Current Group

To be filled- Project Researcher (postdoc) within the Centre for Sustainable Ocean Science, 1.9.2024-28.2.2027: https://abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index.php?jid=811&key=&o=A_RJ&rspvt=3e4ak0fy3hogw4ow40c080occ40k0gc

 

Photo credits: Christopher Esser, Giannina Hattich, Tom Übeler

 

Postdocs

Conny Sjöqvist: Åbo Akademi University Postdoc Researcher within BaltVib

-> Researchgate

 

 

Lukas Meysick: Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg (HIFMB, external mentor)

-> Researchgate 

 

 

 

PhD candidates

Amalia Skrifvars: Åbo Akademi University “Resilience of Arctic and subarctic phytoplankton to global warming” (co-supervision, PhD 2024 – 2028)

 

 

 

Sarah Rühmkorff: Åbo Akademi University “Resilience of Seagrass Ecosystems through Habitat Heterogeneity and Genetic Diversity” (PhD 2023 – 2027)

 

 

Anna Ikonen: Åbo Akademi University “Ecology and Evolution of resurrected Diatoms from the Baltic Sea” (co-supervision, PhD 2023 – 2027)

 

 

 

Lucinda Kraufvelin: Åbo Akademi University “Impacts of marine heatwaves on the functioning of temperate coastal ecosystems under the influence of non-indigenous species” (PhD, 2021 – 2025) -> Researchgate

 

 

 

Bachelor and Master students and internships

Amina Schellekens: Amsterdam University “Thermal mosaics and community resilience in benthic marine soft-bottom communities of the Archipelago Sea of SW-Finland” (Master thesis 2024/25)

Kristin Wikström: Åbo Akademi University “GAME 2024 – Influence of artificial light at night on macroalgae growth and attractiveness to grazers” (Master thesis, 2024/25)

Alice Nozais: Åbo Akademi University (internship, 2024)

Joel Westerholm: Åbo Akademi University (internship, 2024)

Christopher Jakob Esser: University of Münster “The influence of a marine heatwave and the presence of a recent invader (NIS) on the establishment of marine benthic communities – highlighting the absence and presence of habitat engineers” (Master 2024)

Fynn Robering: University of Münster “Does a more variable microclimate contribute to an
increased intraspecific trait variation in Macoma balthica?” (co-supervision, Master 2024)

Lennard Schulte: University of Münster “Does a more variable microclimate contribute to an
increased intraspecific trait variation in Mytilus trossulus?” (co-supervision, Master 2024)

Jeanette Winberg: Åbo Akademi University “Influence of a marine heatwave on species compositions in sandy-sediment seagrass-bivalve assemblages following a 3-months community experiment” (main supervisor, co-supervision by Lucinda Kraufvelin (ÅAU) and Joao B. Gusmao (ÅAU); Master 2023-2024)