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Philipp Assmy
Research scientist
Norwegian Polar InstituteResearch department: ecotoxicology
Work address Norwegian Polar Institute Fram Centre Tromsø 9296 Norway
Work Phone: +47 77 75 05 87
Work Email: Philipp.Assmy@npolar.no
Website: Google Scholar
Research interests:
- Phyto- and protozooplankton ecology
- Sea ice biology
- Ocean biogeochemistry in particular carbon and silicon cycles
- Diatom taxonomy
- Field experience from the Arctic Ocean and Southern Ocean.
Running national and international projects:
- 2017-2020: Diversity, taxonomy and distribution of marine protists in a changing Arctic (TaxMArc). (RCN project), Co-PI
- 2015-2019: InterDisciplinary study of Arctic sea ice changes and impacts for the society (ID Arctic). (grant by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Co-PI
- 2019-2022: Ridges – Safe havens for ice-associated flora and fauna in a seasonally ice-covered Arctic Ocean (HAVOC). (RCN project), Co-PI
- 2018-2021: Ocean-Air synoptic operations using coordinated autonomous robotic SYStems and micro underwater gliders (OASYS). (MarTERA, ERA-NET Cofund scheme of Horizon 2020 of the European Commission), Co-PI
- 2017-2023: The Nansen Legacy (RCN project)
Completed national and international projects:
- N-ICE2015 – Norwegian young sea ICE expedition
2015-2018: Boom or Bust – Ice-algal and under-ice phytoplankton bloom dynamics in a changing Arctic icescape (RCN project), Main PI - 2014-2017: Ecosystem modelling of the Arctic Ocean around Svalbard (ArktisMod). (Fram Centre Flagship “Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, Technology and Systems of Agreement”), Co-PI
- 2012: Morphological and molecular identification of key phytoplankton species from the Southern Ocean. (European Community – Research Infrastructure Action under the FP7 ‘‘Capacities’’ Specific Programme ASSEMBLE (grant no. 227799)), Main PI
- 2008-2012: Controls on and paleoceanographic utility of the valve size frequency distribution of the Southern Ocean diatom, Fragilariopsis kerguelensis (DFG project), Main PI
Popular science and outreach:
- Fernández-Méndez, M., Olsen, L.M., Kauko, H.M., Hop, H., and Assmy, P. (2017) The Arctic Ocean’s invisible forest in times of rapid climate change. Fram Forum 2017
- Steen, H., Kohler, J., Assmy, P., Hop, H., Duarte, P., Wold, A. and Sundfjord, A. (2017) Tidewater glacier fronts: Arctic oases in retreat. Fram Forum 2017
- Granskog, M.A., Assmy, P., Gerland, S., Spreen, G., Steen, H. and Smedsrud, L.H. (2016) Arctic research on thin ice: Consequences of Arctic sea ice loss. EOS Trans. AGU 97, 22–26
- Scientific blogs, e.g. N-ICE2015 expedition (http://www.npolar.no/en/expedition-field/n-ice2015/blog/2015-06-17-den-usynlige-skogen.html) and ARCEx cruise (http://www.arcex.no/spring-bloom-full-swing/)
- Featured science in web media: NPI web (e.g. http://www.npolar.no/no/nyheter/2017/01-19-ny-type-algeoppblomstring-i-polhavet.html, http://www.npolar.no/no/nyheter/2012/2012-07-26-jern-kan-redusere-co2-i-atmosfaeren.html), forskning.no (http://forskning.no/sjodyr-klima-marinbiologi/2012/07/jern-mot-co2, http://forskning.no/2017/01/varmere-polhav-gir-gode-vektsvilkar-ny-type-algeoppblomstring-men-er-darlig-nytt-klimaet), NRK (https://www.nrk.no/troms/oppblomstring-av-alger-kan-endre-naeringskjeden-i-arktis-1.13332563)
- Assmy, P., Lochte, K. and Smetacek, V. (2009). Plankton productivity and the role of iron in the Southern Ocean. In: Biological studies in polar oceans – exploration of life in icy waters. 35 research reports and reviews, Gotthilf and Irmtraut Hempel (Editors), Wirtschaftsverlag NW, Verlag für neue Wissenschaft, Bremerhaven, 227-235.