Martina Karle
Dr. rer. nat., Dipl.-Geologin
Senior researcher
Head of unit coastal geology
Tel.: +49-4421 915-156
Publications
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5752-5586
Vita
- since 2016: Head of Department Coastal and Quaternary Geology at the Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research (part-time)
- since 2011: Research assistant at the NIhK
- 2008-2008: Research assistant at the Senckenberg am Meer research institute, department Actuopalaeontology, Wilhelmshaven
- 2008: PhD at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the Philipps University in Marburg: “Turbulence-controlled erosion behaviour of tidal flat sediments in the tidal flats of the island of Spiekeroog - investigations with high-resolution sonar technology”
- 2004-2008: Research assistant at the Senckenberg am Meer Research Institute, Department of Marine Sedimentology, Wilhelmshaven
- 2000-2004: Research assistant at the Department of Geosciences, Philipps University Marburg
- 1990-1998: Studies of geology and palaeontology at the Philipps University of Marburg. Graduation: Diploma in Geology
Study and research stays in Roscoff, Brittany (France)
Research
I am working on a process-oriented understanding of the interrelationships between coastal morphological processes and the changes in human habitats in the north German coastal region during the Holocene.
Since February 2016, I have been leading the Coastal and Quaternary Geology department at the NIhK together with Friederike Bungenstock. In our team, we work on projects on various interdisciplinary issues on the coast. Areas of investigation include estuaries, mudflats, islands, marshes and other coastal zones on the North Sea and Baltic Sea. The research focuses on the relationship between natural landscape dynamics and human adaptation strategies.
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.
Completed Projects
- Preserved in the bog - relics of prehistoric settlement landscapes in the Elbe-Weser triangle. Funding: Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture (MWK), Pro*Niedersachsen, 2019-2021
- 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
- Early Medieval Ports between the Wismar Bight and the Danzig Bight. Funding: German Research Foundation Priority Programme 1630 “Harbours from the Roman Iron Age to the Middle Ages”, 2012-2018
- Settlement- and Cultural History of the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea Region, Funding: Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture (MWK), 2012-2015
- 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