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Mar 14, 2024
Early Career Researcher meeting of DFG Priority Program "Tropical Climate Variability & Coral Reefs" and new video published
Early career researchers from across Germany meet at MARUM for the second “Early Career Researcher Meeting” of the DFG Priority Program
Early career researchers from across Germany meet at MARUM for the second “Early Career Researcher Meeting” of the DFG Priority Program "Tropical Climate Variability & Coral Reefs" (SPP 2299) in March 2024. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, J.Nitsch

Young researchers from all over Germany are meeting at MARUM this week for the second “Early Career Researcher Meeting” of the DFG Priority Program "Tropical Climate Variability & Coral Reefs" (SPP 2299). At the end of the meeting, the program is launching a video on its “Early Career Researchers” on its YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@ClimateReefs.

The SPP 2299 early career researchers have eight different nationalities, of which six are coral reef nations. The meeting includes workshops on “Woman in leadership”, “Presentation skills and storytelling for scientists”, and “Research funding opportunities”. Invited guest lecturer Sujata Murty not only talks about her research on coral-based reconstructions of tropical climate at the University at Albany (New York), but also about “Scientific storytelling using the arts - offering inspiration to an uncertain world”. During the meeting, the SPP 2299 early career researchers will be able to network in order to work together across projects within the broad program and to jointly address the most important research questions.

The DFG Priority Programme “Tropical Climate Variability & Coral Reefs” (SPP 2299) aims to improve our understanding of tropical climate variability and its impacts on coral reef ecosystems in a warming world. This improved understanding comes from prior to the start of instrumental climate observations and coral reef monitoring. The programme brings together over 40 international researchers from 15 institutions across Germany using novel geochemical and isotopic tools applied to coral skeletons, along with advanced statistical methods and earth system modelling to not only understand past and future tropical climate but also coral responses to past and future heat stress.

The first phase of the Priority Programme is coordinated by Dr. Thomas Felis from MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen. In addition to the coordination, MARUM is involved in the programme with four scientific projects and a total of eight researchers. The Priority Programme is funded for a six-year period with a total of around 12 million euros.

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Dr. Thomas Felis
Coral Pa­leo­cli­mato­logy
https://www.marum.de/en/about-us/Coral-Paleoclimatology.html
Phone: +49 421 218-65751
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Guest lecturer Sujata Murty (University at Albany, New York) at the SPP 2299 “Early Career Researcher Meeting” at MARUM. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, T.Felis
Guest lecturer Sujata Murty (University at Albany, New York) at the SPP 2299 “Early Career Researcher Meeting” at MARUM. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, T.Felis
Participants of the SPP 2299 “Early Career Researcher Meeting” at MARUM. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, T.Felis
Participants of the SPP 2299 “Early Career Researcher Meeting” at MARUM. Photo: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, T.Felis