Federal Cross of Merit for DAM board member Ulrich Bathmann

About his career

After studying biology and oceanography, Ulrich Bathmann (born 1954) worked at various prestigious research institutions and traveled and explored the world’s oceans on numerous ship expeditions. In 2011, he was appointed Director of the IOW and Professor of Earth System Research at the University of Rostock. During his tenure at the IOW until 2022, he further developed the institute’s research profile in a cross-system and interdisciplinary manner for a global understanding of processes in coastal and marginal seas. In addition, he contributed the expertise of the IOW and his personal expertise to numerous national and international scientific organizations and research committees, including the German section of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, the German Marine Research Consortium and the German Marine Research Alliance. In the latter two organizations, which play a key role in shaping the content and strategic direction of marine research in Germany, he is still active today as Chairman of the Board and on the Board of Directors. As spokesman, he was also responsible for the establishment of the Leibniz Science Campus Phosphorus Research in Rostock and the expansion of the “Martime Systems” department at the Interdisciplinary Faculty of the University of Rostock. Ulrich Bathmann continues to be involved in numerous committees whose work is aimed at promoting excellent science in the service of environmental and marine protection.

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