AWI EXPERT Dr Monica Ionita is a climate scientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven. She was born in Bucharest (Romania) in 1979, and studied [...] University, Romania. In 2009 she completed her doctorate at the University of Bremen and the Alfred Wegener Institute on variability and potential predictability of Elbe river streamflow and their relationship [...] group, UNESCO Friend Low-Flow and Drought Group, and the PAGES-Floods group. She has been awarded Alfred Wegener Award for Science Transfer, but also with other international presti- gious prizes (e. g. European

AWI) Section retreat, Gut Ankelohe, February 2017 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Section retreat, Gut Ankelohe, June 2019 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

used for sensitive and specific detection of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) toxins. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Bioassay-guided fractionation to chemically characterise secondary metabolites Analytical [...] tandem mass spectrometry) for the detection of organic trace compounds in marine samples. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) LC-MS/MS chromatogram of a planktonic field samples from the North Sea containing several

Staff
Prof. Heinz Miller from the Alfred Wegener Institute has been selected to receive the 2016 SCAR Medal for International Coordination.

International cooperation
On Friday the Argentinian Ambassador S.E. Edgardo Malaroda visited the Alfred Wegener Institute together with the Embassy Secretary Martin Suaya.

International Cooperation
Today, a delegation from the French University of La Rochelle visits the Alfred Wegener Institute to discuss current and future projects.

The eighth cohort of the NF-POGO Centre of Excellence in Observational Oceanography at the Alfred Wegener Institute successfully completed their training on October 26, 2021.

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Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research BREMERHAVEN, Germany Technology Transfer Office Am Handelshafen 12 27570 Bremerhaven Phone: +49 471/4831-1517 tto@awi.de