Education

EUROPROX/ECOLMAS: (Palaeo-)ecology of cyst forming dinoflagellates. Bremen. International PhD students/PostDoc’s and Professors from 24 differential countries. 1 week. Morning sessions. 17 – 21 Mai 2010.

Introductionary and advanced course in palaeoceanography and past climate with emphasis on dinoflagellates as tools to reconstruct past environments. University of Assyut and Aswan (Egypt), 26 March - 6 April, 2007 (Participants list)

ECOLMAS Course: From the living dinoflagellate to paleoenvironmental reconstructions. January, 29 - February 01, 2007, Bremen (Participants list).

Excursion: Geology and archeology of the Vorwerk area (northeast of Bremen),

Marie Curie Training Event PROPER 2: Preservation potential of climate signals and ultra-high resolution climate archives in aquatic sedimentary environments. 7-13 November 2004, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, CSIC Barcelona, 2 days.

Qualitätssicherungsstelle des Bund/Länder-Messprogrammes Nord und Ostsee at the Umweltbundesamt, Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Wattenmeerstation Sylt, 2003: „Phytoplankton; Bestimmung und Taxonomie mariner Dinoflagellaten”, PhD-Students and scientific employees of Governmental environmental institutes and marine biological oriented companies.

EUROPROX: Ecologic and biologic aspects of dinoflagellate cysts and their use in palaeoclimatic research, Bremen 2003: Internationale PhD-Studenten und Postdocs. 1 week.
Ecolmas Course: Organism based proxies in Palaeoceanography, Bremen 2002: Internationale PhD- Students and Postdocs. 1 day.

8th International Nannoplankton Association Conference, 2000: Workshop on calcareous dinoflagellates. Conference participants, 1 day.

Sixth International Conference on modern and fossil dinoflagellates Trondheim 1998: Short course on Calcareous dinoflagellates. Conference participants, 1 day.

NSG-LPP short course: Organic and calcareous dinoflagellate cyst course, Utrecht 1997. Specialised employees of Oil companies, 1 week .

Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Wattenmeerstation Sylt, 1993: Protistenkurs, PhD-Students and Postdocs in Marine Biology and Geology. 2 days.

- „Fossilien und globaler Klimawandel“ 2.5 ETCS

- “Einführung in die Biologie für Geologen“ 3.5 CP (credit points). 
- "Einfuhrung in die Palökologie" 2 CP
- “Plankton als Archiv der Klima- und Umweltforschung“ 4 CP.
- “Palökologisches Seminar und Praktikum: Probenahme-, Auswertung, Präsentation“, 3.5 CP.
- “Methoden zur Rekonstruktion fossiler Lebensräume: Taphonomie und Biofazies“, 3 CP.

establishing of a "Lackprofil" in a sandpit with glacial sands