Karen Helen Wiltshire
Appearance
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Karen Helen Wiltshire (born 1962 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish environmental scientist. She is professor for shelf-ecosystems and one of the vize-directors of Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI).[1]
Wiltshire studied at Trinity College Dublin and graduated with a master's degree in environmental science. She received her Ph.D. and habilitation (2001) in hydrobiology at the University of Hamburg. She worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the GKSS Geesthacht , the University of St. Andrews, Scotland and was appointed Professor of Geosciences at Jacobs University in 2006.[2]
Wiltshire supports Scientists for Future in Germany and took part in a statement at the Bundespressekonferenz in March 2019.[3]
Publications
- The fractionation of phosphorus in sediments of the river Elbe under anaerobic conditions, 1988
- Experimental procedures for the fractionation of phosphorus in sediments with emphasis on anaerobic techniques, 1992
- The influence of microphytobenthos on oxygen and nutrient fluxes between eulittoral sediments and associated water phases in the Elbe estuary, 1992