Kai Bischof
? Universit?t Bremen
Prof. Dr. Kai Bischof
Research interests
- Marine Botany
- Ecophysiology of marine algae
- Acclimation strategies towards abiotic stress
- Photosynthesis in marine algae and seagrass
- Mechanisms of range expansion and bioinvasions
- Physiological protection mechanisms against high light stress
- Generation and scavenging of reactive oxygen species
- Comparative research on related algae from different climate regions
University teaching
- Aquatic flora
- Concepts of marine ecophysiology
- Ecophysiology of marine algae
- Plant physiology
Appointments & Education
- Since 2020: Coordinator of the EU H2020 project FACE-IT
- 2014-2020: Chair of the Kongsfjord Ecosystem flagship program
- Since 2006: Professor for Marine Botany, University of Bremen, Germany
- 2004-2007: Head of Junior Research Group "Polar Algae", Institute for Polar Ecology, University of Kiel and Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
- 2003-2006: Assistant Professor for Biological Oceanography, Institute for Polar Ecology, University of Kiel, Germany
- 2001-2003: PostDoc at the Department of Marine Biology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
- 2000-2001: PostDoc at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
- 1997-2000:PhD student at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
- 1991-1996: University studies of biology at the Universities of Bochum and Osnabrück (Germany), majors: Botany, Ecology, Biophysics