Jakob Weis
Postdoctoral Researcher
Keywords
Ocean biogeochemistry
Biological carbon cycling
BGC-Argo floats
Bio-optics
ABOUT
Jakob is a biological oceanographer studying the ocean's biological carbon cycle. He combines observations from robotic BGC-Argo floats, animal-borne sensors, and ocean colour satellites to investigate how environmental changes shape phytoplankton communities and organic and inorganic carbon fluxes. His research focuses on high-latitude regions, including the North Atlantic, the Southern Ocean, and coastal Antarctica. At MarSens, his work contributes to the CarbOcean project.
CURRICULUM
2026–present: postdoctoral researcher, MarSens, Ghent University, Belgium
2024–present: postdoctoral researcher, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS), Australia
2020–2024: Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography, IMAS, UTAS, Australia
2017–2019: MSc. in Marine Science, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
2012–2016: BSc. in Geosciences, University of Freiburg, Germany (including ERASMUS exchange at University of Tromso/Svalbard, Norway)
AWARDS AND HONOURS
2026: ARC Centre of Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) small science project (research grant)
2026: ARC Linkage Infrastructure and Equipment Facilities (LEIF) grant (LE260100137, Co-Investigator)
2025: Antarctic Science International Bursary (research grant)
2024-2025: NSF AccelNet BioGeoSCAPES Fellowship
2024: IMAS Outstanding PhD Thesis Prize
2024: ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes (CLEX), Prize for Best Paper