Paul Friedrich Wassmann
Professor emeritus
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Forskningsinteresser
- Arctic marine system ecology
- Vertical flux and flux regulation in ecosystems of different trophic state and latitude
- Flux of carbon in marine ecosystems as a function of trophic state and climate change
- Physical-biological coupled 3-D models of pelagic primary production, new and export production
- Eutrophication in the coastal zone
- Dynamics of Phaeocystis-dominated ecosystems
Medlem i forskningsgruppe
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Prof. Dr. Paul Wassmann
Norwegian College of Fishery Science
University of Tromsø
N-9037 Tromsø, NORWAY
Phone: 47-776-44459
Fax: 47-77-646020
Internet: paul.wassmann@uit.no
Date of birth: 03.12.1951
Nationality: German
Education:
M. Sc. (Cand. real.), University of Bergen, 1981
Ph.D., University of Bergen, 1984
Professor since 2002
Employment:
1982-1984 NTNF fellowship, University of Bergen
1985-1987 post Doc fellowship (NAVF) University of Oslo
1990-1991 research fellow, Norwegian College of Fishery Science (project PRO MARE; Research Council of Norway)
1992-1993 research fellow, Norwegian College of Fishery Science (project MARE NOR, Research Council of Norway)
1994-1995 associate professor at University of Tromsø
1996-1997 Nordic Council of Ministers Environmental Programme, Gulf of Riga project (co-ordination)
1997- 1998 MAST III ESCAPE programme
1998-1999 Research Council of Norway ALV programme,
2000-2002 EU 5th framework programmes BIOHAB & CYCLOPS
1998-2001 Guest professor, Hydrobiological Laboratory, University of Helsinki, Finland
2001-2002 Guest professor at the Université Paris VI
2002 and onwards Professor in environmental biology, Norwegian College of Fishery Science
Teaching experience/supervision:
• Selected upper graduate and Ph.D. student courses at the Universities Bergen, Oslo, Tromsø and Helsinki
• Teaching and supervision of graduate and post-graduate students at the University of Helsinki
• 10 Ph. D. research workshops for Nordic students
• Supervision of 5 Ph.D. students, 8 M.Sci students, at present 3 Ph. D. students and 6 post docs
• Co-ordinator for 3 Nordic networks of research and education, at present 1
• Director of the ARCTOS PhD school “Arctic ecosystems, biogeochemical cycles and climatic change in the anthroposen”, University of Tromsø
Research interests:
• Arctic marine system ecology
• Vertical flux and flux regulation in ecosystems of different trophic state and latitude
• Flux of carbon in marine ecosystems as a function of trophic state and climate change
• Physical-biological coupled 3-D models of pelagic primary production, new and export production
• Eutrophication in the coastal zone
• Dynamics of Phaeocystis-dominated ecosystems
Co-ordination, memberships, committees etc.
• Associate editor of the international journal Polar Biology
• Associate editor of the popular Norwegian journal Naturen
• Steering Committee of the US National Science Foundation initiative “Shelf-Basin Exchange” (SBE)
• Co-ordinator for the Nordic network "Arktiske økosystemer, karbon fluks og klimatisk forandring", (NordForsk)
• SCOR working group #120 “Marine phytoplankton and global climate regulation: The Phaeocystis spp. cluster as a model”
• Member of science co-ordination group of International Arctic Polynya Programme (IAPP-SCG), a body that reports to the Arctic Oceans Science Board (AOSB).
• Member of science co-ordination group of the Canadian Arctic Shelf Exchange programme (CASES)
• Steering committee of Arctic Ocean Diversity (ArcOD), www.sfos.uaf.edu/research/arcdiv)
• Steering committee of WG 6 “Arctic shelf areas”, International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP II).
• Leader of the ARCTic marine ecOSystem research network – ARCTOS (www.nfh.uit.no/arctos)
• Expert for ecosystem function and carbon flux for AMAP
• Norwegian Government advise committee for environmental surveillance of the Barents Sea and north of the Lofoten ecosystems.
Sabbaticals
1988-1989 7 months research scientists Bermuda Biological Station of Research, Bermuda Atlantic Time Series: US-GOFS
1998-2002 3 months CNRS guest professor, Station Zoologique, Villefranche-sur-mer
2006 4 months at Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
Finished research projects
• Research Council of Norway projects PRO MARE, Skadelige alger, MARE NOR, plankton project in Balsfjord, NAPP, ALV, MACESIZ, CABANERA,
• Nordic project “Eutrophication and sedimentation in the Gulf of Riga”
• EU projects PALOMA, MTP, MATER, ESCAPE, BASIS, OMEX I, OMEX II, BIOHAB, FAMIZ, CYCLOPS, GLIMPS, IASON
On-going research projects
• iAOOS-Norway: closing the loop (IPY), Research Council of Norway,, 2007-2009
• EU 6th framework, EURopean network of excellence for OCean Ecosystems ANalysiS - EUR-OCEANS
• Marine science and coastal management in the Adriatic, West Balkan Programme, SIU
• Partner in NORKLIMA Theme I, Marine Ecosystem Response to a changing CLIMate (MERCLIM)
• CONFLUX: Fate of organic material in the ocean: Controlling mechanisms in vertical flux regulation (Tromsø Forskningsstiftelse)
• Nordic network: The biological pump in the Nordic seas: Copepods and appendicularians
as producers and consumers of sinking particles (Nordforsk)
• EU FP7 project Arctic Tipping Points
Outreach
• 28 popular publications on marine ecology for the Norwegian public
• Presentations for governmental personnel and oil industry
• “Overvåkningsgruppen”, forvaltningsplan Barentshavet
• Open ship, Longyearbyen and Tromsø 2007 and 2008