Benjamin Pontiller

Dr. Benjamin Pontiller is a researcher at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany, within the Marine Biogeochemistry Research Division and Biological Oceanography Research Unit. His work focuses on microbial carbon cycling in marine environments, particularly the role of bacterioplankton in transforming dissolved organic carbon (DOC).

• Current projects: INDICOM, ICEBERG, HOMER, BIOCAT
• Recent expeditions: RV SONNE (Indian Ocean 2024), RV POLARSTERN (Arctic 2024), RV METEOR (Atlantic 2022)

His research integrates omics technologies with chemical and rate measurements to understand microbial functional potential in:

• Coastal upwelling systems
• Deep Arctic Ocean (HAUSGARTEN)
• Baltic Sea phage dynamics
• Trace metal impacts on microbial communities

Education:

• PhD in Ecology (Marine Microbial Ecology) - Linnaeus University 2021
• MSc in Ecology (Marine Biology) - University of Vienna 2015
• BSc in Biology - University of Vienna 2013