M.Sc. Kiara Franke
Research Interests
- Ecophysiology
- Brown algae (Phaeophyceae)
- Carbon budget
- Photosynthesis
Current projects
Seasonal kelp primary production at a rocky shore site: Integrating physiology and biochemistry into ecological modelling (funded by the German Research Foundation DFG)
CLiPA: Climate-friendly offshore production of algal biomass (funded by the DBU)
Publications
A. Graiff, K. Franke, U. Karsten, D. Liesner, F. J. Gordillo & C. Iñiguez (2025): Differential effects of warming on carbon budget, photosynthetic yield and biochemical composition of cold-temperate and Arctic isolates of Laminaria digitata (Phaeophyceae). Journal of Plant Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2025.154436
K. Franke, F. Kroth, U. Karsten, I. Bartsch, C. Iñiguez & A. Graiff (2024): Varying photosynthetic quotients strongly influence net kelp primary production and seasonal differences increase under warming. Frontiers in Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1455706
K. Franke, I. Bartsch, U. Karsten & A. Graiff (2024): Seasonality influences the effect of warming on kelp photosynthesis. Marine Ecology Progress Series. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14623
K. Franke, L. C. Matthes, A. Graiff, U. Karsten & I. Bartsch (2023): The challenge to estimate kelp production in a turbid marine environment. Journal of Phycology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13327
N. M. Schimpf, D. Liesner, K. Franke, M. Y. Roleda & I. Bartsch (2022): Microscopic stages of North Atlantic Laminaria digitata (Phaeophyceae) exhibit trait-dependent thermal adaptation along latitudes. Frontiers in Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.870792
K. Franke, D. Liesner, S. Heesch & I. Bartsch (2021): Looks can be deceiving: Contrasting temperature characteristics of two morphologically similar kelp species co-occurring in the Arctic. Botanica Marina. https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2021-0014
Profile
| Professional Experience | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| since 2024 | Scientist | Project: CLiPA: Climate-friendly offshore production of algal biomass | Applied Ecology & Phycology, University of Rostock |
| since 2020 | Scientist | Project: Seasonal kelp primary production at a rocky shore site | Applied Ecology & Phycology, University of Rostock |
| 2019-2020 | Research assistant | Co-training of internship student; Elaboration of first publication | Functional Ecology, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven |
| 2016-2018 | Research assistant | Extraction of plant lipids from sediment cores | Marum – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, Bremen |
| Education | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| since 2020 | PhD Student | Project: Seasonal kelp primary production at a rocky shore site | Applied Ecology & Phycology, University of Rostock |
| 2024 | Coastal Summer School | Offshore Windfarms: innovative and sustainable options for multiuse concepts? | Alfred Wegener Institute, Biologische Anstalt Helgoland |
| 2019 | M.Sc. | Thesis: “Performance of different life cycle stages of the Arctic kelps Laminaria digitata and Hedophyllum nigripes along temperature gradients” | Functional Ecology, Alfred Wegener Institute Bremerhaven |
| 2018 | Student research project | “Upper survival temperature limit of gametophytes of the kelp, Laminaria digitata from Bodø, Norway” | Functional Ecology, Alfred Wegener Institute Bremerhaven |
| 2017-2019 | Master studies | Marine Biology | University of Bremen |
| 2017 | B.Sc. | Thesis: „Distribution of the brown alga Fucus vesiculosus along the salinity gradient of the river Weser” | Department of Marine Botany, University of Bremen |
| 2014-2017 | Bachelor studies | Biology | University of Bremen |
Contact
Kiara Franke
University of Rostock
Institute for Biological Sciences
Applied Ecology and Phycology
Albert-Einstein-Straße 21
D-18059 Rostock
Germany
Tel. +49 381 498 6102
Fax. +49 381 498 6072
kiara.franke(at)uni-rostock.de
