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Martina Hollstein
Report of GLOMAR PhD student Martina Hollstein about her participation in a workshop on Individual Foraminifera Analysis and the International Conference on Paleoceanography in Utrecht, Netherlands from 29 August - 2 September 2016
From August 28 to September 02, 2016 I had the opportunity to join the International Conference on Paleoceanography (ICP) in Utrecht and an associated workshop on ‘Individual Foraminifera Analysis’.
The workshop was organized by Prof. Howard Spero (UC Davis, Santa Barbara) and Dr. Ed. Hathorne (Geomar, Kiel). Although I am not performing analyses on individual foraminifera myself it was interesting to learn more about this approach and associated topics and I got a deeper insight into state of the art within this field of research.
The ICP is a triennial conference and with its unique focus on paleoceanography an important venue in this field of research. Therefore, many well-known and early career scientists join the ICP. This time 670 participants came to discuss their latest results and state of the art in paleoceanography. Traditionally, invited speakers get the chance to present their work during oral presentations. In addition, all participants meet in extended poster sessions. Since there is only one session at a time all participants have the opportunity to attend all talks and poster sessions. I presented parts of my PhD work on two posters during the sessions ‘Paleo Proxies: Development, Calibration and Application’ and ‘System Dynamics and Ocean-Ice-Continent Interactions’. This gave me the chance to discuss my work with many different scientists and I got some valuable feedback. The downside of having two poster presentations by myself was that I had very little time to study other posters presented during these sessions and especially, talk to other scientists about their contributions.
Overall the atmosphere at the ICP was very relaxed. During the conference and associated social events like the Ice-breaker party and a ‘paleomusicology concert’ I got in touch with many scientists from all over the world. It was also great to meet some people I got to know during my research stay a year ago.
Overall both, the workshop and the conference were inspiring events that gave a lot of insight into current research in the field of paleoceanography. Besides Utrecht is a beautiful, very lively city. The next ICP will take place in Sydney in 2019. For students working in paleoceanography I would certainly recommend to attend this nice conference once during their PhD time. For my conference participation I acknowledge funding by the DFG-Research Center / Cluster of excellence ‘The Ocean in the Earth System’.
The workshop was organized by Prof. Howard Spero (UC Davis, Santa Barbara) and Dr. Ed. Hathorne (Geomar, Kiel). Although I am not performing analyses on individual foraminifera myself it was interesting to learn more about this approach and associated topics and I got a deeper insight into state of the art within this field of research.
The ICP is a triennial conference and with its unique focus on paleoceanography an important venue in this field of research. Therefore, many well-known and early career scientists join the ICP. This time 670 participants came to discuss their latest results and state of the art in paleoceanography. Traditionally, invited speakers get the chance to present their work during oral presentations. In addition, all participants meet in extended poster sessions. Since there is only one session at a time all participants have the opportunity to attend all talks and poster sessions. I presented parts of my PhD work on two posters during the sessions ‘Paleo Proxies: Development, Calibration and Application’ and ‘System Dynamics and Ocean-Ice-Continent Interactions’. This gave me the chance to discuss my work with many different scientists and I got some valuable feedback. The downside of having two poster presentations by myself was that I had very little time to study other posters presented during these sessions and especially, talk to other scientists about their contributions.
Overall the atmosphere at the ICP was very relaxed. During the conference and associated social events like the Ice-breaker party and a ‘paleomusicology concert’ I got in touch with many scientists from all over the world. It was also great to meet some people I got to know during my research stay a year ago.
Overall both, the workshop and the conference were inspiring events that gave a lot of insight into current research in the field of paleoceanography. Besides Utrecht is a beautiful, very lively city. The next ICP will take place in Sydney in 2019. For students working in paleoceanography I would certainly recommend to attend this nice conference once during their PhD time. For my conference participation I acknowledge funding by the DFG-Research Center / Cluster of excellence ‘The Ocean in the Earth System’.
Martina at ICP