Mirja Hoins

Alfred Wegener Institute
Am Handelshafen 12
D-27570 Bremerhaven (Building E-2225)
Germany
m.hoins@uu.nl

I have studied Marine Geosciences at Bremen University (Germany) and Physical Oceanography at Ocean University of China. Since February 2011. I am a PhD student at Utrecht University. My PhD project is in collaboration with the Alfred Wegener Institute for polar and marine research (AWI) in Bremerhaven, Germany, where I am going to carry out my experiments. Major aim of my project is to develop the δ¹³C of organic walled dinoflagellate cysts as a new and reliable proxy for pCO₂. For this reason I am going to culture dinoflagellates under different environmental conditions and investigate how parameters as pCO₂, nutrients, temperature, salinity etc. alter the δ¹³C-composition of their cells and cysts.

Short CV

Born 11th of January 1982 in Bremen, Germany

2004-2007: Bachelor of Science “Geowissenschaften” (Geosciences) at Bremen University

Graduation: BSc Geowissenschaften

BSc Thesis:

“Stable carbon and oxygen isotopes of calcareous cysts Pirumella krasheninnikovii and Pithonella from Kronsmoor chalk quarry in Germany”

Supervisors:

Prof. Dr. Helmut Willems (Bremen University)
Dr. Barbara Donner (Bremen University)

2007-2010: Master of Science “Marine Geosciences” at Bremen University and “Physical Oceanography” at Ocean University of China, Qingdao

MSc Thesis:

“Reconstruction of ~80 years Po-River discharge plume eutrophication based on organic walled dinoflagellate cyst records: Was eutrophication caused by anthropogenic or natural forces?”

Supervisors:

PD Dr. Karin Zonneveld (Bremen University)
Dr. Barbara Donner (Bremen University)

October 2010- January 2011: DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)- funded research project at Ocean University of China

Research Project:

Comparison of dinoflagellate cysts to heavy metal concentrations in surface sediments of Jiaozhou Bay, China

Supervisor:

Dr. Li Tie

February 2011: Start PhD-Project at Utrecht University

PhD Project:

"Double trouble: Consequences of Ocean Acidification - Past, Present and Future: Dinoflagellate Component”

Supervisors:

Prof. Dr. Henk Brinkhuis (Utrecht University)
Dr. Appy Sluijs (Utrecht University)
Dr. Björn Rost (Alfred Wegener Institute for polar and marine research, Bremerhaven, Germany)