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Inga Hellige
| Institution: | MARUM and Max Planck Institue for Marine Microbiology (MPI-MM) |
| Office: | MPI |
| Phone: | +49 421 2028 - 9629 |
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| Other webpage(s): | Inga's MARUM web page |
PhD Project
The fate of brown algae fucoidan in the ocean
Fucoidan is a sulfated polysaccharide from brown algae with long-term stability. It has been shown that it is secreted in large quantities into the ocean, but is not degraded completely by microorganism. It may instead persist in the water column and form particles, which reach the deep ocean via the biological carbon pump.
The aim of this PhD is to understand the fate of fucoidan in the ocean and its potentail as a carbon sink.
Thesis Committee
| Prof. Dr. Jan-Hendrik Hehemann | MARUM, University of Bremen and Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen (MPI-MM) |
| Dr. Luis Humberto Orellana Retamal | Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen (MPI-MM) |
| Dr. Francois Thomas | Station Biologique de Roscoff, France |
| Dr. Naomi Levine | University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA |