Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Fennel (Emeritus)

Address:

Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Seestrasse 15
D-18119 Rostock
Germany

Phone:

+49 381 5197 110

E-Mail:

Expertise

Key Qualifications:
Theoretical Physics and Physical Oceanography, Ph.D., Habilitation

Research Fields:
Regional and theoretical oceanography, coupling of physics and marine biology, interdisciplinary modelling

Born

1947 in Warnemünde

Employment:

1994 -	Appointment as professor of physical oceanography at the University of Rostock
1992 - 2011	Deputy director, head of section of physical oceanography and instrumentation at the Institute for Baltic Sea Research, IOW
1990 - 1991	Deputy director at the Institute for Marine Research in Warnemünde (German Academy of Sciences)
1976 - 1990	Research assistant at the Institute for Marine Research in Warnemünde
1971 - 1976	Assistant at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Rostock

International activities:

1988	Guest Professor at the University of Gothenburg (Sweden)
1994	Convener of an ICES modelling workshop on HAB's in Vigo (Spain)
1995	Guest Professor at the Nansen Center in Bergen (Norway)
1996	Visiting Professor at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (USA)
1998 - 2002	Vice President of SCOR
1999 - 2007	Member of the GEOHAB SSC
2004	Editor of the Journal of Marine Systems
2008	SCOR President

Bodungen, v., B., M. E. Böttcher, H.-J. Brumsack, H. Burchard, F. Colijn, S. Dick, R. Ebinghaus, K.-C. Emeis, W. Fennel, B. Flemming, G. Gönnert, G. Graf, D. Hebbeln, H. Kremer, S. Krüger, G. Liebezeit, K. Reise, D. Schaller, D. Schiedeck, H. Schlünzen, F. Schroeder, D. Schulz-Bull, U. Sommer, V. Storch, H., A. Temming, M. Türkay, M. Wahl and K. Wirtz (2007). Changing coastal seas - challenges for coastal and shelf sea research in Germany. Berlin: Konsortium Deutsche Meeresforschung (KDM). 26 S. (KDM-Denkschrift)
Bodungen, v., B., M. E. Böttcher, H.-J. Brumsack, H. Burchard, F. Colijn, S. Dick, R. Ebinghaus, K.-C. Emeis, W. Fennel, B. Flemming, G. Gönnert, G. Graf, D. Hebbeln, H. Kremer, S. Krüger, G. Liebezeit, K. Reise, D. Schaller, D. Schiedeck, H. Schlünzen, F. Schroeder, D. Schulz-Bull, U. Sommer, V. Storch, H., A. Temming, M. Türkay, M. Wahl and K. Wirtz (2007). Küstenmeere im Wandel. Berlin: Konsortium Deutsche Meeresforschung (KDM). 26 S. (KDM-Denkschrift)

Bobertz, B., C. Kuhrts, J. Harff, W. Fennel, T. Seifert and B. Bohling (2005). Sediment properties in the Western Baltic Sea for the use in sediment transport modelling. J. coast. res. 21: 588-597

Dippner, J. W., T. Blanz, S. Brückner, K.-C. Emeis, W. Fennel, F. Janssen, A. Mackensen, T. Neumann, A. Pfizenmayer, M. Schmidt, T. Seifert and E. Zorita (2003). Integrated Baltic Sea Environmental Study (IBSEN) : analysis and simulation of hydrological and ecological variability in the last 1000 years (abstract). In: Baltic Sea Science Congress 2003 Helsinki : August 24-28, 2003 ; abstract publication. Helsinki: Univ. Helsinki: 2
Dippner, J. W., T. Blanz, S. Brückner, K.-C. Emeis, W. Fennel, F. Janssen, A. Mackensen, T. Neumann, A. Pfizenmayer, M. Schmidt, T. Seifert, H. v. Storch and E. Zorita (2003). Integrated Baltic Sea Environmental Study (IBSEN) : analysis and simulation of hydrological and ecological variability in the last 1000 years. In: German Climate Research Programme (2001-2006) : Status Seminar, Oct. 6-8, 2003, Bad Münstereifel. Bonn: DLR Projektträger Umwelt: 151-154

Fennel, W. (1995). A model of the yearly cycle of nutrients and plankton in the Baltic. J. mar. syst. 6: 313-329
Fennel, W. (1995). Die Ostsee - ein kleiner Ozean. In: Ringvorlesung "Die Ostsee - unser Lebensraum" Zusammenfassung von Beiträgen. Ed. by B. Hentzsch. Warnemünde: Institut für Ostseeforschung: 19-23
Fennel, W. (1995). Wasseraustausch, mesoskalige Zirkulation und gekoppelte physikalisch-biologische Modelle. Geowissenschaften 13: 435-441
Fennel, W. (1995). Wasserhaushalt und Strömungen. In: Meereskunde der Ostsee. Ed. by G. Rheinheimer. Berlin: Springer: 56-67

Fennel, W. (1992). Responses of a coastal ocean. In: Trends in physical oceanography. Ed. by A. Jacob. Trivandrum: Research Trends: 163-179