Danish Online Newspaper Altinget on the need for climate action
2019 Opinion article in Danish Newspaper Politiken on need for a new research vessel for Arctic waters
https://politiken.dk/udland/art7423121/Forskere-Danmark-sakker-h%C3%A5bl%C3%B8st-bagud-i-Arktis
2019 Opinion article in Danish Online-Newspaper Altinget on the need for a new ocean research vessel in Denmark
2019 Debat article in Danish Online-Newspaper Altinget.
https://www.altinget.dk/arktis/artikel/forskere-groenlands-baeredygtige-udvikling-er-i-fare
2019 Kronik i Politiken (Danish Newspaper opinion piece on Arctic Research)
https://politiken.dk/debat/kroniken/art6975973/Danmark-sjofler-forskningen-i-Arktis
Kronik i Berlingske (17/Oct/2018)
(Danish Newspaper opinion piece on Arctic Research and collaboration with the Royal Danish Navy)
2018. DTU PodCast on Permafrost. http://www.aqua.dtu.dk/nyheder/2018/03/podcast-permafrost?id=2a668e16-3c7e-4078-8fe2-cf413e45259d
“Bestil en Forsker” 2016, 2017 & 2019, and Danish outreach programs where scientists are invited by schools or organizations to give presentations. Talks are on Climate, Oceans and global carbon cycle. Birkerød skole (2016), Bagsværd Kostskole og Gymnasium (2017), Høje-Taastrup Gymnasium (2017), Espergærde skole (2019), Allerslev Skole (2019), Lindegårdsskolen (2019), Gildbroskolen (2019), HC Ørsted Gymnasiet (2019), Videnskabs Festival, Aalborg (2019)
2016. Catherine Jex. Science Nordic. Greenlandic fjords get their organic matter from Russia
http://sciencenordic.com/greenlandic-fjords-get-their-organic-matter-russia
2015 Traving, SJ, Stedmon, C, Riemann, L & Thygesen, UH 2015, 'Kulstof i havet - en tynd kop te?' Aktuel naturvidenskab, no. 5, pp. 14-18.
See Google Scholar or Publons/WebOfScience for publications
International peer reviewed journal publications (Web of Science): 105.
H-index: 50 (Web of Science); Citations: 12,839 (Web of Science).
English: Mother tongue
Danish: Fluent (Daily use at work and home since 2000).
2006 Jetter Vester M.Sc. Environmental Chemistry, Copenhagen University (CU);
2008 Nicholas Le Tallec M.Sc. Environmental Engineering, DTU;
2010 Linda Jørgensen* M.Sc. Marine Biology, CU;
2013 Daniel Graeber* PhD Biogeochemistry, Aarhus University;
2014 Linda Jørgensen* PhD Marine Biogeochemistry, CU;
2014 Åsa Magnusson M.Sc. Environmental Engineering, DTU.
2015 Robin Lenz M.Sc, Aquatic Science and Technology, DTU.
2015 Kristina Enders M.Sc, Aquatic Science and Technology, DTU.
2016 Sachia Traving* PhD Marine Microbial Ecology, CU.
2017 Maria Lund Paulsen* PhD Marine Microbial Ecology, Bergen University.
2017 Signe Melbye, B.Sc. DTU.
2018 Urban Wünsch PhD, Aquatic Science and Technology, DTU.
2019 Mohanna Heibati*, PhD Nordic5Tech (Chalmers University)
2020 Romy Lansbergen, M.Sc., Aquatic Science and Technology, DTU.
2020 Mischa Saes, M.Sc. Aquatic Science and Technology, DTU.
2021 Caroline Gjelstrup M.Sc., Aquatic Science and Technology, DTU.
2022 Gesine Ramm, M.Sc., Aquatic Science and Technology, DTU.
2022 Maria Papdimitraki M.Sc., Aquatic Science and Technology, DTU.
2022 Signe Melbye Andersen M.Sc., Aquatic Science and Technology, DTU.
Ongoing,
Anders Dalhoff Bruhn Jensen, Aquatic Science and Technology, DTU (Start 2019).
Gang Lin*, Environmental Engineering, DTU (Start 2019).
Caroline Gjelstrup , Aquatic Science and Technology, DTU (Start 2021).
*Co-supervisor
Post Docs:
2005-06 Weidong Guo;
2014-16 Heather Reader;
2014-16 Adam Hambly.
2016-19 Johanna Sjöstedt
2019-2021 Rafael Gonçalves-Araujo
2020-2022 Urban Wünsch