About Me
While being interested in many aspects of the ocean in the Earth system, my own research focus is set on ocean biogeochemistry and the marine carbon cycle. My expertise ranges from CO2 measurements through big data modelling using artificial neural networks. I am particularly interested in natural and man-made changes in the air-sea CO2 exchange on climate relevant temporal, and from local to global spatial scales.
I am currently Director of the Research Department at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), where I also lead the Coastal Climate Change division and my own research group (Past, Present and Future Climate Change). Additionally, my group works in close interaction with the VLIZ ICOS team (https://www.icos-belgium.be)
Work History
2025-2026
Professeur invité at Université de Liège (Guest Professor for the academic term)
2022-present
Research Director at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Ostend, Belgium
2019-2022
Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
2020-2021
2016-2019
Acting Professorship (50%) at Universität Hamburg, Germany
Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
2014-2016
Researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute for Technology (ETH Zurich)
The Team
There is no way I could do my research without a great team that is performing top research. Here is a list of current members of my team:
Alizée Roobaert
Post-doc researcher at VLIZ
Andrea van Langen Rosón
PhD researcher at VLIZ and MarSens UGent
Jacqueline Behncke
PhD researcher at MPI-MET and Uni Hamburg
Maurie Keppens
PhD researcher at VLIZ and MarSens UGent
Daniel Burt
Post-doc researcher at VLIZ
Arianna Olivelli
Post-doc researcher at VLIZ
maybe you?
We are always looking for talented members for our team. If you are interested to join, have a look at our open positions at Vliz.be and on the news section of this website
Selected Awards, Honors and Society Activities
01
Outstanding Early Career Scientist award from the Ocean Sciences Division of the European
Geosciences Union, 2019
02
Lead author of the 7th Assessment Report of Working Group 1 of the Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change
03
Science Officer, Science Officer in Ocean Biogeochemistry and Biology of the Ocean Sciences division of the EGU
04
Associate Editor, Associate Editor for the EGU Copernicus journal Biogeosciences