CURRICULUM VITAE Dr. Sven Alexander Kranz - Princeton University

CURRICULUM VITAE
Dr. Sven Alexander Kranz
Princeton University
Department of Geoscience PHONE: 609-258-2489
152 Guyot Hall FAX: 609-258-5248
Princeton 08540 MAIL: skranz@princeton.edu
New Jersey/ USA
EDUCATION
2006-2010: University of Bremen / Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
(AWI) Bremerhaven / Helmholtz Graduate School POLMAR, Germany
PhD Thesis - Carbon and nitrogen acquisition of the diazotroph Trichodesmium in
a high CO2 world
(Prof. Dieter Wolf-Gladrow, Dr. Björn Rost)
2005-2006: Technical University of Kaiserslautern / AWI Bremerhaven, Germany
Diploma-Thesis - (title translated) Ecophysiological studies on the C and N
acquisition of the cyanobacterium Trichodesmium
(Dr. Dieter Sültemeyer, Dr. Björn Rost)
RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE
Since 09-2011: Research Associate - Geoscience; Princeton University
(Prof. F.M.M. Morel)
04-2010/08-2011: Research Associate - ERC Young Investigator Group PhytoChange at the
Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
(Dr. Björn Rost)
08-2006/04-2011: Reasearch assistant – Marine Biogeoscience at the Alfred-Wegener Institute for
Polar and Marine Research
(Prof. Dieter Wolf-Gladrow; Dr. Björn Rost)
04-05/2009: Participant in field experiment Capo Verde;–“Identification of diazotrophs and
phytoplankton communities and their responses on nutrient addition at different
CO2 concentrations”,
IFM Geomar, Kiel (Prof. Julie LaRoche), Germany/ Bar Ilan University/TelAviv,
Israel (Prof. Ilana Berman-Frank), Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine
Research Bremerhaven, Germany
02-06/2008: Visiting Scientist, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
(Prof. Peter Ralph)
RSEARCH
INTERESTS Biogeochemical cycles, Phytoplankton, C-acquisition by phytoplankton,, N2
fixation, pCO2 effects on phytoplankton
LANGUAGES German, English
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List of Publications Sven A. Kranz
Published or accepted publications
Petrou, K.; Kranz, S. A.; Doblin, M.; Ralph, P. (accepted by Plant and Cell Physiology)
Photophysiological responses of Fragilariopsis cylindrus (Grunow) to nitrogen depletion at two
temperatures.
Kranz, S. A., Eichner, M., Rost, B. (2011). Interactions between CCM and N2 fixation in Trichodesmium,
Photosynthesis Research. DOI: 10.1007/s11120-010-9611-3
Kranz S. A., Wolf-Gladrow D, Nehrke, G., Langer G, Rost B. (2010) Calcium carbonate precipitation
induced by the growth of the marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium. Limnology and Oceanography,
Limnology and Oceanography, 55(6), 2563-2569., doi:10.4319/lo.2010.55.6.2563 .
Kranz, S. A., Levitan, O., Richter, K. -U., Prasil, O., Berman-Frank, I., Rost, B. (2010). Combined effects
of CO2 and light on the N2 fixing cyanobacterium Trichodesmium IMS101: Physiological responses,
Plant Physiology, 154, 334-345. doi:10.1104/pp.110.159145
Levitan, O., Kranz, S. A., Spungin, D., Prasil, O., Rost, B., Berman-Frank, I. (2010). Combined effects of
CO2 and light on the N2 fixing cyanobacterium Trichodesmium IMS101: A mechanistic view, Plant
Physiology, 154, 346-356. doi:10.1104/pp.110.159285
Ralph, P., Wilhelm, C., Lavaud, J., Jakob, T. , Petrou, K., Kranz, S. A. (2010). Fluorescence as a tool to
understand changes in photosynthetic electron flow regulation, Developments in Applied Phycology
4; Chlorophyll a Fluorescence in Aquatic Sciences: Methods and Applications, Chapter 12, 75-89.
(Eds. D. Suggett, O. Prasil, MA Borowitzka). doi:10.1007/978-90-481-9268-7
Kranz, S. A., Sültemeyer, D., Richter, K. -U., Rost, B. (2009). Carbon acquisition in Trichodesmium: the
effect of pCO2 and diurnal changes, Limnology and Oceanography. 54(3): 548-559.
Rost, B., Kranz, S. A., Richter, K. -U., Tortell, P. D. (2007). Isotope disequilibrium and mass
spectrometric studies of inorganic carbon acquisition by phytoplankton, Limnology and
Oceanography: Methods, 5, 328-337.
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List of Presentations and Poster Sven A. Kranz
Talks 2011:
Kranz, S. A., Wolf-Gladrow, D., Nehrke, G., Langer, G., Rost, B .Calcium Carbonate Precipitation by the
Marine Cyanobacterium Trichodesmium, Goldschmidt 2011, August 14-19, 2011, Prague, Czech
Republic
Kranz, S. A., Wolf-Gladrow, D., Nehrke, G., Langer, G., Rost, B. Calcium Carbonate Precipitation by the
Marine Cyanobacterium Trichodesmium, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen, Seminar.
Kranz, S. A. .Trichodesmium - a diazotroph in a changing world, Department of Geosciences · Princeton
University · Guyot Hall · Princeton NJ.
Rost, B., Kranz, S. A., Eichner, M. Interactions and limitations of CO2 and N2 fixation in Trichodesmium,
111th General Meeting American Society for Microbiology, May 21-24, New Orleans, Louisiania, USA.
Talks 2010:
Kranz, S. A., Levitan, O., Berman-Frank, I., Rost, B. CO2-dependend energy allocation in Trichodesmium,
VIIth International Symposium on Inorganic Carbon Utilization by Aquatic Photosynthetic Organisms
(CCM7), 29. August – 2. September, Awaji-Hyogo, Japan.
Kranz, S. A., Rost, B., Richter, K.-U.(2010).New approaches to assess the responses of phytoplankton to
Global Change, AWI-IUP seminar "Polar Processes II".
Poster 2010
Kranz, S. A., Eichner, M., Levitan, O., Berman-Frank, I., Rost, B.CO2-dependent energy allocation in
Trichodesmium, BIOACID / EPOCA / UKOARP Meeting Bremerhaven, 27.-30.09.2010.
Talks 2009:
Kranz, S., Levitan, O., Berman-Frank, I., Richter, K. -U., Prasil, O., Rost, B.(2009).CO2 and light effects
on growth, photosynthesis, carbon acquisition and nitrogen fixation of the diazotrophic cyanobacteria
Trichodemium , ASLO, 25 - 30 January 2009, Nice, France.
Trimborn, S., Sweet, E., Petrou, K., Kranz, S. A., Tortell, P. D., Payne, C. D., Li, Y., Richter, K. -U., Rost,
B. Effects of CO2 on growth, photosynthesis and carbon acquisition of key diatom species of the Southern
Ocean., ASLO, 25 - 30 January 2009, Nice, France.
Talks 2008:
Kranz, S. A., Richter, K.-U., Rost, B. Effect of global Change on the N2-fixing cyanobacteria
Trichodesmium, Centre for Water and Waste Technology School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia.
Kranz, S.A., Richter, K.-U., Rost, B. New approaches to assess responses of phytoplankton to Global
Change - using the example of Trichodesmium, Trends in environmental research - Department of
environmental science - UTS Sydney- Australia.
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List of Presentations and Poster Sven A. Kranz
Talks 2007:
Kranz, S. A., Sültemeyer, D, Rost, B. CCM regulation in Trichodesmium: diurnal rhythm and effect of
pCO2, The VIth International Symposium on Inorganic Carbon Utilization by Aquatic Photosynthetic
Organisms, 16-20 July, Malaga, Spain..
Poster 2007
Kranz, S. A., Ralph, P. J., Richter, K. -U., Rost, B.(2007).Integration of Fluorescence and Mass
Spectrometry, Chlorophyll Fluorescence in Aquatic Sciences Meeting, 28 May -1 June, Nove Hardy,
Czech Republic..
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