BALTHEALTH was led and managed by the project coordinator (PC), Rune Dietz, and the Science Steering Group (SSG), comprising of researchers from each participating institute. Together they had the responsibility to organize, coordinate and maintain the BALTHEALTH program efficiently and ensure timely completion of deliverables.
The BALTHEALTH consortium comprised 11 principal participants and 5 international partners, representing 4 Baltic countries. All involved scientists are leading specialists in their respective fields. The consortium combines expertise in ecology, toxicology, veterinary science, biogeochemistry, genetics, and quantitative biology, broadly covering the entire food web, and is therefore uniquely positioned to address the selected key- and sub-themes of the project.
Rune Dietz (PC), Bioscience Department, rdi@bios.au.dk
Areas of interest: ecotoxicology, spatiotemporal trends, satellite telemetry
Christian Sonne (SSG), Bioscience Department, cs@bios.au.dk
Areas of interest: veterinary science, health and biomarkers, ecotoxicology
Igor Eulaers (SSG), Bioscience Department, ie@bios.au.dk
Areas of interest: ecotoxicology, food web dynamics, biogeochemical tracers, analytical chemistry
Maria Kristina Holst Palner, Bioscience Department, mariapalner@bios.au.dk
Areas of interest: General marine biology, outreach, communication and project management
Jean-Pierre Desforges, Bioscience Department, jpd@bios.au.dk
Areas of interest: immunotoxicology, health and biomarkers, ecological modeling
Jakob Strand, Bioscience Department, jak@bios.au.dk
Areas of interest: microplastics, ecotoxicology, marine ecology
Anders Galatius, Bioscience Department, agj@bios.au.dk
Areas of interest: marine mammal ecology, physiology, genetics
Rossana Bossi, Environmental Science Department, rbo@envs.au.dk
Area of interest: analytical chemistry, legacy and emerging contaminants
Katrin Vorkamp, Environmental Science Department, kvo@envs.au.dk
Area of interest: analytical chemistry, legacy and emerging contaminants
Ursula Siebert (SSG), Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, Ursula.Siebert@tiho-hannover.de
Areas of interest: veterinary science, health and biomarkers, infectious diseases, ecotoxicology
Iben Stokholm, Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, Iben.Stokholm@tiho-hannover.de
Areas of interest:Genetics, infectious diseases and evolution
Britta Schmidt, Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, Büsum, Britta.Schmidt@tiho-hannover.de.
Areas of interest: Reproduction biology, population dynamics, health and conservation
Stephanie Groß, Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, stephanie.gross@tiho-hannover.de
Jan Lakemeyer, Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, jan.helge.carl.lakemeyer@tiho-hannover.de
Kristina Lehnert, Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, kristina.lehnert@tiho-hannover.de
Tero Härkönen, Tero.Harkonen@nrm.se
Areas of interest: satellite telemetry, marine mammal ecology, population dynamics
Morten Tange Olsen (SSG), Evolutionary Genomics Section, morten.olsen@snm.ku.dk
Areas of interest: marine mammal molecular ecology, evolution and diseases
Tom Gilbert, Evolutionary Genomics Section, tgilbert@snm.ku.dk
Areas of interest: meta-genomics, population genetics, ancient DNA
Cynthia de Wit (SSG), Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Cynthia.deWit@aces.su.se
Areas of Interest: analytical chemistry, legacy and emerging contaminants
Karin Harding, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, karin.harding@bioenv.gu.se
Areas of interest: ecological modeling, marine mammal ecology, infectious diseases
Willian Silva, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, willian.silva@evobiolab.com
Areas of interest: Developing and understanding mathematical models of biological processes in general and testing those models using empirical data.
Veijo Jormalainen (SSG), Department of Biology, veijor@utu.fi
Areas of interest: marine ecology, food web dynamics, plant-herbivore interactions
Toni Laaksonen, Department of Biology, tokrla@utu.fi
Areas of interest: animal behaviour, trophic interactions, conservation biology
Eva Rothäusler, Department of Biology, evanro@utu.fi
Areas of interest: ecology and physiology of macroalgae
Riika Vainio, Department of Biology, rikavai@utu.fi
Areas of interest: Anthropogenic contamination of the environments and its consequences to species
Peter Haglund (SSG), Department of Chemistry, peter.haglund@umu.se
Areas of interest: analytical chemistry, legacy and emerging contaminants
Anna Roos (SSG), Department of Environmental Research and Monitoring, anna.roos@nrm.se
Areas of interest: ecotoxicology, spatiotemporal trends, health and biomarkers, biomonitoring
Julia Carlström, Department of Environmental Research and Monitoring, Julia.Carlstrom@nrm.se
Areas of interest: marine mammal conservation ecology
Sara Persson, Department of Environmental Research and Monitoring, Sara.Persson@nrm.se
Areas of interest: veterinary science, ecotoxicology
Kaarina Kauhala (SSG), kaarina.kauhala@luke.fi
Areas of interest: biomonitoring, foodweb dynamics, ecological modeling, marine mammal ecology
Jan Koschorreck (SSG), Federal Environmental Agency - Berlin, jan.koschorreck@uba.de
Areas of interest: ecotoxicology, biomonitoring
Gabriele Treu, Federal Environmental Agency - Berlin, Gabriele.Treu@uba.de
Areas of interest: ecotoxicology, biomonitoring
