Dr. Torsten Frey

Research Division 2: Marine Biogeochemistry
Research Unit: Marine Geosystems
Working Group: DeepSea Monitoring

Contact Information

Phone: +49 431 600-2599
E-Mail: tfrey(at)geomar.de
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Publications

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Scientific Career

since 2019
Scientific Researcher
, ºÚÁÏÊÓÆµ Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, DeepSea Monitoring Group

since 2020
Guest Researcher
, Leipzig University, Chair for Environmental Engineering and Environmental Management

2016–2020
Scientific Researcher
, Leipzig University, Chair for Environmental Engineering and Environmental Management

2019
Guest
, Bangor University, Bangor Business School (United Kingdom)

2017
Guest Researcher
, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Science (Israel)

Education

2017–2024
Doctor rerum politicarum
, Leipzig University, Faculty of Economics and Management Science
Thesis: A New Risk Assessment Model for Unexploded Underwater Military Munitions

2014–2015
Master of Arts
, Tel Aviv University, Porter School of Environmental Studies (Israel)

2008–2012
Bachelor of Arts
, Hochschule Furtwangen University, Business School

2010–2011
Student Exchange
, Xiamen University (China)

Research Interests

  • Munitions in the Sea
  • Maritime Risks
  • Maritime Spatial Use
  • Scientific Decision-Making
  • Quality Management

Projects

2024–2028
 (Marine Munition in Europe - Solutions with Economic and Ecological Profits for Efficient Remediation)

2024–2027
 (Development and construction of a mobile demonstrator for the thermal disposal of explosives from coastal dumped munitions)

2021–2027
 (CONcept for conventional MARine munition Remediation in the German North and Baltic Sea)

2023–2025
 (Validation of Intelligent Terrain Feature Recognition Methods for Hydrographic Data)

2021–2024
 (Professional intelligent munitions assessment using 3D reconstructions and Bayesian Neural Networks)

2019–2022
 (Boost Applied munition detection through Smart data inTegration and AI workflows)

2015–2019
RoBEMM (Robotic underwater salvage and disposal process including technology for dismantling ammunition in the sea)

Scholarship

09/2017
Scholarship for study and research stays at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Research Cruise Participation

03/2023
, Monitoring ecological consequences of marine munition in the Baltic Sea

11/2020
, Mine Monitoring in the German Baltic Sea

Teaching

2016–2020
Leipzig University
, Corporate Environmental Management (Bachelor in Economics and Management Science)

2016–2017
Leipzig University
, Integration Module (Joint International Master’s Programme in Sustainable Development)