Research output per year
Research output per year
Accepting PhD Students
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 has spoken at recent COPs on the impacts of ocean acidification to vulnerable marine ecosystems, highlighting the role of ‘coralporosis’ in future deep-sea coral reef loss (highlighted here).
Hennige has been a contributing author to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC), a contributing author to the 2nd and upcoming 3rd World Ocean Assessment (UNESCO), and lead editor of a United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) report on the Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine Biodiversity. He is on the Science Advisory Panel for MASTS, and his work has led to a Nature of Scotland award in Innovation and another in Conservation. He is also a member of the Ocean Acidification Research for Sustainability working group (a UN Endorsed Ocean Decade Programme), and is a member of the Pool of Experts of the UN Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment.
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 and lead research on investigating the impacts of climate change and pollution to marine ecosystems. My fieldwork throughout my career has included expeditions in the UK and Norway for cold-water corals, to destinations such as Indonesia and the Maldives to study coral bleaching.
Selected highlights include:
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Research output: Book/Report › Other report
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Hennige, S. (Advisor)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Hennige, S. (Assessor)
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Hennige, S. (Assessor)
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Hennige, S. (Advisor)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Hennige, S. (Assessor)
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Hennige, S. (Recipient), Roberts, M. (Recipient) & Henry, L.-A. (Recipient), 14 Dec 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Hennige, S. (Principal Investigator)
SNH, Scottish Natural Heritage
1/09/21 → 31/08/25
Project: Research
Hennige, S. (Principal Investigator)
1/09/21 → 31/08/25
Project: Research
Hennige, S. (Principal Investigator)
1/09/20 → 31/10/23
Project: Research
Hennige, S. (Principal Investigator)
1/09/20 → 31/08/23
Project: Research
Roberts, M. (Principal Investigator), Hennige, S. (Co-investigator) & Henry, L.-A. (Co-investigator)
1/06/19 → 30/11/23
Project: Research
Hennige, S. (Creator), British Oceanographic Data Centre, 2020
DOI: 10.5285/aaf5a71d-75ea-38d5-e053-6c86abc03e63
Dataset
Hennige, S. (Creator), British Oceanographic Data Centre, 2017
DOI: 10.5285/5fbfe17b-3d18-2663-e053-6c86abc0b953
Dataset
Hennige, S. (Creator), Larsson, A. I. (Creator), Orejas, C. (Creator), Gori, A. (Creator), De Clippele, L. (Creator), Lee, Y. (Creator), Jimeno, G. (Creator), Georgoulas, K. (Creator), Kamenos, N. (Creator) & Roberts, M. (Creator), NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC, 15 Jul 2021
DOI: 10.5285/bbaf922a-e46e-7e94-e053-6c86abc0089a
Dataset
26/04/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
17/09/20
2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Expert Comment
5/12/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
16/08/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
19/10/17 → 20/10/17
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research