Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schmiedl

- Benthic foraminiferal stable carbon isotopes as a proxy for organic matter fluxes to the sea floor

- Dynamics of North African Humid Periods of the last 130 kyr

- Short-term climate dynamics and biogeochemical processes in the Gulf of Taranto: From regional proxy variations to climate records

- Unraveling the signals of sea level and storminess of the past millennium (southern North Sea; SEASTORM)

Current Position: Professor for Micropaleontology, University of Hamburg

Educational and academic career:

since 2006: Professor for micropaleontology (W2), University of Hamburg

2002 - 2006: Heisenberg Fellow, University of Leipzig, OSU Columbus (USA) and Université d’Angers (France)

2001 - 2002: Assistant Professor (C2), University of Leipzig

2001: Habilitation and venia legendi for historical geology and paleontology, University of Tübingen.

Thesis: Climatic forcing of deep-sea ecosystem variability: Evidence from recent and fossil benthic foraminifera.

1999 - 2001: Research associate (Postdoc), University of Tübingen

1998 - 1999: Postdoctoral Fellow, The Ohio State University (OSU), Columbus, Ohio (USA)

1995 - 1998:  Research associate (Postdoc), University of Tübingen

2001: Ph.D., University of Bremen. Thesis: Rekonstruktion der spätquartären Tiefenwasserzirkulation und Produktivität im östlichen Südatlantik anhand von benthischen Foraminiferenvergesellschaftungen.

1995 - 1998: Research associate, Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven

1985 - 1991: Study of Geology and Paleontology (Diplom), University of Würzburg

Scholarships and awards:

2002-2005: Heisenberg fellowship

1998-1999: Ohio State University postdoctoral fellowship

1992: Annette-Barthelt award for marine research

1991-1993: PhD fellowship, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes

1989-1991: Undergraduate fellowship, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes

Professional memberships:

- Geologische Vereinigung
- Paläontologische Gesellschaft
- American Geophysical Union
- Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research

Research Cruises and Field Experience:

Meteor M74/1b (Arabian Sea, 2007), M69/1 (Western Mediterranean Sea, 2006), Poseidon P339 (Gulf of Taranto, 2006), M51/3 (Eastern Mediterranean Sea, 2001), M44/1 (Marmara Sea, 1999), M40/4 (Mediterranean Sea, 1998), Tethys and Europe BBLL1-4 (Gulf of Lions, 1996-1998), M35/1 (Caribbean Sea, 1996), M31/3 (Arabian Sea, 1995), M31/2 (Red Sea, 1995), Polarstern ANT XI/4 (East Antarctica, 1994), ANT IX/3 (Weddell Sea, 1991), ANT VIII/6 (East Antarctica, 1990).
Field work northern Italy (1997-1999), Field work Slovenia and Hungary (1994-2000).

2019

Mackensen, A., Schmiedl, G., 2019. Stable carbon isotopes in paleoceanography: Atmosphere, oceans, and sediments. Earth-Science Reviews 197, 102893.

Milker, Y., Jorissen, F., Riller, U., Reicherter, K., Titschack, J., Weinkauf, M.F.G., Theodor, M., Schmiedl, G., 2019. Paleo-ecologic and neotectonic evolution of a marine depositional environment in SE Rhodes (Greece) during the early Pleistocene. Quaternary Science Reviews 213, 120-132.

Mueller, P., Ladiges, N., Jack, A., Schmiedl, G., Kutzbach, L., Jensen, K., Nolte, S., 2019. Assessing the long-term carbon-sequestration potential of the semi-natural salt marshes in the European Wadden Sea. Ecosphere 10, e02556, doi:02510.01002/ecs02552.02556.

Müller-Navarra, K., Milker, Y., Bunzel, D., Lindhorst, S., Friedrich, J., Arz, H., Schmiedl, G., 2019. Evolution of a salt marsh in the southeastern North Sea region – Anthropogenic and natural forcing. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 218, 268-277.

Schmiedl, G., 2019. Use of foraminifera in climate science. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Climate Science, Oxford University Press, doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.013.735.   

2018

Menke, V., Kutterolf, S., Sievers, C., Schindlbeck, J.C., Schmiedl, G., 2018. Cryptotephra from Lipari Volcano in the eastern Gulf of Taranto (Italy) as a time marker for paleoclimatic studies. Quaternary Research 89, 520-532.

Wagner, B., Wennrich, V., Viehberg, F., Junginger, A., Kolvenbach, A., Rethemeyer, J., Schaebitz, F., Schmiedl, G., 2018. Holocene rainfall runoff in the central Ethiopian highlands and evolution of the River Nile drainage system as revealed from a sediment record from Lake Dendi. Global and Planetary Change 163, 29-43.

Wulf, S., Hardiman, M.J., Staff, R.A., Koutsodendris, A., Appelt, O., Blockley, S.P.E., Lowe, J.J., Manning, C.J., Ottolini, L., Schmitt, A.K., Smith, V.C., Tomlinson, E.L., Vakhrameeva, P., Knipping, M., Kotthoff, U., Milner, A.M., Müller, U.C., Christanis, K., Kalaitzidis, S., Tzedakis, P.C., Schmiedl, G., Pross, J., 2018. The marine isotope stage 1e5 cryptotephra record of Tenaghi Philippon, Greece: Towards a detailed tephrostratigraphic framework for the Eastern Mediterranean region. Quaternary Science Reviews 186, 236-262.

2017

Beuscher, S., Krüger, S., Ehrmann, W., Schmiedl, G., Milker, Y., Arz, H.W., Schulz, H., 2017. End-member modelling as a tool for climate reconstruction—An Eastern Mediterranean case study. PLOS ONE 12, e0185136, doi:0185110.0181371/journal.pone.0185136.

Bunzel, D., Schmiedl, G., Lindhorst, S., Mackensen, A., Reolid, J., Romahn, S., Betzler, C., 2017. A multi-proxy analysis of Late Quaternary ocean and climate variability for the Maldives, Inner Sea. Climate of the Past 13, 1791-1813.

Ehrmann, W., Schmiedl, G., Beuscher, S., Krüger, S., 2017. Intensity of African Humid Periods estimated from Saharan dust fluxes. PLoS ONE 12, e0170989, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0170989.

Mackensen, A., Schmiedl, G., Thiele, J., Damm, E., 2017. Microhabitat preferences of live benthic foraminifera and stable carbon isotopes off SW Svalbard in the presence of widespread methane seepage. Marine Micropaleontology 132, 1-17.

Milker, Y., Weinkauf, M.F.G., Titschack, J., Freiwald, A., Krüger, S., Jorissen, F.J., Schmiedl, G., 2017. Testing the applicability of a benthic foraminiferal- based transfer function for the reconstruction of paleowater depth changes in Rhodes (Greece) during the early Pleistocene. PLOS ONE 12, e0188447, doi:0188410.0181371/journal. pone.0188447.

Matos, L., Wienberg, C., Titschack, J., Schmiedl, G., Frank, N., Abrantes, F., Cunha, M.R., Hebbeln, D., 2017. Coral mound development at the Campeche cold-water coral province, southern Gulf of Mexico: Implications of Antarctic Intermediate Water increased influence during interglacials. Marine Geology 392, 53-65.

Müller-Navarra, K., Milker, Y., Schmiedl, G., 2017. Applicability of transfer functions for relative sea-level reconstructions in the southern North Sea coastal region based on salt-marsh foraminifera. Marine Micropaleontology 135, 15-31.

Prader, S., Kotthoff, U., McCarthy, F.M.G., Schmiedl, G., Donders, T.H., Greenwood, D.R., 2017. Vegetation and climate development of the New Jersey hinterland during the late Middle Miocene (IODP Expedition 313 Site M0027). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 485, 854-868.

2016

Avnaim-Katav, S., Milker, Y., Schmiedl, G., Sivan, D., Hyams-Kaphzan, O., Sandler, A., Almogi-Labin, A. 2016. Impact of eustatic and tectonic processes on the southeastern Mediterranean shelf during the last one million years: Quantitative reconstructions using a foraminiferal transfer function. Marine Geology 376, 26-38.

Ehrmann, W., Schmiedl, G., Seidel, M., Krüger, S., Schulz, H., 2016. A distal 140 kyr sediment record of Nile discharge and East African monsoon variability. Climate of the Past 12, 713-727.

Mackensen, A., Schmiedl, G., 2016. Brine formation recorded by stable isotopes of Recent benthic foraminifera in Storfjorden, Svalbard: palaeoceanographical implications. Boreas 45, 552-566.

Müller-Navarra, K., Milker, Y., Schmiedl, G., 2016. Natural and anthropogenic influence on the distribution of salt marsh foraminifera in the Bay of Tümlau, German North Sea. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 46, 61-74.

Theodor, M., Schmiedl, G., Mackensen, A., 2016. Stable isotope composition of deep-sea benthic foraminifera under contrasting trophic conditions in the western Mediterranean Sea. Marine Micropaleontology 124, 16-28.

Theodor, M., Schmiedl, G., Jorissen, F., Mackensen, A., 2016. Stable carbon isotope gradients in benthic foraminifera as proxy for organic carbon fluxes in the Mediterranean Sea. Biogeosciences 13, 6385–6404.

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