Team leader
I studied marine sciences and have worked with global ocean biogeochemistry models as well as observations in the past. I am interested in understanding ocean carbon cycling and its interactions with climate change and variability - from biological to physical processes and from preindustrial times into the future. Thus, in my group, we are working to improve process representation in the biogeochemistry and ecosystem model REcoM and simulate the recent and future evolution of the ocean carbon cycle. I also coordinate the ocean carbon sink estimate for the Global Carbon Budget.

Scientific programmer
I studied civil and computational mechanics in Ankara and Munich. In the past, I investigated the circulation dynamics of the Turkish Straits System and ice shelf-ocean interactions in the Southern Ocean. Currently I am developing the coupled marine biogeochemistry model FESOM-REcoM, which is also part of AWI’s Earth System Model (AWI-ESM). I also contribute to the Global Carbon Budget.

Postdoc
I monitor physical changes in the Arctic environment (Ocean currents,  water masses, mesoscale features, mixing, sea ice…) and study their impacts on phytoplankton dynamics (biomass, primary productivity, phenology, spatial distribution, composition, trends …) and biogeochemical cycles (carbon and nutrients). I used a collection of tools from in situ data (autonomous or traditional platforms) to remote sensing (ocean color, altimetry, infrared). But I am currently focusing more on BGC modelling in the framework of the H2020-Project COMFORT and the BMBF nuArctic projects. nuArctic investigates nutrient remineralization combining modelling experiments with observations from the MOSAiC expedition.

Postdoc
I studied meteorology and I am interested in Earth System Models (ESMs) with a focus on ocean dynamics and their influence on biogeochemical processes. Currently, I investigate the interannual variability of the ocean CO2 sink in our warming world. I want to improve Earth System Models and enhance our understanding of climate feedbacks we will face in the near future.

Postdoc
With a Master’s degree in marine biology and several field trips to the Arctic, I entered the field of biogeochemical modelling at the start of my PhD project. Therein I investigated CO2 dependencies of and multiple stressor effects on phytoplankton growth rates in published laboratory data, and developed model functions to represent these effects in REcoM. In my current work I aim to further improve the description of biological processes in REcoM for a better representation of the biological carbon pump. This work is supported by a regular scientific exchange with the phytoplankton ecophysiologists of the section. Furthermore, I’m part of the EU Horizon 2020 project OceanNETs, investigating the efficiency of ocean-based negative emission technologies in AWI’s Earth System Model AWI-ESM. 

PhD Student
I did my master’s in Climate Physics. Currently, I implement data assimilation into the ocean physics and biogeochemistry model FESOM-REcoM, working also in the AWI’s Data Assimilation group. I’m interested in using data assimilation to study the global air-sea flux of CO₂.

PhD Student
I have a bachelor with Physics major and a master degree in Atmospheric Sciences. For my master thesis I examined the decadal variability of the carbon cycle in the Indian Ocean region. For the Ph.D. I am doing Ocean Biogeochemical Modeling for Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement in deep and bottom water formation regions. I study the efficiency of carbon dioxide sequestration in the ocean and the side effects of Alkalinity Enhancement on the ocean ecosystem.