Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Sven Rossel
Leitung Proteomic Laboratory
sven.rossel@senckenberg.de
Link Fachbereich Proteomic Labor
Link Division Proteomic Laboratory
LebenslaufName Dr. Sven Rossel
E-Mail Sven.Rossel@senckenberg.de
Tel.: 04421 9475-176
Research interest
- Development and application of proteomic fingerprinting for biodiversity assessment
- Biodiversity assessment using modern molecular approaches, including MALDI-TOF MS, metabarcoding, and DNA barcoding
- Marine biodiversity in the North Sea, with a focus on harpacticoid copepods (meiofauna)
- Multivariate data analysis in R
- Ecological modelling using Random Forest approaches in R
Employment history
Since September 2018 Research Scientist, Senckenberg am Meer, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
- Head of the Proteomics Laboratory
- Deputy project lead in multiple research projectsWissenschaftlicher
01.05.2018 – 31.08.2018 Research Scientist, Marine Biodiversity Research Group (Prof. Dr. Pedro Martínez Arbizu), Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany
01.02.2015 – 30.04.2018 Doctoral Researcher, German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), Wilhelmshaven, Germany
- PhD thesis: Biodiversity assessment of Harpacticoida (Crustacea: Copepoda) from the German coast and EEZ using MALDI-TOF MS and COI barcoding
- Grade: magna cum laude
Scholarships
2015 – 2018 Doctoral Scholarship, Lower Saxony Ministry for Science and Culture
- Project: Interdisciplinary approach to functional biodiversity research (IBR)
2013 Lower Saxony Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Achievement
Education
2012 -2015 M.Sc. Biology, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany
- Thesis: On the phylogeography of four pagurid species from the North Sea (Grade: 1.37)
- Molecular Taxonomy Group (PD Dr. Michael J. Raupach)
2009 -2012 B.Sc. Biology, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany
- Thesis: On the organization of the body musculature of Mytilina mucronata (O.F. Müller, 1773) (Rotifera) (Grade: 1.15)
- Systematics and Evolutionary Biology Group (Dr. Wilko Ahlrichs)
Projects
2015 – 2018 Interdisciplinary approach to functional biodiversity research (MWK Niedersachsen)
2018 – 2022 MiningImpact2 (JPIOceans and BMFTR)
2022 – 2025 DeepRest (BMFTR)
Since 2023 Unbekanntes Deutschland (Senckenberg-led consortium)
Seit 2024 MEIODYSSEA (Sasakawa Peace Foundation)
Seit 2025 TrenDiv (Leibniz SAW)
Seit 2025 iSeal2 (BMFTR)
Seit 2025 MiningImpact3 (JPIOceans and BFTR)
Scientific expeditions (selection)
2025 Research Cruise TrenDiv-1, FS Senckenberg (North Sea, 1 week)
- Chief Scientist (cruise lead)
- Sampling gear: Multicorer, CTD
2021 Research Expedition (Pacific Ocean, 6 weeks), chartered by Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
- Scientific support during the first deep-sea nodule collector test
- Chief Scientist: Dr. Annemiek Vink
- Deployment lead for Multicorer; Head of Biology (Fauna) team
- Sampling gear: Multicorer, Box corer, ROV
- Vessel: Island PrideSechswöchige
2019 Research Cruise SO268/2, RV Sonne (Pacific Ocean, 8 weeks), JPI Oceans MiningImpact 2
- Chief Scientist: Prof. Dr. Matthias Haeckel, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
- Sampling gear: Multicorer, Box corer, ROV
2016 Research Cruise IBR2, FS Senckenberg (North Sea, 2 weeks)
- Chief Scientist (cruise lead)
- Sampling gear: Multicorer, Van Veen grab
Science communication and outreach
Juni 2024 Public lecture on deep-sea mining, Long Night of Science, Wilhelmshaven
April 2024 Organisation and delivery of “Future Day” (career outreach programme), Senckenberg am MeerActivities for school students (ages 9–17)
October 2023 Organisation and moderation of the Early Career Scientist Evening, Wattenmeerhaus Wilhelmshaven
October/Dezember 2022 Winner, Northern German Science Slam Championship; participant, German Science Slam Championship
- Presentation: Who is it? – But with lasers
- Recordings available on YouTube (search: “Sven Rossel Science Slam”)
Juni 2022 Public lecture on biodiversity assessment, Long Night of Science, Wilhelmshaven
April 2022 Public lecture on biodiversity assessment, Pint of Science / NWDUG Science Pub
September 2019 Winner, 3rd Wilhelmshaven Science Slam, organised by Nordwestdeutsche Universitätsgesellschaft e.V.
- Presentation: Who is it? – But with lasers
Teaching
2018 – 2026 Lecturer (adjunct), courses in Marine Biodiversity (M.Sc. and B.Sc.)
- Marine Biodiversity I (M.Sc.)
- Introduction to Marine Biodiversity (B.Sc.)
- Teaching topics included:
- Sampling and processing of North Sea sediment samples
- Identification of fauna at higher taxonomic levels
- Analysis of biodiversity data
- Introduction to molecular methods (DNA barcoding, MALDI-TOF MS)
- Bioinformatics and use of public databases
2017 – 2026 Supervision and evaluation of B.Sc. and M.Sc. theses and research projects (Biology programme)
Professional Memberships and Service
Since 2016 Member, Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (GfBS).
2020 – 2022 Deputy Speaker, Young Systematists (early-career section of the Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik)
2019 – 2020 Deputy Speaker, Senckenberg Young Scientists
Publications
2026
Kelch, A., Spies, L., Franco, D. D., Nilsson, M. A., Rossel, S., Arbizu, P. M., Rauh, A., Stuckas, H., Kaiser, S., & Brandt, A. (2026). Integrative taxonomy of mesosignidae Schultz, 1969 (Crustacea, Malacostraca) from North Pacific trenches: New species description and biogeographic insights from morphology, mtDNA, and proteomics. Progress in Oceanography, 103682. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2026.103682
2025
Kuru, S., Martínez Arbizu, P., & Rossel, S. (2025). Revealing high genetic divergence masked by low morphological variability in harpacticoid genus Leptastacus Scott T., 1906 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Leptastacidae) including the description of five new species. Marine Biodiversity, 55(6), 113. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-025-01583-4
Lehmitz, R., Hohberg, K., Husemann, M., Peters, R. S., Scheunemann, N., Bálint, M., Balke, M., Bieberich, J., Bista, I., Borsch, T., Bourlat, S. J., Bussmann, R. W., Damm, U., Dey, L.-S., Flocco, C. G., Grossart, H.-P., Haase, P., Höfer, H., Krashevska, V., Rossel, S., … Tockner, K. (2025). Unknown Germany—An integrative biodiversity discovery program. Npj Biodiversity, 4(1), 41. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44185-025-00108-3
Macheriotou, L., Rossel, S., Molari, M., Martinez Arbizu, P., Brix, S., Christodoulou, M., Dessandier, P.-A., Hilário, A., Janssen, F., Simon-Lledó, E., Menot, L., Pape, E., Ramírez, G. A., & Vanreusel, A. (2025). Connectivity in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone: A review. Frontiers in Marine Science, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1547803
Neuhaus, J., de Wilt, M. E., Rossel, S., Brix, S., Etter, R. J., Jennings, R. M., Linse, K., Martínez Arbizu, P., Schwentner, M., & Peters, J. (2025). High Connectivity at Abyssal Depths: Genomic and Proteomic Insights Into Population Structure of the Pan-Atlantic Deep-Sea Bivalve Ledella ultima (E. A. Smith, 1885). Ecology and Evolution, 15(8), e71903. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71903
Peters, J., Albaina, A., Blanco-Bercial, L., Bucklin, A., Di Capua, I., Dos Santos, A., Falkenhaug, T., Fernandez de Puelles, M., Fileman, E., Garić, R., Holst, S., Hosia, A., Laakmann, S., Majaneva, S., Mańko, M. K., Mazzocchi, M. G., O’Brien, T., Peijnenburg, K. T. C. A., Renz, J., Rossel, S.,… Cornils, A. (2025). Taxonomic uncertainty in North Atlantic and Mediterranean zooplankton limits species-level monitoring accuracy. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 82(6), fsaf077. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsaf077
Stratmann, T., Simon-Lledó, E., van der Meer, M. T. J., Christodoulou, M., Rossel, S., & Colaço, A. (2025). Trophic ecology of Ophiuroidea and Asteroidea in the Clarion-Clipperton-Fracture Zone (Central Pacific). Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 225, 104598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2025.104598
2024
Rossel, S., Peters, J., Charzinski, N., Eichsteller, A., Laakmann, S., Neumann, H., & Martínez Arbizu, P. (2024). A universal tool for marine metazoan species identification: Towards best practices in proteomic fingerprinting. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Art. 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-51235-z
Schmidt, L. A., Brix, S., Rossel, S., Forster, S., & Eichsteller, A. (2024). Unveiling ophiuroid biodiversity across North Atlantic habitats via an integrative perspective. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 20405. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-71178-9
Stratmann, T., Busch, K., de Kluijver, A., Kelly, M., Mills, S., Rossel, S., & Schupp, P. J. (2024). Nutrient fluxes, oxygen consumption and fatty acid composition from deep-water demo- and hexactinellid sponges from New Zealand. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 214, 104416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2024.104416
2023
Peters, J., Laakmann, S., Rossel, S., Martínez Arbizu, P., & Renz, J. (2023). Perspectives of species identification by MALDI-TOF MS in monitoring-Stability of proteomic fingerprints in marine epipelagic copepods. Molecular Ecology Resources. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13779
Rossel, S., Kaiser, P., Bode-Dalby, M., Renz, J., Laakmann, S., Auel, H., Hagen, W., Arbizu, P. M., & Peters, J. (2023). Proteomic fingerprinting enables quantitative biodiversity assessments of species and ontogenetic stages in Calanus congeners (Copepoda, Crustacea) from the Arctic Ocean. Molecular Ecology Resources, 23(2), 382–395. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13714
Rossel, S., Peters, J., Laakmann, S., Martínez Arbizu, P., & Holst, S. (2023). Potential of MALDI-TOF MS-based proteomic fingerprinting for species identification of Cnidaria across classes, species, regions and developmental stages. Molecular Ecology Resources, 23(7), 1620–1631. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13832
2022
Korfhage, S. A., Rossel, S., Brix, S., McFadden, C. S., Ólafsdóttir, S. H., & Martínez Arbizu, P. (2022). Species Delimitation of Hexacorallia and Octocorallia Around Iceland Using Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA and Proteome Fingerprinting. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2022.838201
Kürzel, K., Kaiser, S., Lörz, A.-N., Rossel, S., Paulus, E., Peters, J., Schwentner, M., Martínez Arbizu, P., Coleman, C. O., Svavarsson, J., & Brix, S. (2022). Correct Species Identification and Its Implications for Conservation Using Haploniscidae (Crustacea, Isopoda) in Icelandic Waters as a Proxy. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8(795196). https://doi.org/doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.795196
Paulus, E., Brix, S., Siebert, A., Martínez Arbizu, P., Rossel, S., Peters, J., Svavarsson, J., & Schwentner, M. (2022). Recent speciation and hybridization in Icelandic deep-sea isopods: An integrative approach using genomics and proteomics. Molecular Ecology, 31(1), 313–330. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16234
Rossel, S., Uhlenkott, K., Peters, J., Vink, A., & Martínez Arbizu, P. (2022). Evaluating species richness using proteomic fingerprinting and DNA barcoding—A case study on meiobenthic copepods from the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone. Marine Biodiversity, 52(6), 67. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-022-01307-y
2021
Lins, L., Zeppilli, D., Menot, L., Michel, L. N., Bonifácio, P., Brandt, M., Pape, E., Rossel, S., Uhlenkott, K., Macheriotou, L., & others. (2021). Toward a reliable assessment of potential ecological impacts of deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining on abyssal infauna. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods.
Renz, J., Markhaseva, E. L., Laakmann, S., Rossel, S., Martínez Arbizu, P., & Peters, J. (2021). Proteomic fingerprinting facilitates biodiversity assessments in understudied ecosystems: A case study on integrated taxonomy of deep sea copepods. Molecular Ecology Resources.
2020
Rossel, S., Barco, A., Kloppmann, M., Martínez Arbizu, P., Huwer, B., & Knebelsberger, T. (2020). Rapid species level identification of fish eggs by proteome fingerprinting using MALDI-TOF MS. Journal of Proteomics, 103993.
Rossel, S., Deli, T., & Raupach, M. J. (2020). First insights into the phylogeography and demographic history of the common hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) across the Eastern Atlantic and North Sea. The Journal of Crustacean Biology, 40(4), 435–449.
Rossel, S., & Martínez Arbizu, P. (2020). Unsupervised biodiversity estimation using proteomic fingerprints from MALDI-TOF MS data. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10358
2019
Rossel, S., Khodami, S., & Martínez Arbizu, P. (2019). Comparison of rapid biodiversity assessment of meiobenthos using MALDI-TOF MS and Metabarcoding. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 659. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00659
Rossel, S., & Martínez Arbizu, P. (2019). Revealing higher than expected diversity of Harpacticoida (Crustacea: Copepoda) in the North Sea using MALDI-TOF MS and molecular barcoding. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 9182. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45718-7
2018
Rossel, S., & Martínez Arbizu, P. (2018a). Automatic specimen identification of Harpacticoids (Crustacea:Copepoda) using Random Forest and MALDI-TOF mass spectra, including a post hoc test for false positive discovery. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9(6), 1421–1434. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13000
Rossel, S., & Martínez Arbizu, P. (2018b). Effects of Sample Fixation on Specimen Identification in Biodiversity Assemblies based on Proteomic Data (MALDI-TOF). Frontiers in Marine Science, 5, 149. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00149