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Welcome to our group

We are based at the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) in Bremen and Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) at the University of Oldenburg (Germany). OP is also a Research Associate at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama and a Guest Instructor for the Three Seas Program (Northeastern University).

Education

  • PhD 2009

    PhD in Biology (Neotropical Environment)

    McGill University (Canada)

  • MSc 2003

    MSc in Oceanography, with distinction

    University of Quebec (Canada)

  • BSc 2000

    BSc in Biology

    University of Lausanne (Switzerland)

Appointments

  • Present2024

    Program Area Leader

    Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT, Germany)

  • Present2019

    Group Leader

    Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research

  • Present2019

    Professor

    Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), University of Oldenburg (Germany)

  • Present2016

    Guest Instructor

    Three Seas Program, Northeasten University (USA)

  • Present2015

    Research Associate

    Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI, Panama)

  • 20192014

    Junior Professor

    GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel & University of Kiel (Germany)

  • 20142012

    Associate Scientist

    Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

  • 20122009

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute