Contact
Email: hanna.paulsen@mpimet.mpg.de
Phone: +49-40-41173-245
Office: 124
Address
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
Bundesstraße 53
20146 Hamburg
Department
Research Group
PostDoc
since 2018: PostDoc at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany. (Project: PalMod)
PhD
2014 - 2017: PhD candidate at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany, International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modelling (Dissertation: The effects of marine nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria on ocean biogeochemistry and climate - an Earth system model perspective)
University
2011 - 2014 MSc in physical Oceanography at the University of Hamburg, Germany (Master thesis: Eddy generation within the Deep Western Boundary Current in the South Atlantic)
10/2012-12/2012 Internship at the Institute of Oceanography, University of Capetown, South Africa (DAAD scholarship)
2009 - 2013 Student research assistant at the Department of Experimental Oceanography, Institute of Oceanography, University of Hamburg
2008 - 2011 BSc in Geophysics/Oceanography at the University of Hamburg, Germany
Voluntary Ecological Year
2007 - 2008 Voluntary Ecological Year at Ltd. Artefact, International Centre for Sustainable Development, Glücksburg, Germany
2013 Meteor expedition M99 (Walvis Bay – Walvis Bay)
2012 Poseidon expedition Pos437/2 (Reykjavik – Tromsø)
2011 Meteor expedition M85/2 (St. Johns - Reykjavik)
2010 Poseidon expedition Pos399/1a (Lissabon - Faro)
Posters and Presentations
"Implications of glacial sea level variations for ocean biogeochemistry". Paulsen, H., T. Ilyina, V. Meccia, B. Liu, K.D. Six, I. Stemmler, T. Kleinen, V. Brovkin. PalMod International Open Science Conference 2018, Vienna. (Poster)
"Phytoplankton decline under rising CO2 amplifies tropical warming through changes in light absorption". Paulsen, H., T. Ilyina, J. Jungclaus, K.D. Six, I. Stemmler. Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018, Portland. (Poster)
"Influence of light absorption by marine biota on climate projections under rising CO2". Paulsen, H., T. Ilyina, J. Jungclaus, K.D. Six, I. Stemmler. 4th International Conference on Earth System Modelling 2017, Hamburg. (Poster)
"Impacts of phytoplankton light absorption on the response of tropical climate to increasing CO2". Paulsen, H., T. Ilyina, J. Jungclaus, K.D. Six, I. Stemmler. 10th International Carbon Dioxide Conference 2017, Interlaken. (Poster)
"Incorporating prognostic marine nitrogen fixers and related bio-physical feedbacks in an Earth system model". Paulsen, H., T. Ilyina, and K.D. Six. Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016, New Orleans. (Presentation)
"Implementing a prognostic representation of nitrogen fixers and related bio-physical feedbacks in an Earth system model" Paulsen, H., T. Ilyina, and K. D. Six. SOLAS Open Science Conference 2015, Kiel. (Poster)
"Incorporating nitrogen fixing cyanobacteria in the global biogeochemical model HAMOCC." Paulsen, H., T. Ilyina, and K.D. Six. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. Vol. 17. 2015. Wien. (Poster)
Publications
Paulsen, H., Ilyina, T., Jungclaus, J. H., Six, K. D., and Stemmler, I.: Light absorption by marine cyanobacteria affects tropical climate mean state and variability, Earth Syst. Dynam. Discuss., doi.org/10.5194/esd-2018-65, in review, 2018.
Paulsen, H., The effects of marine nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria on ocean biogeochemistry and climate – an Earth system model perspective, PhD thesis, University of Hamburg, 2018.
Paulsen, H., T. Ilyina., K. D. Six., and I. Stemmler, Incorporating a prognostic
representation of marine nitrogen fixers into the global ocean biogeochemical model HAMOCC,
J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 2017.