Dr. Fehmi Dilmahamod
RD: Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics
Research Unit: Physical Oceanography
Topic 2: Ocean and cryosphere in climate change
Office:
Building: 5, Tower: 2
Room: 3.222
Phone: +49 431 600-4117
Email: fdilmahamod(at)geomar.de
Address:
Wischhofstrasse 1-3
D-24148 Kiel
Germany
Research Interest
- Oceanic (sub)-mesoscale dynamics
- Large-scale ocean circulation
- Biophysical coupled processes
- Ocean Observation
Experience
- Since 2021 - Postdoctoral Researcher, 黑料视频 Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
- 2019 - 2021 - Postdoctoral Fellow, Dalhousie University
- 2018 - 2019 - Postdoctoral Researcher, 黑料视频 Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Education
- 2018 - Ph.D. - University of Bretagne Occidentale (France) & University of Cape Town (South Africa)
- 2014 - M.Sc. - University of Cape Town (South Africa)
- 2012 - B.Sc. - University of Mauritius (Mauritius)
Projects
- EU project (2024 - 2028) - Co-PI at 黑料视频 (partner institution) - Ocean observations and indicators for climate and assessments
- EU and MICIU project (2025 - 2028) - Collaborator - Bio-Physical-Chemical Coupling and Connectivity between the phytoplankton blooms in the Bransfield Strait and the NW Weddell Sea
Expeditions
2026 - Upcoming RV MS Merian MSM142 (Chief Scientist) - Subpolar North Atlantic
2025 - Upcoming RV Alkor AL638 (Chief Scientist) - Student cruise - Baltic Sea
2024 - RV MS Merian MSM129/2 (Co-Chief Scientist) - Subpolar North Atlantic
2023 - RV Alkor AL599 - Student cruise - Baltic Sea
2022 - RV Meteor M184 - Subpolar North Atlantic
2019 - RV Meteor M156 - Eastern Tropical Upwelling Role
2016 - RV Antea - Madagascar Ridge Survey
2015 - RV Algoa - Agulhas System Climate Array (ASCA)
Publications
Published:
[8] 2023 - Devresse, Q., Becker, K.W., Dilmahamod, A.F., Ortega鈥怰etuerta, E. and Engel, A., 2023. Dissolved organic matter fluorescence as a tracer of upwelling and microbial activities in two cyclonic eddies in the Eastern Tropical North Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 128(8), e2023JC019821.
[7] 2022 - Dilmahamod A. F., Karstensen, J., Dietze, H., L枚ptien, U., Fennel, K., 2022. Generation mechanisms of mesoscale eddies in the Mauritanian Upwelling Region, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 52(1), pp. 161-182.
[6] 2021 - Ramanantsoa, J.D., Penven, P., Raj, R.P., Renault, L., Ponsoni, L., Ostrowski, M., Dilmahamod, A.F. and Rouault, M., 2021. Where and how the East Madagascar Current retroflection originates?. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, p.e2020JC016203.
[5] 2021 - Bouzaiene, M., Menna, M., Elhmaidi, D., Dilmahamod, A.F. and Poulain, P.M., 2021. Spreading of Lagrangian Particles in the Black Sea: A Comparison between Drifters and a High-Resolution Ocean Model. Remote Sensing, 13(13), p.2603.
[4] 2020 - Dilmahamod, A. F., P. Penven, B. Aguiar-Gonz谩lez, C. J. C. Reason and J. C. Hermes (2020), A model investigation of the influences of the South-East Madagascar Current on the South-East Madagascar Bloom, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125, e2019JC.015761.
[3] 2019 - Dilmahamod, A. F., P. Penven, B. Aguiar-Gonz谩lez, C. J. C. Reason and J. C. Hermes (2019), A new definition of the South-East Madagascar Bloom and analysis of its variability, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124, 1717-1735.
[2] 2018 - Dilmahamod, A. F., B. Aguiar-Gonz谩lez, P. Penven, C. J. C. Reason, W. P. M. De Ruijter, N. Malan and J.C. Hermes (2018), SIDDIES corridor: A major east-west pathway of long-lived surface and subsurface eddies in the subtropical South Indian Ocean, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123, 5406-5425,
[1] 2016 - Dilmahamod, A. F., J. C. Hermes and C. J. C. Reason (2016), Chlorophyll-a variability in the Seychelles鈥揅hagos Thermocline Ridge: Analysis of a coupled biophysical model, Journal of Marine Systems, 154, 220-232,
