Mareike de Breuyn

Past members

VSRP Student

Research Interests

Mareike has a strong background in Marine Biology and is a passionate research diver. She specialises in tropical marine ecology and has previously worked in reef restoration with a focus on artificial reefs and reintroducing populations of the long-spined sea urchins in the Caribbean Netherlands. She is currently interested in finding antagonistic candidates that have the potential to improve coral holobiont health under environmental stress, thereby reducing coral bleaching. For her MSc thesis Mareike will be investigating the short-term effects of probiotics on the coral holobiont functioning with an emphasis on nitrogen pathways (nitrogen fixation and denitrification).

Education

  • 2017 - 2021 BSc Coastal and Marine Management at Van Hall Larenstein University, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
  • 2021 - expected Sep 2023 MSc Marine Biology, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

KAUST Affiliations

Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)

Non-KAUST Affiliations

 Marine Ecology Lab, Centre for Environmental Research and Sustainable Technologies (UFT), University of Bremen

Research Interests Keywords

Marine Ecology Conservation Biology Reef Restoration Artificial Reefs Coral Physiology Nitrogen Cycling