Thursday, 31st of October 2013
Room 001,
Section of Earth and
environmental sciences,
Rue des Maraîchers 13
8h15


9h30


10h30


14h30


15h30


16h30

Lectures of candidates for the position of
Full, Associate or Assistant Professor in Physical limnology, Institute F.-A. Forel, University of Geneva

Dr. Koen Blanckaert, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne

"Bridging multiple scales and disciplines in geophysical flows"

Dr. Damian Bouffard, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne

"Energy path in stratified lakes"

Dr. Lee Bryant, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany

"Dynamic forcing of sediment oxygen uptake and biogeochemical cycling"

Prof. Erika McPhee-Shaw, San Jose State University, USA

"Boundary mixing: Internal waves, sediment, and oxygen on an upwelling continental margin"

Dr. Daniel McGinnis, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany

“Bubbles, Chaoborus and turbulence: Biological and physical transport processes in aquatic environments”

Prof. Werner Aeschbach-Hertig, Heidelberg University, Germany

"Tracing physical processes in lakes under changing environmental conditions"

"Ecotoxicité, indicateurs de risque et indicateurs d'impacts: Présentation de la base de donnée AiiDA et exemple d'application à travers l'évaluation environnementale d'un shampoing"

"The impact of ocean acidification and trace metal availability on Antarctic phytoplankton ecology"

Abstract: 

Southern Ocean phytoplankton are major drivers of global carbon cycling accounting for 20% of the global annual primary production. Most of this production relies on large phytoplankton blooms along the Antarctic continent, while pelagic phytoplankton contributes to a minor degree. Until now, only little information is available on how climate change will affect Southern Ocean phytoplankton communities. The increase in atmospheric CO2 has already caused significantly higher aquatic CO2 concentrations and lower pH values (‘ocean acidification’) compared to pre-industrial times. In situ fertilization experiments have revealed that iron availability is the key factor in controlling Southern Ocean phytoplankton productivity and community structure. Until now, only little information is available on how these environmental factors (CO2, iron) affect Southern Ocean phytoplankton. In particular research on interactive effects of these factors is still scarce. The consequences will, however, most likely differ depending on the region. In the present talk, I will present results from laboratory CO2-manipulation experiments with Southern Ocean key phytoplankton species and will highlight results from shipboard experiments with natural phytoplankton assemblages, in which the combined effect of CO2 and iron was investigated.

"Ecotoxicité, indicateurs de risque et indicateurs d'impacts: Présentation de la base de donnée AiiDA et exemple d'application à travers l'évaluation environnementale d'un shampoing"

present the results of its master "Geomorphological response of Tagus estuary salt-marshes to sea level rise"

"Effects of silver nanoparticles to algae and microbial communities"

"Evolution des communautés pélagiques du Léman en réponse aux pressions anthropiques"

"Quorum Sensing, biofilm formation and interactions among bacteria, yeast and protist isolated from MBR wastewater treatment systems"

"Distribution et dynamique des communautés de Characées: Impact des facteurs environnementaux régionaux et locaux "

"Some insights in the restoration of Mediterranean wetlands. Allelopathic interactions between primary producers."

"Iron-bearing nano minerals and their role in controlling the speciation and mobility of metals and metalloids"

"Fate and transport of pathogens and indicator microorganisms in different environmental compartments"

"Assessing metal bioavailability through transcriptome response in aquatic primary producers"