Sarah Bolius

Sarah Bolius is a researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW) since 2021, specializing in phytoplankton ecology within the PHYTOARK project. Her work focuses on aquatic ecology, algal ecology, and the impacts of climate change and invasive species on marine ecosystems.

• Academic Background: PhD in Biology/Ecology (2018, University of Potsdam), Master's in Biology (2013, Justus Liebig University Giessen), Bachelor's in Biology (2011, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf).

Research Interests include:

• Investigation of functional properties in aquatic systems.
• Strain-specific ecological traits of algae.
• Effects of climate change on marine ecosystems.
• Invasion biology of microbial species like Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii.

Article Trends highlight her expertise in:

• Long-term evolutionary resilience of diatoms in Baltic Sea sediments.
• Mechanisms driving cyanobacterial invasions and their ecological barriers.
• Population genetics of mosquito vectors and their distribution patterns.

Projects include collaborations with:

• DAM_PrimePrevention (Horizon Europe): Predicting marine hazards in the Baltic Sea.
• TRANSEATION (BMBF): Ecosystem-based management of coastal areas.
• UBA-MoSEA (UBA): Modeling eutrophication in the Baltic Sea.
• TouMaLi (BMUV): Sustainable waste management in North African coastal tourism regions.