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Wolfgang Fennel is head of the Department of Physical
Oceanography and Instrumentation in the Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea
Research and Professor of Physical Oceanography at the University of
Rostock. He earned his Ph.D. in 1973 from the University of Rostock on the
topic of quantum statistics of the electron gas. His career in oceanography
began in 1976 at the Institute of Marine Research of the Academy of Science
of the German Democratic Republic, where he became involved in theoretical
studies of turbulent diffusion in the ocean. Later, he worked on theoretical
problems of oceanic waves and forcing of currents, as well as numerical
circulation models. Prof. Fennel is also interested in interdisciplinary
research and developed biogeochemical and fish models. He has worked as a
guest professor at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden; University of
Bergen, Norway; and at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA.
Wolfgang Fennel has authored about 100 publications in journals and books,
and wrote two monographs.
Prof. Fennel served as SCOR Vice President from 1998 to
2002 and was member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the Global
Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (GEOHAB) program from 1998
to 2007. He is member of the Scientific Advisory Group of IOC's Ocean
Science Section and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Marine Systems.
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(2008-2012)