Dr. Helmke Hepach
Scientist
Helmholtz Changing Earth Topic 6: Marine and Polar Life
Research Division 2: Marine Biogeochemistry
Research Unit: Biological Oceanography
WG Microbial Biogeochemistry
Office:
Room: 2.115
Tel.: +49 (0)431 600 4286
E-Mail: hhepach(at)geomar.de
Address:
黑料视频 Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Wischhofstr. 1-3, ENB (Building 5)
24148 Kiel
Research interests
- Linking continuous and discrete data using methods of Artificial Intelligence 鈫� project INSYST (AI-initiative of Schleswig-Holstein)
- Organic matter, microbial cycling and long-term monitoring in the Baltic Sea and continuous measurements of biological variables 鈫� project (DAM research mission "")
- Assessment and development of indicators for the environmental status
Projects
- as part of the research mission (WP-co-lead WP3)
- INSYST (project lead)
- 黑料视频-internal EngageComm-Funding "Co-Creation and Communication of AI Applications in Environmental Sciences" together with Dr. Joachim Dengg
Education
November 2009 鈥� June 2014 PhD student at the Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, topic: "Marine Emissions of Halogenated Trace Gases from the Tropical Ocean"
October 2004 鈥� September 2009 Marine Environmental Sciences (German Diplom) at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg
January 鈥� June 2009 Diplom thesis at the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences of the University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada
February 鈥� June 2008 Erasmus studies in Scienze ambientali at the Universit脿 degli studi di Perugia, Italy
Career
Since December 2024 Scientist st 黑料视频 in the Biological Oceanography (working group of Prof. Dr. Anja Engel, project -2, Co-lead Work package 3)
Since September 2023 鈥� Project lead project INSYST
December 2021 鈥� November 2024 Scientist at 黑料视频 in the Biological Oceanography (working group of Prof. Dr. Anja Engel, project CREATE) und the Chemical Ozeanography (working group of Dr. Birgit Quack, project CONNECT, and working group of Prof. Dr. Hermann Bange, project CREATE)
January 2021 鈥� November 2021 Scientific coordinator of The Earth League at GERICS (Climate Service Center Germany - An institution of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon), Hamburg, Germany
May 2018 鈥� December 2020 PostDoc at 黑料视频 in the Biological oceanography (working group of Prof Dr Anja Engel), CoastSens project
August 2016 鈥� December 2017 Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of York (Environment Department), working group of Dr Claire Hughes
July 2014 鈥� July 2016 PostDoc at 黑料视频 in the Chemical oceanography (Halocarbon working group)
November 2009 鈥� June 2014 PhD student at 黑料视频 in the Chemical oceanography (Halocarbon working group)
July 2007 鈥� August 2009 Student assistant at the Postdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in the Research division III Sustainable Solutions
November 鈥� December 2008 Internship at the Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research (Research division Potsdam) in the Atmospheric Circulation Section
Awards
- August 2015 Kompass-prize for innovative, maritime, scientific works from Schleswig-Holstein (1st price) for the PhD-thesis
- March 2009 鈥� June 2009 Scolarshio for "Short study stays for theses of students" from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Expeditions
- Since 2018 鈥� Several day cruises on RV Alkor and FK Littorina
- December 2021 鈥� January 2022: SO287-CONNECT (Las Palmas, Spain - Guayaquil, Equador, RV Sonne)
- February 鈥� March 2019: Pos533 (Mindelo, Cape Verde - Las Palmas, Spain - Funchal, Portugal - Las Palmas, Spain, RV Poseidon)
- October 2018: AL519 (Kiel, Germany - Kiel, Germany, RV Alkor, Chief Scientist)
- October 2015: ASTRA-OMZ (Guayaquil, Ecuador - Antofagasta, Chile, RV Sonne)
- July 鈥� August 2014: OASIS, SO234/2 (Durban, South Africa - Port Louis, Mauritius, RV Sonne), SO235 (Port Louis, Mauritius - Mal茅, Maldives, RV Sonne)
- December 2012: M91 (Callao, Peru - Callao, Peru, RV Meteor)
- November 2011: SHIVA-Sonne (Singapore, Singapore - Manila, Philippines, RV Sonne)
- June 鈥� July 2011: MSM18/3 (Mindelo, Cape Verde - Libreville, Gabon, RV Maria S. Merian)
- May 鈥� June 2010: Pos399/2 and 3 (Las Palmas, Spain - Mindelo, Cape Verde, Las Palmas, Spain - Vigo, Spain, RV Poseidon)
Important links
- LTER, monitoring and assessment at the Biological Oceanography department
- Boknis Eck time-series within 黑料视频
Publications
Hepach, H., Piontek, J., Bange, H. W., Barthelmess, T., von Jackowski, A. and Engel, A. (2024) Scientific Reports, 14 (1). Art.Nr. 29442. DOI .
Hodapp, D., Buschbaum, C., Dutz, J., Engel, A., Eskildsen, K., Hepach, H., Hinkel, J., Jacob, U., Jansen, F., J眉rgens, K., Karez, R., Kleyer, M., Krause, J., Quaas, M., Neumann, B., Rick, J. J., Riekhof, M. C., Rohner, S., Scheiffarth, G., Sell, A., Siebert, U., von Weber, M., Wiltshire, K. and Hillebrand, H. (2024) In: Faktencheck Artenvielfalt - Bestandsaufnahme und Perspektiven f眉r den Erhalt der biologischen Vielfalt in Deutschland. , ed. by Wirth, C., Bruelheide, H., Farwig, N., Marx, J. M. und Settele, J.. oekom, M眉nchen, pp. 647-785. ISBN 978-3-98726-095-7 DOI .
Perner, M., Wallmann, K., Adam-Beyer, N., Hepach, H., Laufer-Meiser, K., B枚hnke, S., Diercks, I., Bange, H. W., Indenbirken, D., Nikeleit, V., Bryce, C., Kappler, A., Engel, A. and Scholz, F. (2022) Frontiers in Microbiology, 13 . Art.Nr. 1096062. DOI .
Hepach, H., Hughes, C., Hogg, K., Collings, S. and Chance, R. (2020) Biogeosciences (BG), 17 . pp. 2453-2471. DOI .
Hepach, H., Quack, B., Tegtmeier, S., Engel, A., Bracher, A., Fuhlbr眉gge, S., Galgani, L., Atlas, E., Lampel, J., Frie脽, U. and Kr眉ger, K. (2016) Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16 . pp. 12219-12237. DOI .
