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Dr. Simon Jungblut is a marine ecologist and zoologist. After completing a bachelor’s degree
in biology and chemistry at the University of Bremen, Germany, he studied the international
program Erasmus Mundus Master of Science in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at the
University of Bremen; the University of Oviedo, Spain; and Ghent University, Belgium.
Afterwards, he completed a PhD project entitled: “Ecology and Ecophysiology on Invasive
and Native Decapod Crabs in the Southern North Sea” at the University of Bremen in cooperation with the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in
Bremerhaven and was awarded the doctoral title in natural sciences at the University of Bremen
in December 2017.
Since 2015, Simon is actively contributing to the YOUMARES conference series. After
hosting some conference sessions, he is the main organizer of the scientific program since
2017.
Dr. Viola Liebich is a biologist from Berlin, who worked on invasive tunicates for her diploma
thesis at the Wadden Sea Station Sylt of the Alfred Wegener Institute. With a PhD scholarship
by the International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs, Hamburg, and after her
thesis work at the Institute for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science, Hamburg, and the Royal
Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Texel, the Netherlands, she finished her thesis “Invasive
Plankton: Implications of and for Ballast Water Management” in 2013.
For three years, until 2015, Viola Liebich worked for a project on sustainable brown shrimp
fishery and stakeholder communication at the WWF Center for Marine Conservation and
started her voluntary YOUMARES work one year later. In 2017, she also became elected
member of the DGM steering group. She is currently working as a self-employed consultant
on marine and maritime management (envio maritime).
Dr. Maya Bode is a marine biologist, who accomplished her Bachelor of Science in biology
at the University of Göttingen, Germany, and her Master of Science in marine biology at the
University of Bremen, Germany. Thereafter, she completed her PhD thesis entitled “Pelagic
Biodiversity and Ecophysiology of Copepods in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean: Latitudinal and
Bathymetric Aspects” at the University of Bremen in cooperation with the Alfred Wegener
Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven and the German
Center for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB) at the Senckenberg am Meer in
Wilhelmshaven. She received her doctorate in natural sciences at the University of Bremen in
March 2016.
Since 2016, Maya is a board member of the German Society for Marine Research (DGM)
and actively contributes to the YOUMARES conference series as organizer of the scientific
program.
About the Editors
Dr. Simon Jungblut is a marine ecologist and zoologist. After completing a bachelor’s degree
in biology and chemistry at the University of Bremen, Germany, he studied the international
program Erasmus Mundus Master of Science in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at the
University of Bremen; the University of Oviedo, Spain; and Ghent University, Belgium.
Afterwards, he completed a PhD project entitled: “Ecology and Ecophysiology on Invasive
and Native Decapod Crabs in the Southern North Sea” at the University of Bremen in cooperation with the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in
Bremerhaven and was awarded the doctoral title in natural sciences at the University of Bremen
in December 2017.
Since 2015, Simon is actively contributing to the YOUMARES conference series. After
hosting some conference sessions, he is the main organizer of the scientific program since
2017.
Dr. Viola Liebich is a biologist from Berlin, who worked on invasive tunicates for her diploma
thesis at the Wadden Sea Station Sylt of the Alfred Wegener Institute. With a PhD scholarship
by the International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs, Hamburg, and after her
thesis work at the Institute for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science, Hamburg, and the Royal
Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Texel, the Netherlands, she finished her thesis “Invasive
Plankton: Implications of and for Ballast Water Management” in 2013.
For three years, until 2015, Viola Liebich worked for a project on sustainable brown shrimp
fishery and stakeholder communication at the WWF Center for Marine Conservation and
started her voluntary YOUMARES work one year later. In 2017, she also became elected
member of the DGM steering group. She is currently working as a self-employed consultant
on marine and maritime management (envio maritime).
Dr. Maya Bode is a marine biologist, who accomplished her Bachelor of Science in biology
at the University of Göttingen, Germany, and her Master of Science in marine biology at the
University of Bremen, Germany. Thereafter, she completed her PhD thesis entitled “Pelagic
Biodiversity and Ecophysiology of Copepods in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean: Latitudinal and
Bathymetric Aspects” at the University of Bremen in cooperation with the Alfred Wegener
Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven and the German
Center for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB) at the Senckenberg am Meer in
Wilhelmshaven. She received her doctorate in natural sciences at the University of Bremen in
March 2016.
Since 2016, Maya is a board member of the German Society for Marine Research (DGM)
and actively contributes to the YOUMARES conference series as organizer of the scientific
program.
About the Editors