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Friederike Bungenstock

Dr. rer nat., Dipl.-Geologin

Head of unit Coastal- and Quaternary Geology

Tel.: +49 4421 915-142

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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6774-1362


Vita

  • since 2002: Head of the department Coastal and Quaternary Geology at the Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research (part-time for family reasons)
  • 2005: PhD at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn "The Holocene sea level rise south of the East Frisian island Langeoog, southern North Sea - high-frequency sea level changes during the last 6000 years"
  • 2000-2003: Research assistant at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn
  • 1994-2000: Studies of Geology and Palaeontology at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Graduation: diploma in Geology

Stays for study and research in Wyoming/USA (Johns Hopkins University), London/England (University College), Ceará/Brazil (Universidade de Fortaleza), Northern Ireland (University of Ulster)

Research

My research focuses on sea level changes since the last ice age and their impact on coastal landscape development. I am particularly interested in the interplay between subsurface geological pre-conditions, regional and local sediment supply, and the influence of long-term sea-level rise as opposed to storms as single events. Especially during the last two millenia, the influence of human land use and coastal protection has been added. The question arises how much and what we can see in the sedimentary record and what we can infer from our knowledge of post-glacial landscape evolution for future coastal development.

Current projects

  • WADWAD - Action Plan for ecosystem-based land-sea transition Zones, Funding: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Federal Ministry for Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), Dutch Research Council (NWO), 2024 - 2028
  • CoastAdapt: Sustainable coastal protection for Lower Saxony, Funding: Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture (MWK) and Volkswagen Foundation, 2024 - 2028
  • SUBNORDICA - Submerged Landscapes in the North and Baltic Seas, Funding: ERC Synergy Grant, 2024 - 2030.
  • Beach ridges and dwelling mounds in Butjadingen/Southern North Sea Coast - Settlement dynamics in the area of a prograding coast during the Roman Imperial Period, Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG), 2023 - 2026

Completed projects

  • WASA - Wadden Sea archive of landscape evolution, climate change and settlement history: exploration - analysis - predictive modelling, Funding: Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture (MWK) and Volkswagen Foundation, 2016 - 2020
  • Beach ridge systems as an indicator of sea level development and coastline shifts, Magilligan Spit/Northern Ireland, Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG), 2016.
  • Clay mineral analysis for a better understanding of the development of Lago Grande and Rio Coreaú estuary during Holocene sea level rise, Ceará/Brazil, Funding: Foundation of the State of Ceará for the Promotion of Science (FUNCAP), 2015-2016.
  • Jade Bay Project: Development of the Jade Bay since the last glacial period - a baseline study for a coastal database in Lower Saxony, Funding: Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony (MWK) and the Volkswagen Foundation, 2008 – 2011

Memberships, honorary posts and awards

  • Advisory Board - Netherlands Journal of Geosciences
  • DEUQUA - German Quaternary Association
  • IAS - International Association of Sedimentologists
  • Associate member of the Quaternary Stratigraphy sub-commission of the German Stratigraphic Commission
  • DGGV e.V. - German Geological Society - Geological Association e.V.
  • Working group of the Geography of the Seas and Coasts
  • GEFFRUB Prize 2006 (awarded by the Society of Friends and Sponsors of the University of Bonn for the best dissertations at the University of Bonn)