Research at sea competition - archive
Teams 2025
Team 1: PFAS in Seagrass Meadows
Schülerforschungszentrum Südwürttemberg, Tuttlingen
Expedition 3-7 July 2025 in the Baltic Sea
Scientific Mentor: Dr Axel Friedrich
Team 2: Wrecks as ticking bombs
Stiftung Louisenlund & Privatschule Holstein Mitte
Expedition 14-19 August 2025 in the Bay of Mecklenburg
Scientific Mentor: Prof. Dr. Edmund Maser (Universität Kiel)
Team 3: Mikroplastic in the Elbe
Struensee Gymnasium
Expedition 9-14 September 2025 along the Elbe from Cuxhaven to Lübeck
Scientific Mentor: Marco La Capra (Universität Bayreuth)
Teams 2024
Student team:
Lara Marsell, Emely Schüle
Amandus-Abendroth-Gymnasium, Cuxhaven
Research topic:
Biodiversity of diatoms as the "marine lungs" of the earth
Scientific sponsors:
Dr. Claus Dürselen, AquaEcology; Dr. Dirk Reinhardt, LADR GmbH Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum Dr. Kramer & Kollegen (supporters).
Team of schoolgirls:
Greta Banzhaf, Frieda Greiling, Melissa Horras, Serafina Uhl
Gymnasium Spaichingen, Schülerforschungszentrum Tuttlingen
Research topic:
Microclimate in seagrass meadows
Scientific mentors:
Sebastian Storey, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg; Dr. Matteo Lattuada, Technical University of Braunschweig (advisor).
Student team:
Luise Koball, Arian Niclas Wulf
Gymnasium Reutershagen, Rostock Student Research Center
Research topic:
More than just looking into the tube
Scientific patrons:
Lisa Schüler, Institute for Applied Ecosystem Research GmbH; Peter Schmedemann, bilSE Institute for Education and Research; Heiko Betz, Frauenhofer Institute.
Teams 2023
Student team:
Linus Gäckle, Mika Köhler, Damian Saramaga
Schülerforschungszentrum Südwürttemberg, Tuttlingen site
Research topic:
Vertical mapping of oxygen content and other environmentally relevant water parameters in the Bay of Lübeck
Science sponsor:
Jacqueline Haußmann, GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research in Kiel.
Student team:
Mustafa Kagan Birben, Jeppe Precht, Samira Schmidt, Mette Strohmeyer, Gymnasium Syke, Lower Saxony
Research topic:
PFAS concentration in the Trave and the Bay of Lübeck
Science mentors:
Dr. Axel Friedrich, German Environmental Aid; Prof. Dr. Thorsten Reemtsma, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig.