Bettina Meyer

Bettina Meyer is a German Antarctic researcher, best known for her work on the ecology and physiology of invertebrates in the pelagic zone. She is the head of the ecophysiology of pelagic key species working group at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI).

Bettina Meyer
NationalityGermany
Alma materBSc Giessen University
BSc University of Kiel
PhD University of Rostock
Scientific career
FieldsMarine biology
InstitutionsAlfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
WebsiteBettina Meyer at the Alfred Wegener Institute

Early life and education

From 1987 to 1992 Meyer read biology, focusing on Marine biology and oceanography, at Giessen University and at the University of Kiel.[1] In 1996 she received her PhD, titled "Feeding strategies of the calanoid copepods in two different tropicalised areas in the Baltic Sea (Pomeranian Bay, Gotland Sea)", at the University of Rostock.[1] In 2010 she completed a postdoc at the University Bremen, focusing on ecophysiological studies on the overwintering of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba).[1][2] Shen then completed a science management course in 2011 at the Malik Management School, Switzerland.[1]

Career and impact

Meyer specialises in marine biology and ecophysiology with an interest in the biodiversity and biological flows of matter in the pelagic zone of the polar seas.[1] Her research focuses on key polar invertebrates such as Antarctic krill, copepods, amphipods, and gelatinous plankton (e.g. salps, jellyfish).[1][3] She also researches the impact of endogenous clocks on the life cycle of these organisms, their adaptability and performance to environmental stressors based on their physiological and genetic traits, as well as their role in biogeochemical cycles.[1][3]

From 1992–1996 and again during 1998 Meyer was a research associate at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Germany.[4][5] In 1997 she completed a one-year research associate position at the Plymouth Marine Laboratory in Plymouth (UK), funded by a prestigious EU Marie Curie postdoc fellowship.[1][6][7] Since 1999 she has been a research associate at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), within the Polar Biological Oceanography section.[8] Meyer is the current head of the Ecophysiology of pelagic key species working group at AWI,[9] while also heading the international and collaborative project Helmholtz Virtual Institute PolarTime: Biological rhythms and clocks in polar pelagic invertebrates.[10][11] She has travelled to the Southern Ocean on a number of occasions[12][13][14] on the RV Aurora Australis,[11][15] and the RV Polarstern.[16][17]

From 2009–2011 Meyer collaborated with Prof. Kramer and Dr M. Teschke in the Chronobiology Research Group at the Charité hospital and University of Medicine, Berlin,[18] was an active member of the Lazarev Sea Krill Study (LAKRIS), the German contribution to Southern Ocean Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics (SO-GLOBEC) from 2005-2008[19] and served as a board member on the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (ACE CRC).[20] Meyer currently serves on the senate commission on oceanography at the German Research Foundation (DFG)[21] and is an associate member of SO-eEOV WG (designing a biological observing system in the Southern Ocean to inform global ocean observing of marine ecosystems).[22]

Meyer holds a professorship at the University of Oldenburg (Germany),[23][24] where she heads a project at the Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Oceans (ICBM) focusing on the biodiversity and biological processes of the polar oceans.[25][26][27]

Awards and honors

Meyer was awarded the EU Marie Curie postdoc fellowship in 1997 to work in the Zooplankton group at the Plymouth Marine Laboratory.[28]

Selected works

References
  1. "PD Dr. Bettina Meyer". www.academia-net.org. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  2. Meyer, Bettina (2011-11-15). "The overwintering of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba". Polar Biology. 35 (1): 15–37. doi:10.1007/s00300-011-1120-0. ISSN 0722-4060.
  3. "Prof. Dr. Bettina Meyer". awi.de. Alfred Wegener Institute. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  4. "Meereswissenschaftliche Berichte" [Marine Science Reports] (PDF). io-warnemuende.de. Leibniz-Institutes für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde. 1996.
  5. "Zweijahresbericht" [Biennial Report] (PDF). io-warnemuende.de. Leibniz-Institutes für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde. 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-22.
  6. Harris, R. P.; Irigoien, X.; Head, R. N.; Rey, C.; Hygum, B. H.; Hansen, B. W.; Niehoff, B.; Meyer-Harms, B.; Carlotti, F. (2000-12-01). "Feeding, growth, and reproduction in the genus Calanus". ICES Journal of Marine Science. 57 (6): 1708–1726. doi:10.1006/jmsc.2000.0959. ISSN 1054-3139.
  7. Bettina, Meyer; X., Irigoien; R., Head; R., Harris (1999-01-01). "Selective feeding on natural phytoplankton by Calanus finmarchicus before, during and after the 1997 spring bloom in the Norwegian Sea". Limnology and Oceanography. 44: 154–165. doi:10.4319/lo.1999.44.1.0154. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  8. "Prof. Dr. Bettina Meyer". awi.de. Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  9. "Ecophysiology of pelagic key species". awi.de. Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  10. "ResearchersPolar Time". www.polartime.org. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  11. "Rhythm of Antarctic life". www.antarctica.gov.au. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  12. "ANT-XVI/3". expedition.awi.de. 1999.
  13. "ANT-XXI/4". expedition.awi.de. 2004.
  14. "ANT-XXIII/6". expedition.awi.de. 2006.
  15. "Surface krill sampling in relation to environmental condition collected during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis". Research Data Australia. 2012. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  16. "Antarctic Treaty Annual Report" (PDF). Germany: Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs. 2006.
  17. "Expedition Programme 76" (PDF). epic.awi.de. Alfred Wegener Institute. 2006.
  18. "Just a question of time? The inner clock of polar plankton organisms as a focal research topic of a new virtual Helmholtz Institute". www.awi.de. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  19. Bettina, Meyer; L., Auerswald; Ulrich, Bathmann (2006-01-01). "Lazarev Sea Krill Study (LAKRIS): On overview of the investigations during the Antarctic winter 2006 in comparison with other seasons". epic.awi.de. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  20. "Annual Report" (PDF). acecrc.org.au. Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre. 2012.
  21. "DFG - Permanent Senate Commission on Oceanography". www.dfg.de. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  22. "Designing a biological observing system in the Southern Ocean to inform global ocean observing of marine ecosystems" (PDF). scor-int.org. 2014.
  23. "Suche". www.uni-oldenburg.de (in German). 2016-04-26. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  24. "Research Groups at the ICBM". www.icbm.de. 2016-05-19. Archived from the original on 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  25. Burggräf, Volker (2016-06-08). "Biodiversität und biologische Prozesse der Polarmeere". www.icbm.de (in German). Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  26. "Pressedienst 08. Februar 2016: Rund 5,1 Millionen Euro für Oldenburger Meeres- und Küstenforschung -- Universität Oldenburg". www.presse.uni-oldenburg.de (in German). Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  27. "Arbeitsgruppen des ICBM". www.icbm.de (in German). 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  28. "PD Dr. Bettina Meyer - AcademiaNet". www.academia-net.org. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
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