Guenther Uher

born 08.11.1960 in Karlsruhe, Germany

Address

School of Marine Science and Technology, Ridley Building (Claremont Road), Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, England, UK

Telephone +44(0)191 222 6228/6661, E-mail: Guenther.Uher@ncl.ac.uk

http://www.ncl.ac.uk/marine/staff/profile/guenther.uher

Current Status:

Teaching and Research Officer (since 03 / 2001)

School of Marine Sciences & Technology, Newcastle University, UK

Research Themes

Marine trace gas emissions,

Dissolved organic matter biogeochemistry,

Aquatic photochemistry,

Nutrient biogeochemistry

Research Funding & supervision

PI / Co-I on 6 NERC grants, Total funding £ 866k

Completed supervision of 10 PhD students

(details below)

Education:

11 / 2002

Newcastle University

Certificate for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (CTLHE)

05 / 1990 - 05 / 1994

Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

Qualification

Doctor of Philosophy (Dr. rer. nat.),

“Carbonyl sulphide photoproduction in seawater”

10 / 1980 ‑

 11 / 1988

University of Karlsruhe (TH), Karlsruhe, Germany

Qualification

Dipl. Chem. in Chemistry

“Determination of hydrogen peroxide in the presence of organic peroxides”

Research Funding

PI / Co-I on 6 NERC grants, Total funding £ 866k

The impact of dissolved organic matter photochemistry on the marine nitrogen cycle (NERC, £142k, 1999-2002)(NERC-GANE)

Ammonium photoproduction in oligotrophic seas (NERC, £15k, 2002–2003)

Origins, transformations, and biological uptake of organic nitrogen in river-sea systems (Newcastle: £36k, Edinburgh: £125k, 2001-2004)(NERC-GANE)

The Atlantic Meridional Transect programme: N₂O cycling & CDOM photochemistry (NERC consortium award, £48k, 2001-2006)

Nitrification, denitrification and nitrous oxide in Indian mangrove ecosystems, (NERC, £ 275k, 2002-2005)

The contribution of atmospheric methane from coastal marine sources, (NERC, £ 348k, 2002-2005)

Host to visiting fellows

S Akella, UNESCO Keizo Obuchi fellow 2004;

H W Bange (MARE science prize 1999) IfM, Kiel, DE

PhD supervision

Completed PhD projects:

Paul Mann (2010) Ammonium photoproduction in seawater

Clare Swift (2009) Environmental impact of seawater scrubbing

Anastasios Anestis (2008) Estuarine nitrogen cycling

Louise Tizzard (2008) Coastal methane from geological sources

Emma Suddick (2007) Ammonium photoproduction (with UHI/Aberdeen)

Julian Pillans (2006) Dimethyl sulphide photo-oxidation

Grant Forster (2006) Methane & nitrous oxide

Robert Spencer (2005) DOM and inorganic nitrogen in estuaries

Vassilis Kitidis (2002) CDOM dynamics and photoammonification

Aron P. Stubbins (2001) Aspects of aquatic CO photoproduction

Completed Masters:

Jenna Robinson (2009) CDOM photochemistry

Memberships:

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

International Humic Substances Society

Challenger Society for Marine Science, UK

Professional Roles

Member of NERC Peer Review College

Member of NERC MethaneNet knowledge transfer network, 2009-11

Invited member of the EU network COST, Action 735, "Tools for Assessing Global Air–Sea Fluxes of Climate and Air Pollution Relevant Gases", 2006-2011.

Member of NERC FLUORONET knowledge transfer network, 2006-9

Invited member of the CARBOEUROPE-GHG initiative on greenhouse gas emissions from the European Coastal Zone, 2002-5

EGU General Assemblies 2006-2009: Session Convener “Biogeochemistry of dissolved organic matter".