Partner institutes and ResearchersExpertise of
nine partners

The strength of the SeaStore network results from the expertise of its nine partners and multidisciplinary researchers.

Ludwig Franzius Institute of Hydraulic, Estuarine and Coastal Engineering

Maike Paul, PhD

Head of research group ecohydraulic and ecosystem services

Projektkoordination

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+49 (0511) 762-2584
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Lars Kamperdicks

Determination of suitable time windows for restoration activities and hydrodynamic stress on seagrass meadows.

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+49 (0511) 762-19383
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Geomar Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

Research Unit Marine Evolutionary Ecology

Prof. Dr. Thorsten Reusch

Head of Research Unit Marine Evolutionary Ecology

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+49 (431) 600-4550
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Christian Lieberum

Citizen Science, scientific diver

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+49 (431) 600-4520
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Dr. Esther Thomsen

Optimising seed-based seagrass restoration and monitoring ecosystem services and scientific diver


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+49 (431) 600-1396
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University of Greifswald

Institute of Microbiology

Dr. Mia Bengtsson

Group leader “Aquatic Microbiomes”

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Anne Brauer

Investigating the role of the microbiome for germination and seedling survival in seed-based restoration

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Dr. Katharina Kesy

Diversity and function of microorganisms in seagrass meadows

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Institute of Plastics and Circular Economy

Leibniz University Hanover

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Josef Endres

Head of the Institute of Plastics and Circular Economy

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+49 (511) 762-13302
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Robin Bähre

Artificial structure to support the restoration of seagrass 

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+49 (511) 762-13329
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Hannah Behnsen

Artificial structure to support the restoration of seagrass

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+49 (511) 762-13318
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EUCC – The Coastal Union Germany e.V.

Nardine Stybel

Lead stakeholder processes and acceptance research

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+49 (381) 5196-422
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Anna-Lucia Buer

Stakeholder involvement, acceptance of seagrass restoration; scientific diver

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+49 (381) 5196-423
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Leibniz-Intitute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemuende

Prof. Dr. Gregor Rehder

Working group leader Trace Gas Biogeochemistry

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+49 (381) 5197-336
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Dr. Matthias Kreuzburg

Carbon Dynamics and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Seagrass Meadows and scientific diver

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+49 (381) 5197-3459
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Earth Observation and Modelling

Kiel University

Prof. Dr. Natascha Oppelt

Lead working group Earth Observation and Modelling

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+49 (431) 880-1258
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Kim-Cedric Gröschler

Remote sensing based monitoring of reintroduction success of seagrass meadows

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+49 (431) 880-5642
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University of Greifswald

Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology

Prof. Dr. Gerald Jurasinski

Working group leader “Peatland Studies and Palaeoecology”

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+49 (3834) 420-4170
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Technical University Berlin

Prof. Dr. Boris Schröder-Esselbach

Professorship of Plant Ecology at the TU Berlin

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Dr. Matteo Lattuada

Analysis of Seagrass functional traits

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Project partners of the first funding period 2020 to 2023

Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Research Center: Global Commons and Climate Policy

Dr. Wilfried Rickels

Director "Global Commons and Climate Policy"

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+49 (431) 8814-408
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Lennard Kröger

Cost-benefit analysis of seagrass restoration

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+49 (431) 8814-233
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Andrea Wunsch

Public perception and acceptance of seagrass restoration

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+49 (431) 8814-461
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Institute of Geoecology

Technische Universität Braunschweig