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 COP 26 and 27 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 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. Hennige is on the Science Adviroy Panel for MASTS, and his recent work has led to Nature of Scotland awards in Innovation and Conservation.
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 from 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: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Sebastian Hennige (Advisor)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Sebastian Hennige (Assessor)
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Sebastian Hennige (Assessor)
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Sebastian Hennige (Advisor)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Sebastian Hennige (Assessor)
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Hennige, Sebastian (Recipient), Roberts, Murray (Recipient) & Henry, Lea-Anne (Recipient), 14 Dec 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Hennige, Sebastian (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Other distinctions
Hennige, Sebastian (Recipient), 27 Nov 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
1/09/21 → 31/08/25
Project: Research
1/09/20 → 31/08/23
Project: Research
Roberts, M., Hennige, S. & Henry, L.
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), British Oceanographic Data Centre, 2012
DOI: 10.5285/a931a96d-f08d-4e7d-af30-866f5e3e8fd8
Dataset
Hennige, S. (Creator), Roberts, M. (Project Member), Kamenos, N. A. (Project Member), Wicks, L. C. (Project Member) & Findlay, H. S. (Project Member), British Oceanographic Data Centre, 25 Jun 2015
DOI: 10.5285/13d58735-4252-109d-e053-6c86abc0bae4
Dataset
Hennige, S. (Creator), British Oceanographic Data Centre, 2014
DOI: 10.5285/fd3287f9-f325-7f48-e043-6c86abc09b63
Dataset
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
20/03/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research