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Scientist Antje Boetius: Great honor for Bremen's deep-sea pioneer!
Antje Boetius from the University of Bremen becomes a Fellow of the Royal Society and moves to MBARI in California as Director.
Scientist Antje Boetius: Great honor for Bremen's deep-sea pioneer!
Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius, a renowned marine researcher, was recently accepted as a fellow in the prestigious Royal Society recorded. This honor is considered one of the highest honors in the field of natural sciences and recognizes their outstanding achievements in deep-sea and polar research. What is special about this recording is that Antje Boetius is one of the more than 90 scientists who will receive this award this year. The Royal Society, founded in 1660, is the oldest continuously operating scientific academy in the world and plays a central role in promoting scientific excellence.
During her seven-year tenure as director at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Boetius made significant contributions to marine research. In spring 2025, however, she will take on a new challenge: she will move to... May 1, 2025 into the role of president at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) in California. There she will bring her expertise in practical ocean research and focus on developing new methods and technologies to promote ocean conservation.
Connection to marine research
Antje Boetius already has a long connection to MBARI. Their studies in California in the 1990s laid the foundation for this relationship. In her new position, she plans to promote international collaborations with universities and other research institutions. Scientific communication on the effects of climate change and ocean biodiversity will play a central role.
MBARI, a nonprofit institute supported by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, is one of the world's most respected ocean research institutes. It has a long-standing cooperation with MARUM at the University of Bremen and the AWI in the field of deep-sea research.
The Importance of Marine Science
Oceanography, also known as marine science or oceanography, includes numerous subfields, from biological oceanography, which studies the biological phenomena in the sea, to marine geology, which studies the processes that shape the seabed. The UN has declared the decade 2021 to 2030 as the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, underscoring the global urgency to protect the oceans.
German marine research is heavily supported by the Federal Ministry of Research (BMBF), with a focus on sustainable use and protection of the oceans. Research topics include CO2 storage in the oceans, rising sea levels and marine litter. Despite her move as a cooperation professor at the University of Bremen and the AWI, Boetius remains connected to German marine research and international policy advice.
With her acceptance into the Royal Society, Antje Boetius joins an illustrious list of important scientists, including Stephen Hawking, Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein, and thus sets a significant accent on the role of women in science, who have only been fully admitted to the Royal Society since 1945.