Svenja Halfter, PhD

What’s the work that you do?

I work on how zooplankton ecology and diversity change the way carbon flows through the ocean and is stored in the deep sea. My current research focuses on the twilight zone in the Southern Ocean, which is a largely understudied zone of the ocean but very important as habitat for many animals and for downward carbon flux.

What keeps you going?

Great students and colleagues, sharing ideas and developing projects, planning and going on fieldwork to polar regions, connecting dots to solve puzzles and advance our knowledge of polar ecosystems, and learning something new every single day!

What’s your message to the world?

We are all smart here, distinguish yourself by being kind!