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Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt

Abteilungsleiterin Marine Zoologie, Sektionsleiterin Crustaceen, Sektionsleiterin Ichthyologie, Professorin für Spezielle Zoologie an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/M.
[...] sortieren echte Tiefseeproben, entdecken und bestimmen Organismen daraus und erlernen dann über die Praxis das taxonomische Beschreiben einer Art, das Charakterisieren und kodieren von morphologischen Merkmalen sowie das Erstellen von Bestimmungsschlüsseln. Beschriebene Taxa (Unterordnungen: 2; Familien: 2; Gattungen: 18; Arten: 132), siehe PDF. Beschriebene Arten nach Angelika Brandt: 19, siehe PDF
Zusammenfassung der Veröffentlichung - Publikationen begutachtet 317; Bücher: 12 - Journal Sonderbände hreausgegeben: 9 in (DSR II), +1 Zootaxa + 1 Journal of Marine Systems and Engineering + 1 Progress in Oceanography - Unbegutachtete Artikel, kurze Forschungsarbeiten und Notizen: 170 - Online-Datenbanken: 26 - Wissenschaftliche Filme: 1 10 ausgewählte begutachtete Publikationen Brandt, A., [...]
Kurzer Lebenslauf Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt wurde in Minden Westfalen geboren und studierte Biologie und Pädagogik an der Universität Oldenburg (MSc 1987, PhD 1992). 1995 wurde sie ordentliche Professorin an der Universität Hamburg am Zoologischen Museum und Kuratorin der Abteilung Wirbellose II (Krustentiere und Polychaeta). Seit 2003 war sie entweder stellvertretende Direktorin oder Direktorin (2004-2009) [...]
Marine Zoology
Since 2018, the Division of Marine Zoology at Senckenberg Research Institute is found under the roof of the Arthur von Weinberg House in Frankfurt. It includes all working groups that mainly focus on marine animal groups.
Here, the sections Marine Evertebrates I (Porifera, Cnidaria), Marine Evertebrates II (Polychaeta, Echinodermata), Marine Evertebrates III (Bryozoans), Crustacea, Malacology and Ichthyology are found. Additionally, parts of our Biodiversity Informatics team are also found here. The division's main research focuses on the research areas Biodiversity, Systematics and Evolution, Biodiversity and Climate and [...]
Head of division Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt Here, you can find info on traineeships. For internships as part of your studies please contact: sekretariatmarzool@senckenberg.de
moreJob Offers
Become a part of the Senckenberg family! The Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research (SGN) was founded in 1817 and is amongst the most important research facilities for biological diversity. At eleven locations all over Germany, scientists from nearly 40 countries conduct top-of-the-line, international research in bioscience, biodiversity, and geoscience. The headquarters [...]
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Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
Senckenberganlage 25
60325 Frankfurt a.M.
E-Mail: recruiting@senckenberg.de
For more information, please contact Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt via email: angelika.brandt@senckenberg,de and Dr. Torben Riehl via email: torben.riehl@senckenberg.de
moreCrustacea
[...] including large collections from Japan, the North Sea and the Arabian Seas. These are animals that even the layman can immediately recognize as crustaceans. Today, the section is headed by Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt , whose research focuses on Isopoda and other peracarid crustaceans from the deep sea and polar regions. These groups, which are very species-rich in comparison to other crustacean groups [...]
moreSenckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum
Frankfurt am Main is the headquarters location of Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research (SGN). It is the home of the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, which also comprises the research stations Weimar, Gelnhausen, and the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Messel Pit.” Since Senckenberg’s establishment in the year 1817, the Senckenberg [...]
Director Prof. Dr. Andreas Mulch Assistant Director Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt Office of the Director Franka Wilz (-1850) Iryna Yashchenko (-1880) Dr. Tobias Schneck (-1822) Postal address Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt Senckenberganlage 25 60325 Frankfurt am Main
moreSenckenberg am Meer
The research institute Senckenberg am Meer is a centre of worldwide biological and geological coastal and marine research with working areas from the North Sea coast to the deep sea and from the tropics to the polar regions. We study the impacts and risks of today's environmental changes on marine ecosystems, their habitats and on changes in biodiversity with a broad spectrum of methods. Our expertise also [...]
The institute is led by Prof. Dr. Pedro Martínez Arbizu and consists of two departments, Marine Research (MEFO) and the German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), which has a location in Wilhelmshaven as well as Hamburg. Core competences of the 70 staff members are relevant to society e.g. in the fields of benthic and plankton long-term studies to characterise (supra-) regional climate and [...]
Head of Senckenberg am Meer Prof. Dr. Pedro Martínez Arbizu German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research Südstrand 44 26382 Wilhelmshaven Head of Department Prof. Dr. Pedro Martínez Arbizu pmartinez@senckenberg.de Administration Sabine Blauth Tel. +49 4421 9475-101 Fax +49 4421 9475-111 dzmb@senckenberg.de Marine Research Südstrand 40 26382 Wilhelmshaven Head of [...]
[...] Alexandra Möller (SaM Wilhelmshaven, Biologist, PhD student), Julia Jacoby (SaM Wilhelmshaven, Biologist, Master student), Alica Torkov (SF, Public Relations), Henry Knauber (SF, Biologist; PhD student), Angelika Brandt (SF, Biologist, Head of Marine Zoology), Linus Budke (SF, Geologist, Seafloor Imaging Specialist), Mats Henseler (SF, Biologist, Master's student), Mandy Zieger-Hofmann (SNSD, Geologist, [...]
moreImprint, Copyright and Disclaimer
[...] extrajudicially by two members of the Board of Directors, which must include the Director General or the Deputy Director General. Board of Directors Prof. Dr. Klement Tockner (Director General) Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt Dr. Lutz Kunzmann Dr. Martin Mittelbach (Administrative Director) Prof. Dr. Andreas Mulch President: Carsten Kratz Supervisory Authority Magistrate of the City of Frankfurt / Office of [...]
moreCollections at the Locations
Zoological Collections
Head of Section
Archnology
Dr. Peter Jäger
Crustacea
Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt
Entomology I
Dr. Gunther Köhler (provisional)
Entomology II
Dr. Wolfgang Nässig
Entomology III
Prof. Dr. Steffen U. Pauls
Herpetology
Dr. Gunther Köhler
Ichtyology
Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt (provisional)
River and Foodplain Ecology
Prof. Dr. Peter [...]
moreHistory of the Crustacean Section
[...] 1986) and various publications on the long-term monitoring of Dogger Bank in the North Sea (e.g. Türkay 1991, 1992; Türkay & Kröncke 2004; Sonnewald & Türkay 2010, 2012a, b, c). Since April 2017 Angelika Brandt has been curator of the section. The collection thus gained a further focus, the peracarid crustaceans (Peracarida) and especially the isopods. As a result, the Crustacea collection now [...]
moreProject Beneficial
The main aims of the Beneficial project were 1- digitizing the biodiversity and environmental data collected during our expeditions, 2- discovering the deep-sea biogeography and biodiversity patterns in the NW Pacific, 3- predicting the potential future distribution range shifts of key species from the NW Pacific to the Arctic Ocean under rapid climate change, and 4- compiling a novel book on the taxonomy and [...]
Biogeographic Atlas of the Deep NW Pacific Fauna edited by Hanieh Saeedi & Angelika Brandt Open Access to the book
moreAlumni-Portraits
[...] Russia, and is an expert on the taxonomy of deep-sea isopods. The crustaceans provide many important findings about this largely unexplored habitat. Since 2010 Marina has cooperated with Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt (Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt) and participated in several Russian-German deep-sea expeditions that have brought forth invaluable biological [...]
moreInvitation to the Senckenberg-Convention „Changes, Chances, Challenges“
[...] by the institutes / research sites
Binding registration for all locations
Please use the registration form below to register.
Registration deadline: until April 20, 2022
We are looking forward to a colourful and successful convention with many Senckenbergers,
Warmest regards
Klement Tockner
Angelika Brandt
Martin Mittelbach
Andreas Mulch
Karsten Wesche
more"Hard Rock" in the deep sea
By means of hydroacoustic seafloor mapping Senckenberg and GEOMAR researchers have found out that the seafloor in the Atlantic Ocean is much more diverse than previously assumed. Up to now, biologists have assumed mostly monotonous sediment plains in the abyssal deep sea. In their study published today in the scientific journal "PNAS", the scientists now show that a patchwork of rocky habitats and other hard [...]
[...] such a homogeneous habitat and even evolve in the first place? Is the abyssal sea floor perhaps less monotonous than assumed?" Together with the head of the Senckenberg department "Marine Zoology" Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt and deep-sea researchers of the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Riehl has closely examined the area around a submarine fracture zone during an expedition with the research [...]
Contact: Dr. Torben Riehl Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt Tel: 069- 7542 1251 torben.riehl@senckenberg.de Judith Jördens Pressestelle Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung Tel. 069- 7542 1434 pressestelle@senckenberg.de
moreMikroplastics 8250 Meters Under the Sea
Together with colleagues from the Alfred Wegener Institute and the Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute, Senckenberg scientists Serena Abel and Angelika Brandt examined sediment samples from the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench for the presence of microplastics. In their study, which was recently published in the scientific journal “Environmental Pollution,” the researchers show that one kilogram of sediment [...]
[...] Trench – a deep-sea trench in the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean.” To this end, the research associate teamed up with Senckenberg’s department head for Marine Zoology, Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt, and colleagues from the Alfred Wegener Institute and the Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute to analyze eight sediment samples from a deep-sea expedition in the year 2016. “The [...]
Additional contacts: Serena Abel Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt serena.abel@awi.de Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt Tel. 069 7542-1240 angelika.brandt@senckenberg.de
more2100: Odyssey in the Deep Sea
Senckenberg scientists from Frankfurt and Müncheberg, together with a US-American colleague, have modeled the future distribution patterns of marine crustaceans for the years 2050 and 2100. In their study, published in the journal “Climatic Change,” they conclude that animals living in water depths above 500 meters will move northward as a result of climate change. In contrast, crustaceans found at depths [...]
[...] of deep-sea communities and whether there is a difference here compared to the shallow-water fauna – even though the deep sea is the largest ecosystem on Earth!” Simões, her Senckenberg colleagues Angelika Brandt and Hanieh Saeedi, and Marlon Cobos of the University of Kansas therefore analyzed more than 12,500 distribution records of 94 globally distributed, ground-dwelling crustacean species from [...]
Dr. Marianna Simões Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut Tel. 033432- 73698 3722 marianna.simoes@senckenberg.de Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt Tel. 069- 7542 1240 angelika.brandt@senckenberg.de
moreDive Into the Coral Reef Habitat
Frankfurt, 07/14/2021. Along with tropical rainforests, coral reefs are among the most biodiverse and productive ecosystems on our planet. They cover less than 0.1 percent of the ocean floor but are home to one-third of the animal life in the oceans. This diversity of organisms, the threats to this endangered habitat, and opportunities for ecosystem recovery are brought to life in the fascinating new coral reef [...]
[...] know that these subtleties will hardly show up in the exhibition later on. We always wanted the objects to be realistic and also correct from the researchers’ point of view,” explains Enting. Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt heads the Department of Marine Zoology at Senckenberg and points out that 2021 marks the start of the UN Decade of Ocean Exploration. “This is a perfect time to now also open our new reef [...]
Philipe Havlik Curator Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung Phone 069- 7542 1224 philipe.havlik@senckenberg.de
moreFinal Destination Deep Sea: Microplastics Impact Ocean Floor Even More Than Assumed
Senckenberg researchers Serena Abel and Angelika Brandt, together with colleagues from the Alfred Wegener Institute – Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and Goethe University in Frankfurt, have investigated microplastic pollution in the Western Pacific Kuril-Kamchatka Trench. They found between 215 and 1596 microparticles per kilogram in each of a total of 13 sediment samples from depths of [...]
[...] of the tiniest plastic particles. Serena Abel, a visiting researcher at the AWI and a research associate at the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum in Frankfurt, along with Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt, head of the institute’s Department of Marine Zoology, and researchers from Goethe University and the AWI, evaluated sediment samples from the bottom of the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench in the [...]
Serena Abel Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt Alfred Wegener Institut, Helgoland serena.abel@unibas.ch Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt Tel. 069 7542 1240 angelika.brandt@senckenberg.de
moreDepth Drives Diversity
In a review study published in the journal “Frontiers in Marine Science,” Senckenberg scientists investigated the composition of shallow-water and deep-sea fauna along the Northwest Pacific and the Arctic Ocean Using 18,668 records of bottom-dwelling marine animals, they show that water depth is the main driver of species communities. Previously, water temperature was thought to be the determining factor. [...]
[...] as predictions of possible future species extinctions as a result of global warming, another marine mass extinction may currently be underway.” Therefore, Saeedi and her Senckenberg colleagues Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt and Dr. Dan Warren conducted a new study to fundamentally assess the biodiversity status and community composition of shallow-water and deep-sea fauna along the Northwest Pacific and the [...]
Dr. Hanieh Saeedi Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt Tel. 069- 7542 1344 Hanieh.Saeedi@senckenberg.de
moreAppeal to Montreal: Protection for Deep-Sea Species
At the start of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15) in Montreal, Senckenberg scientists, together with international researchers, call for prioritizing the protection of deep-sea ecosystems and their organisms to safeguard the health of the oceans and the well-being of humanity in their “Policy Brief” published today. According to the position paper, [...]
[...] dioxide and heat, and in maintaining biodiversity. The deep sea is one of the most species-rich environments in the world.” The marine researcher from Frankfurt and her Senckenberg colleagues Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt, Prof. Dr. Julia Sigwart, Dr. Aidin Niamir, and Dr. Hanieh Saeedi, together with researchers from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), the Portuguese [...]
Dr. Stefanie Kaiser Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt Tel. 0157 79850263 stefanie.kaiser@senckenberg.de Prof. Dr. Julia Sigwart Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt Tel. 069 7542 1272 julia.sigwart@senckenberg.de Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt Tel. 069 7542 1240 angelika.brandt@senckenberg.de
moreDeep Sea Trench: Garbage Dump on the Sea Floor
A team of scientists from the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, the University of Basel, and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, has completed the most comprehensive study of (macro)plastic waste at depths of up to 9,600 meters. In their study, published in the journal “Environmental Pollution,” the researchers analyzed the amount, [...]
[...] deep-sea trenches show the omnipresence of the human footprint even in places inaccessible to us humans.” In her new study, the research associate, together with Senckenberg marine scientist Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt and colleagues from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, investigated the presence of plastic waste in the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench, a [...]
Dr. Serena M. Abel Universität Basel Tel. +41 75 75 3 serena.abel@unibas.ch Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt Tel. 069 7542 1240 angelika.brandt@senckenberg.de
moreOutstanding Look into the Depths: 2024 Senckenberg Prizes Go to Marine Researchers
Tomorrow, Saturday, the Senckenberg prizes for outstanding achievements in nature research and for exceptional personal commitment to the protection and conservation of nature will be awarded for the seventh time during the Senckenberg Night. Prof. Dr. Lisa Levin, the U.S. American recipient of the Senckenberg Prize for Nature Research, travels to the bottom of the ocean in a tiny submersible for her research [...]
[...] the way the ocean – and the deep sea, in particular – works, what are the key drivers of change, and what ecosystem functions the oceans and their inhabitants provide for us,” explains Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt, marine researcher and member of the Board of Directors of the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, and she continues, “To this end, she participates in research missions that [...]
moreNeither Desolate nor Empty: Deep-sea Floor Teems with Life
The Arctic deep sea harbors significant oil and natural gas reserves along with valuable resources such as rare earths and metals. Climate change and melting ice are facilitating access to these resources, which presents economic opportunities but also major ecological risks. In an overview study published in the scientific journal “Elementa,” a research team shows that the Arctic Ocean boasts a great [...]
[...] commercial interest. “Climate change and the melting of sea ice are increasingly facilitating the exploration of the Arctic Ocean, but this also entails major ecological risks,” explains Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt from the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum in Frankfurt, and she adds, “Although we have made considerable progress in understanding the Arctic ecosystem with the [...]
Dr. Hanieh Saeedi Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt Tel. 069 7542 1344 hanieh.saeedi@senckenberg.de Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt Tel. 069 7542 1240 angelika.brandt@senckenberg.de Prof. Dr. Saskia Brix Senckenberg am Meer Tel. 040 42838- 642 sbrix@senckenberg.de
moreDeep-sea Research: “International Prize for Biology” goes to Senckenberg’s Angelika Brandt
Senckenberg marine researcher Dr. Angelika Brandt will be awarded the 40th “International Prize for Biology” today in the presence of the Imperial Highnesses of Japan. The prize is one of the world’s highest honors for outstanding achievements in the biosciences. The award recognizes Brandt’s life's work in researching deep-sea and polar biodiversity. With this honor, the Senckenberg scientist joins the [...]
After completing her studies and obtaining her doctorate in 1992, Angelika Brandt was appointed Professor of Special Zoology at the University of Hamburg in 1995 at the young age of 33. There, she headed the Department of Invertebrates II and served as either Director or Deputy Director of the Hamburg Zoological Museum between 2003 and 2017. Since 2017, she has overseen the Department of Marine Zoology at the [...]
moreImprint, Copyright and Disclaimer
[...] extrajudicially by two members of the Board of Directors, which must include the Director General or the Deputy Director General. Board of Directors Prof. Dr. Klement Tockner (Director General) Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt Dr. Lutz Kunzmann Dr. Martin Mittelbach (Administrative Director) Prof. Dr. Andreas Mulch President: Carsten Kratz Supervisory Authority Magistrate of the City of Frankfurt / Office of [...]
moreThe Deep Sea – A Legal Vacuum?
Together with an international team, Senckenberg scientist Angelika Brandt has published an inventory of the current knowledge and discussions concerning marine areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ). With regard to urgently needed species protection measures, the researchers’ recommendations include unrestricted scientific access to any samples collected in these areas. Their opinion was recently [...]
[...] and 64 percent of the entire ocean surface, comprising 95 percent of the total ocean volume. “Nevertheless, there are no uniform protection concepts or regulations for these areas,” explains Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt from the Senckenberg Research Institute and the Goethe University in Frankfurt, and she continues, “Yet, these ecosystems are increasingly under threat – by global climate change as [...]
Additional Contacs: Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Phone 069 7542 1240 angelika.brandt@senckenberg.de
moreMikroplastics 8250 Meters Under the Sea
Together with colleagues from the Alfred Wegener Institute and the Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute, Senckenberg scientists Serena Abel and Angelika Brandt examined sediment samples from the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench for the presence of microplastics. In their study, which was recently published in the scientific journal “Environmental Pollution,” the researchers show that one kilogram of sediment [...]
[...] Trench – a deep-sea trench in the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean.” To this end, the research associate teamed up with Senckenberg’s department head for Marine Zoology, Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt, and colleagues from the Alfred Wegener Institute and the Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute to analyze eight sediment samples from a deep-sea expedition in the year 2016. “The [...]
Additional contacts: Serena Abel Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt serena.abel@awi.de Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt Tel. 069 7542-1240 angelika.brandt@senckenberg.de
moreFinal Destination Deep Sea: Microplastics Impact Ocean Floor Even More Than Assumed
Senckenberg researchers Serena Abel and Angelika Brandt, together with colleagues from the Alfred Wegener Institute – Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and Goethe University in Frankfurt, have investigated microplastic pollution in the Western Pacific Kuril-Kamchatka Trench. They found between 215 and 1596 microparticles per kilogram in each of a total of 13 sediment samples from depths of [...]
[...] of the tiniest plastic particles. Serena Abel, a visiting researcher at the AWI and a research associate at the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum in Frankfurt, along with Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt, head of the institute’s Department of Marine Zoology, and researchers from Goethe University and the AWI, evaluated sediment samples from the bottom of the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench in the [...]
Serena Abel Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt Alfred Wegener Institut, Helgoland serena.abel@unibas.ch Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt Tel. 069 7542 1240 angelika.brandt@senckenberg.de
moreDeep-sea Research: “International Prize for Biology” goes to Senckenberg’s Angelika Brandt
Senckenberg marine researcher Dr. Angelika Brandt will be awarded the 40th “International Prize for Biology” today in the presence of the Imperial Highnesses of Japan. The prize is one of the world’s highest honors for outstanding achievements in the biosciences. The award recognizes Brandt’s life's work in researching deep-sea and polar biodiversity. With this honor, the Senckenberg scientist joins the [...]
After completing her studies and obtaining her doctorate in 1992, Angelika Brandt was appointed Professor of Special Zoology at the University of Hamburg in 1995 at the young age of 33. There, she headed the Department of Invertebrates II and served as either Director or Deputy Director of the Hamburg Zoological Museum between 2003 and 2017. Since 2017, she has overseen the Department of Marine Zoology at the [...]
moreImprint, Copyright and Disclaimer
[...] extrajudicially by two members of the Board of Directors, which must include the Director General or the Deputy Director General. Board of Directors Prof. Dr. Klement Tockner (Director General) Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt Dr. Lutz Kunzmann Dr. Martin Mittelbach (Administrative Director) Prof. Dr. Andreas Mulch President: Carsten Kratz Supervisory Authority Magistrate of the City of Frankfurt / Office of [...]
moreFinal Destination Deep Sea: Microplastics Impact Ocean Floor Even More Than Assumed
Senckenberg researchers Serena Abel and Angelika Brandt, together with colleagues from the Alfred Wegener Institute – Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and Goethe University in Frankfurt, have investigated microplastic pollution in the Western Pacific Kuril-Kamchatka Trench. They found between 215 and 1596 microparticles per kilogram in each of a total of 13 sediment samples from depths of [...]
[...] of the tiniest plastic particles. Serena Abel, a visiting researcher at the AWI and a research associate at the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum in Frankfurt, along with Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt, head of the institute’s Department of Marine Zoology, and researchers from Goethe University and the AWI, evaluated sediment samples from the bottom of the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench in the [...]
Serena Abel Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt Alfred Wegener Institut, Helgoland serena.abel@unibas.ch Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt Tel. 069 7542 1240 angelika.brandt@senckenberg.de
moreDeep-sea Research: “International Prize for Biology” goes to Senckenberg’s Angelika Brandt
Senckenberg marine researcher Dr. Angelika Brandt will be awarded the 40th “International Prize for Biology” today in the presence of the Imperial Highnesses of Japan. The prize is one of the world’s highest honors for outstanding achievements in the biosciences. The award recognizes Brandt’s life's work in researching deep-sea and polar biodiversity. With this honor, the Senckenberg scientist joins the [...]
After completing her studies and obtaining her doctorate in 1992, Angelika Brandt was appointed Professor of Special Zoology at the University of Hamburg in 1995 at the young age of 33. There, she headed the Department of Invertebrates II and served as either Director or Deputy Director of the Hamburg Zoological Museum between 2003 and 2017. Since 2017, she has overseen the Department of Marine Zoology at the [...]
moreImprint, Copyright and Disclaimer
[...] extrajudicially by two members of the Board of Directors, which must include the Director General or the Deputy Director General. Board of Directors Prof. Dr. Klement Tockner (Director General) Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt Dr. Lutz Kunzmann Dr. Martin Mittelbach (Administrative Director) Prof. Dr. Andreas Mulch President: Carsten Kratz Supervisory Authority Magistrate of the City of Frankfurt / Office of [...]
moreZoological Colloquia
The talks take place monthly on Thursdays at 5 pm in the lecture hall of the main building of the Senckenberg Natural History Collections ans, with the consent of the speakers, also hybrid. The address is: Zur Wetterwarte 9 (behind the State Agency for Archaeology, Zur Wetterwarte 7). At the bottom of this page you will find a map of the site and a map section. You can also watch the lecture live using the [...]
Please direct enquiries about the lectures to: Sinah Hoffmann E-Mail: sinah.hoffmann@senckenberg.de
[...] Markus Mendes-Grams (Universität Rostock): Reconsidering the maxilliped concept and applying new methods in a morphological phylogeny of Malacostraca
22.05.2025
Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt (Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt): Biodiversity in the deep-sea – the great unknown
19.06.2025
Daniel Jablonski(Comenius Universität [...]
moreZoological Colloquia
The talks take place regularly on Thursdays at 5 pm in the lecture hall of the main building of the Senckenberg Natural History Collections. The address is: Zur Wetterwarte 9 (behind the State Agency for Archaeology, Zur Wetterwarte 7). At the bottom of this page you will find a map of the site and a map section. Admission to all lectures is free. Any changes will be announced online.
The talks take place monthly on Thursdays at 5 pm in the lecture hall of the main building of the Senckenberg Natural History Collections ans, with the consent of the speakers, also hybrid. The address is: Zur Wetterwarte 9 (behind the State Agency for Archaeology, Zur Wetterwarte 7). At the bottom of this page you will find a map of the site and a map section. You can also watch the lecture live using the [...]
Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt (Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum
Frankfurt): Biodiversity in the deep-sea – the great unknown
moreFinal Destination Deep Sea: Microplastics Impact Ocean Floor Even More Than Assumed
Senckenberg researchers Serena Abel and Angelika Brandt, together with colleagues from the Alfred Wegener Institute – Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and Goethe University in Frankfurt, have investigated microplastic pollution in the Western Pacific Kuril-Kamchatka Trench. They found between 215 and 1596 microparticles per kilogram in each of a total of 13 sediment samples from depths of [...]
[...] of the tiniest plastic particles. Serena Abel, a visiting researcher at the AWI and a research associate at the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum in Frankfurt, along with Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt, head of the institute’s Department of Marine Zoology, and researchers from Goethe University and the AWI, evaluated sediment samples from the bottom of the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench in the [...]
Serena Abel Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt Alfred Wegener Institut, Helgoland serena.abel@unibas.ch Prof. Dr. Angelika Brandt Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt Tel. 069 7542 1240 angelika.brandt@senckenberg.de
moreDeep-sea Research: “International Prize for Biology” goes to Senckenberg’s Angelika Brandt
Senckenberg marine researcher Dr. Angelika Brandt will be awarded the 40th “International Prize for Biology” today in the presence of the Imperial Highnesses of Japan. The prize is one of the world’s highest honors for outstanding achievements in the biosciences. The award recognizes Brandt’s life's work in researching deep-sea and polar biodiversity. With this honor, the Senckenberg scientist joins the [...]
After completing her studies and obtaining her doctorate in 1992, Angelika Brandt was appointed Professor of Special Zoology at the University of Hamburg in 1995 at the young age of 33. There, she headed the Department of Invertebrates II and served as either Director or Deputy Director of the Hamburg Zoological Museum between 2003 and 2017. Since 2017, she has overseen the Department of Marine Zoology at the [...]
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