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MASTS Chair in Marine Biodiversity
- About
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- Email Address
- fkuepper@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 274490
- Office Address
- Professor Frithjof C. Kuepper Chair in Marine Biodiversity Oceanlab University of Aberdeen Main Street Newburgh AB41 6AA Scotland, UK
- School/Department
- School of Biological Sciences
Biography
Frithjof C. Küpper has recently been appointed to the Chair in Marine Biodiversity at the University of Aberdeen (Oceanlab). Before this, he held a readership (2009-2011) / lectureship (2003-2009) and the position of Head of the Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa (CCAP) at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) from 2003-2008. Over the past 24 years, Dr. Küpper has studied the inorganic biochemistry, chemical ecology and physiology of aquatic and marine plants/algae, especially in the context of biotic / abiotic stress and biogeochemical cycles. In his polar research activities both in the Arctic and Antarctic (see below), he is investigating the biodiversity and ecology (in particular, again, pathologies) of marine macroalgae.This work has led to the publication of 66 ISI-listed, peer-reviewed papers and 3 book chapters (cited > 1,500 times, h index: 22). His research interest in algal pathologies and defence reactions arose during his graduate studies with Dieter G. Müller (Konstanz) and Bernard Kloareg (Roscoff) for a joint French-German Ph.D. (1998-2001), which. included the first finding of an oxidative burst in a brown alga.- As a post-doctoral researcher with Prof. Alison Butler at the University of California, Santa Barbara (2001-3), he studied the role of microbial siderophores (metal chelators) in marine ecosystems (where he remains a visiting professor in the Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, EEMB). Within the same context, Frithjof Küpper has collaborated closely with Carl J. Carrano (San Diego State University) and his SAMS colleague, David H. Green, on 2 projects investigating the role of microbial siderophores in microalgal-bacterial symbioses and on metal acquisition and storage in the brown algal genomics model Ectocarpus (ongoing work with Carl J. Carrano and Berthold F. Matzanke), respectively. This work has revealed that certain, photochemically active siderophores enhance algal trace metal nutrition through their photolysis (PNAS 106(40), 17071–6), and that a range of siderophores can bind significant levels of borate (effectively extending the classical paradigm of siderophores being merely iron chelators). In recent years, he has developed particular interests in the use of X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) as a non-invasive probe for biological iodine and bromine (and trace metals), and the atmospheric impact of algal halogen emissions. The latter has resulted in the finding of iodide serving the role of an inorganic antioxidant in kelp, the first described from a living system, with implications for atmospheric and marine chemistry (PNAS 105(19), 6954-8). This work was selected as one of the 100 Science Stories of the Year 2008 by DISCOVER Magazine and received substantial media coverage. Furthermore, Frithjof Küpper is particularly interested in algal pathologies – in particular, the most basal oomycete known to this date, Eurychasma. Frithjof’s group was involved in the annotation of the genome of the first multicellular alga, Ectocarpus (Nature 465, 617-21). Ectocarpus- / Eurychasma-related work in his group has received a substantial amount of funding from NERC (NE/D521522/1; M&FMB International Opportunities Fund; Oceans 2025 WP 4.5; MGF 211; NE/F012578/ ) and other funding sources (German Academic Merit Foundation; two doctoral and one post-doctoral Marie Curie Fellowships of the European Commission).- Frithjof has conducted expeditions and field trips with a scope in phycological / marine research throughout the world, including Malaysia, Chile, Argentina, the Falkland Islands, Ascension Island, Japan, California, Greece and, most recently, the Canadian Arctic (summer 2009) and, in December-January 2010-2011, the Antarctic. Most of these expeditions – but in particular the Arctic and Antarctic – have included scientific diving. Indeed, he is a keen scuba diver and has been certified for scientific diving in the USA (AAUS), UK (HSE Scuba IV) and Europe (European Research Diver Certificate). In this context, he has developed an interest in scientific cinematography, recently resulting in the production of a short documentary, Immersed in the Arctic (Director: Alexandros Giannios, Athens).- Frithjof is a member of the Editorial Boards of Algae and Marine Biotechnology, the Peer Review College of the UK Natural Environment Research Council,the council of the Hellenic Phycological Society, and he was a member of the Council of the British Phycological Society from 2004-2007. Frithjof is fluent in English, French, Modern Greek and German (native language).
External Memberships
Member of the NERC Peer Review College (2009-2012)
Reviewer for the following funding agencies:
British Council; Caribbean Coral Reef Institute; Enterprise Ireland; European Science Foundation; German-Israeli Foundation; Icelandic Research Fund; Marine Biological Association UK; Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs (Greece); National Science Foundation (NSF) USA; Natural Environment Research Council (NERC; Peer Review College Member, 2009-2012); National Research Foundation (NRF) South Africa
Reviewer for the following journals:
Algae; Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics; Environmental Science & Technology; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science; European Journal of Phycology; Functional Plant Biology; International Review of Hydrobiology; Journal of Applied Phycology; Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry; Journal of Phycology; Malaysian Journal of Science; Marine Biotechnology; Marine Chemistry; Mycological Research; New Phytologist; Phycological Research; Plant Biology; Polar Research; Science
Society and Editorial Board Memberships
British Phycological Society (2004- present; member of scientific council: Jan. 2004 - 2007)
Ελληνικη Φυκολογικη Εταιρια (Greek Phycological Society; 2009 – present; member of governing council: Dec. 2011 - present)
Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft (German Botanical Society; 1998 - present)
Sektion Phykologie der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft (Phycological Section of the German Botanical Society; 2006 - present)
Malaysian Society for Marine Science (lifetime member since Nov. 2008)
Naturschutzbund Deutschland (German Wildlife Federation; 1990 - present)
Editorial Board member, Marine Biotechnology (Jan. 2005 – present)
OTEC (Ocean Technology & Environmental Consulting, member of Board of Advisors)
- Research
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Research Overview
Biochemistry and biodiversity of marine algae and microbes
Current Research
Oomycete pathogens of marine algae
Iodine and defense metabolism in marine brown algae
Trace metal uptake and storage in marine algae
Biodiversity and taxonomy of marine brown algae (especially of polar regions and the Mediterranean Sea)
Collaborations
Dr. Pieter van West (Aberdeen Oomycete Laboratory, University of Aberdeen)
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ims/staff/details.php?id=p.vanwest
Prof. Carl J. Carrano (Bioinorganic Chemistry, San Diego State University)
http://www.chemistry.sdsu.edu/faculty/Carrano/
Prof. Christos Katsaros (Phycology, University of Athens)
http://www.ckatsaros.phycology.gr/
http://www.biol.uoa.gr/tomeis/tomeas-botanikis/xristos-katsaros.html
Dr. Martin C. Feiters (Radboud University Nijmegen)
http://www.orgchem.science.ru.nl/people/martinfeiters.php
Prof. Lucy J. Carpenter (University of York)
http://www.york.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/academic/a-c/lcarpenter/
Prof. George W. Luther III (University of Delaware, Lewes)
http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/people/profile.aspx?luther
Unité de Recherche Végétaux Marins et Biomolécules (CNRS-UPMC Station Biologique de Roscoff)
(Dr. Philippe Potin, Dr. Akira F. Peters, Dr. J. Mark Cock, Dr. Catherine Leblanc)
http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/umr7139.html
Dr. Claire M.M. Gachon (Scottish Association for Marine Science)
http://www.smi.ac.uk/claire-gachon
Prof. Hendrik Küpper (University of Konstanz)
http://www.uni-konstanz.de/FuF/Bio/kuepper/Homepage/AG_Kuepper_Homepage.html
Dr. Martin D.J. Sayer & UK National Facility for Scientific Diving (Scottish Association for Marine Science)
http://www.nfsd.org.uk/index.htm
Funding and Grants
(only currently active grants listed)
Algal and oomycete diversity in the Canadian Marine Arctic (2009-)
(TOTAL Foundation)
Brown Algal Ecology and Biodiversity in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea (2010-)
(TOTAL Foundation)
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
ZO4808: Marine Benthic Ecology
(Coordinator; lectures mostly on phycological subjects)
BI 25Z2: Ocean Biology(lectures: Introduction to Phycology; Bioinorganic Chemistry of Marine Organisms) - Publications
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Analysing species diversity in rocky intertidal communities on multiple spatial scales among three understudied eastern Pacific ecoregions
DiversityContributions to Journals: ArticlesA new species of Pontocrates Boeck, 1871 (Amphipoda, Oedicerotidae) from Cyprus
Zootaxa, vol. 5474 , no. 1, pp. 59-67Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMacroalgal eukaryotic microbiome composition indicates novel phylogenetic diversity and broad host spectrum of oomycete pathogens
Environmental Microbiology, vol. 26, no. 6, e16656Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCosmopolitan geographic distribution of Phaeosaccion multiseriatum (Phaeosacciaceae, Phaeosacciophyceae), and description of P. westermeieri sp. nov. from Chile
Botanica MarinaContributions to Journals: ArticlesA case for trans-regional intertidal research in unstudied areas in the northeast and southeast Pacific: Filling the gaps
Coasts, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 323-346Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLive classroom teaching from the Arctic to the USA and Europe: five different case studies.- Education in the North
Education in the NorthContributions to Journals: ArticlesRediscovery of the rare Cladochroa chnoosporiformis Skottsberg from the Falkland Islands and its merger with Utriculidium durvillei Skottsberg
Botanica MarinaContributions to Journals: ArticlesAlgal cover as a driver of diversity in communities associated with mussel assemblages across Eastern Pacific ecoregions
Marine Ecology, vol. 45, no. 1, e12785Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHow to Decarbonize Greece by Comparing Wind and PV Energy: A Land Eligibility Analysis
Energies, vol. 17, no. 3, 567Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLaurencia mediterranea sp. nov. (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) from the central Mediterranean Sea
Botanica Marina, vol. 66, no. 6, pp. 507-519Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHarnessing Symbiotic Mixotrophic Microalgal-Bacterial Biofilms for N and P Elimination
Phycology, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 459-471Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEcophysiology of Kuwaiti macroalgae with special emphasis on temperature and salinity tolerance related to the conditions at desalination plant outfalls
Botanica Marina, vol. 66, no. 5, pp. 373-390Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSynchrotron X-rays reveal the modes of Fe binding and trace metal storage in the brown algae Laminaria digitata and Ectocarpus siliculosus
Metallomics, vol. 15, no. 10, mfad058Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPolychaetes (Annelida) of Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean Sea): An Updated and Annotated Checklist including New Distribution Records
Diversity, vol. 15, no. 8, 941Contributions to Journals: ArticlesΜείωση των εκπομπών διοξειδίου του άνθρακα από ξενοδοχειακές μονάδες σε μη διασυνδεδεμένα νησιά: Παράδειγμα μελέτης σε ξενοδοχείο μεσαίου μεγέθους στη Ρόδο
Journal of the Greek society for the protection of nature , vol. 175, pp. 28-31Contributions to Journals: ArticlesΟι κοινότητες των Ινουίτ στον Καναδικό Αρκτικό Κύκλο και το περιβάλλον: The Inuit communities in Canada Arctic Circle and the environment
Journal of the Greek society for the protection of nature , vol. 175, pp. 24-27Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAssessment of the macroalgal diversity of Kuwait by using the Germling Emergence Method
Algae, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 127-139Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPredicting diversity in benthic macro-scale communities associated with mussel matrices in three Pacific ecoregions
Marine Ecology, vol. 44, no. 2, e12741Contributions to Journals: ArticlesKuwaitiella rubra gen. et sp. nov. (Bangiales, Rhodophyta), a new filamentous genus and species from the north-western Indian Ocean
Phycological Research, vol. 70, no. 4, pp. 192-202Contributions to Journals: ArticlesGermling culture and molecular analysis of evasive micro-filamentous green algae growing in the Maltese islands (central Mediterranean)
Botanica Marina, vol. 65, no. 4, pp. 243-254Contributions to Journals: ArticlesWhat’s new in marine botany of the Eastern Mediterranean?
Botanica Marina, vol. 65, no. 4, pp. 221-230Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNew confirmed depth-limit of Antarctic macroalgae: Palmaria decipiens found at 100 m depth in the Southern Ocean
Polar Biology, vol. 45, no. 12, pp. 1459-1463Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEffects of flooding on the Mediterranean seagrass Cymodocea nodosa in relation to environmental degradation
Botanica Marina, vol. 65, no. 4, pp. 301-313Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRobert Thayer Wilce, pioneer of Arctic marine botany (9 December 1924 – 26 February 2022)
Botanica Marina, vol. 65, no. 3, pp. 153-158Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBenthic biodiversity near brine discharge sites in the Port of Rotterdam
Water Resources and Industry, vol. 27, 100173Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBiogeography pattern of the marine angiosperm Cymodocea nodosa in the eastern Mediterranean Sea related to the quaternary climatic changes
Ecology and Evolution, vol. 12, no. 5, e8911Contributions to Journals: ArticlesReducing Carbon Emissions from the Tourist Accommodation Sector on Non-Interconnected Islands: A Case Study of a Medium-Sized Hotel in Rhodes, Greece
Energies, vol. 15, no. 10, 3801Contributions to Journals: ArticlesΑδέσποτες γάτες και άγρια ζωή στην Ελλάδα από την άποψη της διατήρησης της φύσης και των διεθνών νομικών υποχρεώσεων της χώρας
Journal of the Greek society for the protection of nature , vol. 172, pp. 27-28Contributions to Journals: ArticlesResponses of the Mediterranean seagrass Cymodocea nodosa to combined temperature and salinity stress at the ionomic, transcriptomic, ultrastructural and photosynthetic levels
Marine Environmental Research, vol. 175, 105512Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHalogens in seaweeds: Biological and Environmental Significance
Phycology, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 132–171Contributions to Journals: ArticlesChitin localisation in the exit tubes of the holocarpic oomycete Anisolpidium rosenvingei
Botanica Marina, vol. 64, no. 6, pp. 455-460Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2021-0018
Laminaria kelps impact iodine speciation chemistry in coastal seawater
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, vol. 262, 107531Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAssessment of Arabian Gulf Seaweeds from Kuwait as Sources of Nutritionally Important Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs)
Foods, vol. 10, no. 10, 2442Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTrace element concentrations in seaweeds of the Arabian Gulf identified by morphology and DNA barcodes
Botanica Marina, vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 327-338Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSulfoquinovose metabolism in marine algae
Botanica Marina, vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 301-312Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNew insights on Laminaria digitata ultrastructure through combined conventional chemical fixation and cryofixation
Botanica Marina, vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 177-187Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAspects of environmental impacts of seawater desalination: Cyprus as a case study
Desalination and Water Treatment, vol. 211, pp. 15-30Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAssessing watermilfoil invasion effects on native macrophyte communities in North American lakes using a novel approach for macrophyte sampling
Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, vol. 422, no. 1, pp. 1-9Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDiversity and composition of algal epiphytes on the Mediterranean seagrass Cymodocea nodosa: a scale-based study
Botanica Marina, vol. 64, no. 2, pp. 101-118Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIodine and fluorine concentrations in seaweeds of the Arabian Gulf identified by morphology and DNA barcodes
Botanica Marina, vol. 63, no. 6, pp. 509-519Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMorphological and molecular evidence for the recognition of hypoglossum sabahense sp. Nov. (delesseriaceae, rhodophyta) from sabah, malaysia
Algae, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 157-165Contributions to Journals: ArticlesΗ κλιματική αλλαγή στους πόλους και οι επιπτώσεις της στη θαλάσσια ζωή
Journal of the Greek society for the protection of nature , vol. 166, pp. 23-27Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe current state of DNA barcoding of macroalgae in the Mediterranean Sea: presently lacking but urgently required
Botanica Marina, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 253-272Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/botm/ahead-of-print/article-10.1515-bot-2019-0041/article-10.1515-bot-2019-0041.xml
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2019-0041
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/16141/1/Bartolo_etal_BM_Current_state_AAM.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Morphological, genotypic and metabolomic signatures confirm interfamilial hybridization between the ubiquitous kelps Macrocystis (Arthrothamnaceae) and Lessonia (Lessoniaceae)
Scientific Reports, vol. 10, 8279Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe influence of depth and season on the benthic communities of a Macrocystis pyrifera forest in the Falkland Islands
Polar Biology, vol. 43, pp. 573-586Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-020-02662-x
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Macroalgal vegetation on a north European artificial reef (Loch Linnhe, Scotland): biodiversity, community types and role of abiotic factors
Journal of Applied Phycology, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 1353-1363Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Minute Alga Schizocladia ischiensis (Schizocladiophyceae, Ochrophyta) Isolated by Germling Emergence from 24 m Depth off Rhodes (Greece)
Diversity, vol. 12, no. 3, 102Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe influence of marine algae on iodine speciation in the coastaocean
Algae, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 167-176Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNew records of the rare deep-water alga Sebdenia monnardiana (Rhodophyta) and the alien Dictyota cyanoloma (Phaeophyceae) and the unresolved case of deep-water kelp in the Ionian and Aegean Seas (Greece)
Botanica Marina, vol. 62, no. 6, pp. 577–586Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2019-0033
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13385/1/K_pper_etal_BotaMari_VOR.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Dictyota falklandica sp. nov. (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) from the Falkland Islands and southernmost South America
Phycologia, vol. 58, no. 6, pp. 640-647Contributions to Journals: Articles