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Eva-Maria Zetsche
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University Address:
German
Department of Marine Sciences
University of Gothenburg
Visiting Address: Carl Skottsbergs gata 22B, 41319 Göteborg
Postal Address:
Box 461, 40530 Göteborg, Sweden
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+46 (0)31 786 3773
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Current Research Interests
My main research interest now lies in applying a specialized form of microscopy, namely digital holographic
microscopy, to the field of marine ecology and in doing so finding novel applications for the technique. I
therefore work on a wide range of organisms and particles combining prior knowledge gained throughout
my research career with this unique tool. This includes work on algal cells and cyanobacteria but also the
polymeric substances they and other organisms can extrude, such as extracellular polymeric substances,
transparent exopolymeric particles and coral mucus. In lieu of this work, I sustain my interests in better
understanding benthic communities and their ecosystem function, addressing benthic-pelagic interactions
such as the organic matter cycling of coral reefs and marine snow aggregate fluxes.
Education – Degrees
10/06 – 01/10 Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology
Oceanlab, University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
PhD-Thesis: Metabolic Activity in Intertidal Sands: the Role of Permeability and Carbon
Sources. Supervisors: Prof. Ursula Witte and Dr. David Lumsdon
10/02 – 09/04 M.Sc. International Studies in Aquatic Tropical Ecology
University of Bremen, Germany.
M.Sc.-Thesis: Macroalgal Production and Herbivory on Different Reef Substrates of Turneffe
Islands Atoll, Belize. Supervisors: Prof. Claudio Richter, Dr. Melanie McField, Prof. GunterOtto Kirst
09/98 – 06/01 B.Sc. (Hons) Oceanography with Marine Biology
University of Southampton, England
B.Sc.-Thesis: An Investigation into the Bio-Optical Modelling Capabilities of Above-Water
Radiometry. Supervisor: Dr. Simon Boxall.
Professional Experience
11/15-present
University of Gothenburg; Sweden
Marie Curie Fellow
08/14-10/15
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research; The Netherlands
Postdoctoral researcher
02/10-04/14
Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Belgium
Postdoctoral researcher
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Peer-reviewed Publications
Zetsche E, Baussant T, Meysman FJR and van Oevelen D (2016). Direct visualization of mucus production
by the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa with digital holographic microscopy. PLoS ONE 11(2):
e0146766. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0146766
Zetsche E, El Mallahi A and Meysman FJR (in press). Digital holographic microscopy: a novel tool to study
the morphology, physiology and ecology of diatoms. Diatom Research.
Zetsche E and Ploug H (2015). Marine Chemistry special issue: Particles in aquatic environments: from
invisible exopolymers to sinking aggregates. Marine Chemistry,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2015.04.008
Zetsche E, El Mallahi A, Dubois F, Yourassowsky C, Kromkamp JC, and Meysman FJR (2014). Imaging-inFlow: Digital holographic microscopy as a novel tool to detect and classify nanoplanktonic organisms.
Limnology and Oceanography:Methods, 12: 757-775.
doi: 10.4319/lom.2014.12.757
Malkin S, Rao A, Seitaj D, Vasquez-Cardenas D, Zetsche E, Hidalgo-Martinez S, Boschker H, and Meysman
FJR (2014). Natural occurrence of microbial sulphur oxidation by long-range electron transport in the
seafloor. The ISME Journal, 8: 1843–1854. doi:10.1038/ismej.2014.41
Zetsche E, Meysman FJR (2012). Dead or alive? Viability assessment of micro- and meroplankton. Journal
of Plankton Research, 34: 493-509. doi: 10.1093/plankt/fbs018
Zetsche E, Bulling MT, Witte, U (2012). Permeability of intertidal sandflats: Impact of temporal variability
on sediment metabolism. Continental Shelf Research, 42: 41–50. doi: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.04.020
Zetsche E, Paterson DM, Lumsdon DG, Witte U (2011). Temporal variation in the sediment permeability of
an intertidal sandflat. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 441:49-63. doi: 10.3354/meps09390
Zetsche E, Thornton B, Midwood AJ, Witte U (2011). Utilisation of different carbon sources in a shallow
estuary identified through stable isotope techniques. Continental Shelf Research, 31: 832-840. doi:
10.1016/j.csr.2011.02.006.
Non peer-reviewed Publications
Henneghien J and Zetsche E (2013). “Blending flow analysis with microscopy – the ‘oLine system’ for
ballast water monitoring”. The Ballast Times - Volume 4.
Zetsche E and Henneghien J (2013). APPLICATION NOTE - OVIZIO Imaging Systems D3HM: Counting small
single-celled aquatic organisms with Ovizio’s D3HM in static mode.
Gollash S, Zetsche E and Henneghien J (2012). Demonstration of the OVIZIO Organism Detection
Technology, the 'oLine', for Compliance Enforcement with the Biological Standards of the IMO Ballast
Water Management Convention. Final report. Prepared for Interreg IVB North Sea Ballast Water
Opportunity project: 14 pp.
Manuscripts in progress
Zetsche E, Larsson A and H Ploug. Characterizing flow and diffusion around and within marine snow
aggregates as a function of porosity and TEP content (in prep).
Zetsche E, Engel A and FJR Meysman. Abundance and distribution of non-living organic matter in coral
reefs (in prep).
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Grants, scholarships and awards
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Awarded an Individual Fellowship of the Marie Sk!odowska -Curie Action (H2020-MSCAIF-2014). Project title: Bio-physical processes around marine snow aggregates.
ASSEMBLE grant (9th call) for on-site access to the Sven Loven Center for Marine Research in
Tjärnö, Sweden. Project title: „SNOW-FLOW: Characterizing flow and diffusion around and within
marine snow aggregates as a function of porosity and TEP content.”
ASLO Early Career Travel Grant for attendance of the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2014.
FWO ‘Grant for participation in an international conference’ for the attendance of the Ocean
Sciences Meeting 2014.
ASSEMBLE grant (7th call) for on-site access to the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences
(IUI) in Eilat. Project title: „CORAL-DYNLOM: Dynamics of non-living organic matter in coral reefs:
Combining classical staining and microscopy techniques with novel digital holographic microscopy.”
HoloFlow II: Advanced digital holographic microscopy and 4D imagery for applications in water
technology and environmental monitoring. INNOVIRIS Impulse Programme Environment 2008.
Renewal proposal written amongst project partners.
ASLO Early Career Travel Grant for attendance of the ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting.
ASLO Early Career Travel Grant for attendance of the ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting.
Travel support for attendance of the Microscale Interactions Symposium 2011.
ASLO PhD Student Travel Grant for attendance of the ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting.
Best student oral presentation award at the 10th International Estuarine Biogeochemistry
Symposium (2008). “Temporal variation in sediment permeability changes the metabolic functioning
of estuarine sands.”
Travel grant for attendance of 13th Biennial Challenger Conference for Marine Science.
ACES PhD Studentship (Aberdeen Centre for Environmental Sustainability), 2006-2009
Scholarship awarded for attendance of the Coral Reef Ecology Course at BIOS (Bermuda) from the
UK Associates and CV Starr and Ernest E. Stempel Foundations.
Funding for MSc fieldwork in Belize by a DAAD-Scholarship (German Academic Exchange Service)
Conferences / Workshops
22 – 27/02/15
ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2015.
Oral presentation. “Imaging-in-flow: digital holographic microscopy as a novel tool to
detect and classify nanoplanktonic organisms”.
23 – 28/02/14
Ocean Sciences Meeting 2014. Honolulu, Hawaii.
Poster presentation and session co-chair. “Abundance and distribution of non-living
organic matter in coral reefs”.
06 – 11/10/13
Batsheva de Rothschild Seminar on Marine life in the flow: Workshop on
physical-biological interactions from the individual organism to the global scale. InterUniversity Institute for Marine Sciences (IUI), Eilat, Israel.
Poster presentation and hands-on demonstration sessions of Ovizio’s fluorescence add-on
module (qMod): “Digital holographic microscopy – a unique tool for studying physicalbiological interactions”
10 – 15/03/13
Microscale Interactions Symposium 2013 - Microscale Interactions in Aquatic
Environments. Les Houches, France.
Oral presentation. “Digital holographic microscopy: Visualizing the ‚invisible’.”
11 – 14/02/13
NIOZ Flow Cytometer Workshop: Comparing instruments in measuring 2-10 !m and
10-50 !m plankton cells. Texel, Netherlands. Active Participation with an oLine D3HM
instrument. Oral Presentation with Joël Henneghien (Ovizio): “New 4D quantitative
imaging platform.”
26 – 31/08/12
22nd International Diatom Symposium. Gent, Belgium.
Poster presentation. “Digital holographic microscopy as a useful tool for analysing algae.
08 – 13/06/12
ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting: Voyages of Discovery. Otsu, Japan.
Oral presentation and session co-chair. “Visualizing the “invisible” – using digital
holographic microscopy to quantify biologically produced exopolymers”.
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24 – 25/05/12
North Sea Ballast Water Annual Meeting 2012. Hamburg, Germany. Oral
presentation. “Ovizio Organism Detection Technology for Compliance Enforcement with
the Biological Standards of the IMO Ballast Water Management Convention.”
13 – 18/02/11
ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting: Limnology & Oceanography in a changing
world. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Oral presentation. “Alive or dead? Combining staining methods and digital holographic
microscopy for viability determination of micro- and mesoplankton”.
01/02/11
2nd Belgian Coral Meeting. Mons, Belgium
Poster presentation. “Future use of digital holographic microscopy in coral reef science.“
17 – 21/01/11
Aspen Ocean Symposium: Microenvironments modulating biological
interactions in the ocean. Colorado, USA.
Poster presentation. “Improved digital holographic microscopy”.
13 – 17/12/10
Euro ISRS Symposium 2010: Reefs in a changing world. Wageningen,
Netherlands.
Poster presentation. “Future use of digital holographic microscopy in coral reef science.“
18 – 19/08/09
EOS Topical Meeting on "Blue" Photonics - Optics in the Sea. Aberdeen, UK.
23/02/09
1st ACES Symposium. The Macaulay Institute, Scotland, U.K. Poster presentation.
25 – 30/01/09
ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting: A Cruise Through Nice Waters. Nice, France.
Oral presentation.
08 – 11/09/08
13th Biennial Challenger Conference for Marine Science. “Our Changing
Oceans”. Bangor, Wales, U.K. Poster presentation.
18 – 22/05/08
10th International Estuarine Biogeochemistry Symposium – Estuaries in a
changing world. State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen, China.
Oral presentation.
19 – 22/09/06
International Society for Reef Studies - European Meeting. University of Bremen,
Germany. Poster presentation.
Invited talks and seminars
13/12/13
GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. Germany.
“Digital holographic microscopy in the marine sciences”
04 – 05/06/13
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) Science Days. Noordwijkerhout, The
Netherlands.
Invited Talk: “The possibilities of the DHM for oceanographic applications”.
13/05/13
Weizmann Institute of Science. Rehovot, Israel.
“Digital holographic microscopy: a unique tool in the study of phytoplankton”
24 – 27/06/13
Marine Biology Live Cell BioImaging Conference. Roscoff, France.
Invited Talk. “Digital holographic microscopy: Visualizing the “invisible” in marine science
applications”.
15/06/12
Marine Station of Wimereux (Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille). France.
“Advanced digital holographic microscopy and 4D imagery for oceanographic
applications”
01/12/11
Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology. Bremen, Germany. “Advanced
digital holographic microscopy and 4D imagery for oceanographic applications”
Teaching/Responsibilities
02/16
Practical teaching for MSc Course Primary Producers of the Sea (BIO458) University of
Gothenburg); Laboratory exercise in microalgae-bacteria interactions: “The biological
carbon pump”.
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09/13 – 12/13
Co-supervision of MSc Internship (NIOZ-Yerseke). Project title: Monitoring of aquatic
microorganisms using differential digital holographic microscopy.
10/13 – 10/14
Co-supervision of MSc Internship (NIOZ-Yerseke). Project title: Electricity!generating
bacteria in the seafloor: optical characterization of extracellular polymeric sheaths.
02/08 – 05/09
Demonstrator (University of Aberdeen)
Assistant for practicals for 2nd year undergraduate course “Ocean Biology”
02/07 – 02/09
Tutorial assistant (University of Aberdeen)
Supervision support for several projects:
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Undergraduate (4th year) Honours project on carbon sources in the Ythan Estuary.
Leonardo placement scholarship (university student) and Nuffield Science Bursary
(high school student) investigating seasonal variation of macrofaunal abundances
for an intertidal sand sediment.
Undergraduate project in small-scale spatial variability of sediment permeability
Courses / Workshops
19 – 23/05/14
Diffusion in aquatic environments. University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Course
leader: Prof. Helle Ploug (UGOT).
29 – 30/10/13
Scientific Image Processing and Analysis. NIOZ-Yerseke, The Netherlands. Course
run by Dr. Jan Brocher (BioVoxxel, Germany), organised by E. Zetsche.
11 – 14/02/13
NIOZ Flow Cytometer Workshop: Comparing instruments in measuring 2-10 !m and
10-50 !m plankton cells. Texel, Netherlands.
28 – 31/01/13
In situ detection of microbial structure and function in the environment. NIOZYerseke, The Netherlands. Training course run by Prof. N. Lee (Technical University
Munich, Germany).
25 – 26/01/12
Chemotaxis assays and video microscopy. Munich, Germany. Training course run by
Ibidi GmbH.
16 – 17/11/11
Cell cultivation under perfusion and live cell imaging. Munich, Germany. Training
course run by Ibidi GmbH
03 – 22/08/08
Aquatic Microbial and Molecular Ecology Training Course. University of Southern
Denmark, Odense, Denmark. Supported by a travel award.
27/07/07
Eco-Imagine GIS and ICZM Geospatial Technologies Training Course. Aberdeen
Exhibition and Conference Centre, Aberdeen, U.K.
18 – 22/06/07
MarBEF Training Course on Measuring Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function in
Estuarine Systems. Gatty Marine Laboratory, St Andrews University, U.K.
09 - 29/07/06
BBRS Coral Reef Ecology Training Course. Bermuda Biological Station for Research
(now BIOS), Bermuda. Supported by a scholarship.
Reviewing and Editorial Services
Guest editor for Marine Chemistry special issue: “Particles in aquatic environments: from invisible
exopolymers to sinking aggregates” (2015).
Reviewer for Biogeosciences, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; PLOS One; Hydrobiologia; International
Journal of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering.
General Skills
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Languages:
German and English – fluent, Dutch – moderate, French – basic.
IT:
Microsoft Office, R-Package, SigmaPlot, LaTeX, ArcView (GIS), ImageJ
Other:
PADI Diver Master Certification
Interests
Travel; photography particularly underwater photography; swimming
Gothenburg, 10.03.2016
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