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Sebastian Hennige, FHEA

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3059-604X

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Current Research Interests

Dr.Hennige’s research has centred around the impact of climate change and pollutants on marine organisms and ecosystems, with particular focus on tropical and cold-water coral reefs.

Hennige was a contributing author in the 2019 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC), and lead editor of a United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) report on the Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine Biodiversity. Hennige is also on the steering group for the MASTS Dynamics and Properties of Marine Systems theme, and Biogeochemistry Forum.

Biography

I studied Marine and Environmental Biology at the University of St. Andrews before taking a PhD at the University of Essex examining acclimation and adaptations of corals across environmental gradients. Following this, I went to the University of Delaware (USA) to research harmful algal bloom photophysiology in a variety of environments, and mechanisms underlying tropical coral bleaching. From the States, I moved to Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh to conduct the first long-term experiments on cold-water corals in a changing ocean. I was then awarded a NERC Fellowship to examine the impact of climate change to tropical and cold-water corals. In 2016 I moved to the University of Edinburgh, where I co-direct the Marine Systems and Policies MSc. Programme. My fieldwork throughout my career has included expeditions from the UK and Norway for cold-water corals, to destinations such as Indonesia and the Maldives to study coral bleaching.

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