Thünen: New cooperation professorship with Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences and the Thünen Institute

Institute of

SF Sea Fisheries

Our colleague Miriam Püts has been announced as Professor for Marine Bioresources in the degree programme Biotechnology of Marine Resources.

Our colleague Miriam Püts together with the Rector of the Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences , Prof. Dr. Dr. Alexis Papathanassis, at the ceremonial act of handing over the contract.

This first cooperation professorship between the Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences and the Thünen Institute will be the start of a long-term collaboration and will further intensify the cooperation between the two institutions.

Miriam Püts has already completed her Master's degree in cooperation with the Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries and has been working as a research associate in the Marine Living Resources research unit since 2016. During this time, her research has focused on ecosystem modelling, which was also the subject of her PhD thesis. Miriam's future research will focus on modelling the effects of marine protected areas and offshore wind energy on marine bioresources and their sustainable use.

Further information about the project can be found on our project website "Becoming and being a professor in Bremerhaven".

Are you also interested in a professorship at the University of Applied Sciences in Bremerhaven? You can find more information here: "Together towards new horizons: Becoming a professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Bremerhaven".