CV - Cornelia Jaspers (29 July 2012)

Contact details: Affiliation: National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark, Kavalergården 6, 2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark +45-61314579, [email protected] Present work: Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL St, Rowe 301, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA Home: Kaserneboulevarden 23, 8000 Århus C, Denmark Citizenship: German, born in Hamburg 21.10.1979. Danish married. Education: 2008-2012: PhD “Ecology of gelatinous plankton”, Technical University of Denmark, DTU Aqua (15.12.2008-14.4.2012, defended 14.5.2012), supervisor Prof. T. Kiørboe. The thesis consists of a synthesis and 6 manuscripts of which 3 are published and one is featured as “Research Highlight” in Nature. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v485/n7396/full/485009c.html 2008: Master in Biological Oceanography, University of Southern Denmark, Odense and National Environmental Research Institute, Roskilde, Denmark (Master Thesis: “The role of larvaceans in the food web of the Southern Indian Ocean”, grade: 12 (Danish 12 point system) and 3 published papers 2006: Biological Oceanography studies at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark 2005-2006: Biological Oceanography studies at the University of Kiel, Germany 2004: Vordiplom in Biology at University of Hamburg, Germany. Grade: very good 2002-2005: Studies of Biology at the University of Hamburg, Germany 2000-2002: Education as officially certified bank clerk, HSH Nordbank AG, Hamburg, Germany 1999: Abitur, Gymnasium Willhöden-Blankenese, Hamburg, Germany Languages: German mother tongue, English excellent, Danish very good, French school level Previous and current positions: 2012-current: Post doc at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA 1.6.–31.8. and at the Department of Bioscience, Århus University 1.9.-31.10. (funded by the German Exchange Service) 2012: Post doc at DTU Aqua, Technical University of Denmark 15.4.-31.5.2012 2008-2012: PhD position at DTU Aqua, Technical University of Denmark 2009: Research assistant (1 month), RUSALCA, Russian-American research cruise in the Pacific Arctic, NOAA Ocean Explorer, Census of Marine Life (Prof. R.R. Hopcroft-USA and Dr. K. Kosobokova-Russia), University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA. http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/09arctic/logs/sept28/media/bongo.html

2008: Research assistant (2 weeks), Baltic International Trawl Survey (BITS). Field sampling of gelatinous zooplankton and their distribution pattern in the Baltic Sea; DTU Aqua. CV, Cornelia Jaspers, DTU Aqua, Technical University of Denmark

1

2008: Research assistant (1 month), investigation of the biological and physical oceanography during the Hurtigruten Cruise, West Greenland (67-78°N); employed by AKVAPLAN-NIVA, Norway (Coordinator Prof. Stig Falk-Petersen, Norwegian Polar Institute). 2008: Field assistant (1 month), spring zooplankton investigation and secondary production across the continental shelf & Prince Williams Sound, Alaska; Univ. of Alaska, USA (Prof. R.R. Hopcroft). 2005: Field assistant (1 month), NUTEX Expedition, responsible for the biological sampling, North Sea, Wadden Sea (from the Netherlands to Denmark), University of Hamburg/IHF in cooperation with GKSS, Germany. (Co-ordinator Prof. Myron A. Peck, University of Hamburg). Supplementary field & scientific experience not included in my PhD: 2010: Investigation of the Arctic jellyplankton community along a climate gradient. BOFYGO cruise with the Danish research vessel Dana. Co-ordinator Prof. T.G. Nielsen (DTU Aqua); collaborator Prof. R.R. Hopcroft (University of Alaska, USA). 2008: Participant in the International Polar Year project 'Back to the Future', conducting fieldwork on fen vegetation and goose grazing in Jameson Land, East Greenland. Co-ordinator Prof. J. Madsen (Århus University). 2006: Participant in the Galathea3 Expedition, South Africa to Broome/Perth (1.5 months) to investigate the contribution of classical versus gelatinous zooplankton to the food web of the Southern Indian Ocean. Co-ordinator Prof. T.G. Nielsen (National Environmental Research Institute). Fundraising and Awards: 2012: Personal post doc grant; 5 months (travel & salary) from the German Exchange Service (DAAD) for the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA & Århus University (1.6.-31.10). Title: Influence of turbulence on feeding efficiency of the comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi and possible consequences for its distribution in newly invaded European waters. 2011: Research grant, Royal Swedish Academy of Science to cover expenses for a 3 week research project in Sweden. 2011: Travel grant to participate in the zooplankton production symposium, Chile (ICES) 2010: Mobility grant; Nordic Marine Academy for boat time and expenses for 1 month of field work 2010: ASSEMBLE grant covering a 2 week research visit (Sven Lovén Centre for Marine Science, SE) 2009: Outstanding student presentation award, ASLO Aquatic Science Meeting, France 2008: ASLO Travel Grant, Orlando, USA 2007: Tuition fee grant from University of Hamburg due to extraordinary exam results 2006: SOCRATES/ERASMUS Mobility Grant (University of Kiel, Germany) Teaching: Supervision (primary, external supervisor) of a bachelor project on M. leidyi with University of Copenhagen, Denmark. 4 day events teaching school kids at DTU Aqua and at a public school in Bogense, Denmark. 2 day events design & supervision of experimental master student work with M. leidyi at DTU Aqua. 7 day bachelor course assist. (+lectures) Biophysical dynamics of fjords for Prof. H.U. Riisgård, SDU

CV, Cornelia Jaspers, DTU Aqua, Technical University of Denmark

2

Review assignments: I am regularly reviewing manuscripts for the following journals: Marine Biology, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Marine Biology Research, Estuaries and Coasts, Journal of Marine Biology, Journal of Plankton Research University activities: 2004-2005: Student representative to the Department of Biology of the University of Hamburg council (Fachbereichsrat), Germany 2003-2005: Active member of the student council, Fachschaftsrat, University of Hamburg, Germany Scientific peer-reviewed publications: 1) Jaspers, C., Haraldsson, M., Bolte, S., Reusch, T.B.H. and Kiørboe, T. (2012) Ctenophore population recruits entirely through larval reproduction in the central Baltic Sea. Biology Letters. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2012.0163. Featured as “research highlight” in Nature (3 May 2012). 2) Jaspers, C., Møller, L.F. and Kiørboe, T. (2011) Salinity gradient of the Baltic Sea limits the reproduction and population expansion of the newly invaded comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi PLoS ONE 6(8): e24065. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024065. 3) Jaspers, C., Titelman, J., Hansson, L.J., Haraldsson, M. and Ditlefsen, C.R. (2011) The invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi poses no direct threat to Baltic cod eggs and larvae. Limnology and Oceanography 56(2): 431-439. 4) Madsen, J., Jaspers, C., Tamstorf, M., Mortensen, C.E. and Rigét, F. (2011) Long-term effects of grazing and global warming on the composition and carrying capacity of graminoid marshes for moulting geese in East Greenland. AMBIO 40: 638-649. 5) Callaghan, T.V., Tweedie, C., Åkerman, J.,…, Jaspers, C et al. (2011) Multi-decadal changes in tundra environments and ecosystems: Synthesis of the International Polar Year-Back to the Future Project (IPY-BTF). AMBIO 40(6): 705-716. 6) Møller, E.F., Borg, C.M.A., Jonasdottir, S.H., Satapoomin, S., Jaspers, C. and Nielsen, T.G. (2010) Production and fate of copepod fecal pellets across the Southern Indian Ocean. Marine Biology 158 (3): 677-688. 7) Jaspers, C., Nielsen, T.G., Carstensen, J., Hopcroft, R.R. and Møller, E.F. (2009) Metazooplankton distribution across the Southern Indian Ocean with emphasis on the role of Larvaceans. Journal of Plankton Research 31(5): 525-540. 8) Jaspers, C. and Carstensen, J. (2009) Effect of acid Lugol solution as preservative on two representative chitineous and gelatinous zooplankton groups. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 7: 430-435. 9) Riisgård, H.-U., Jaspers, C., Serre, S. and Kim Lundgreen Occurrence, inter-annual variability and zooplankton-predation impact of the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi and the native jellyfish Aurelia aurita in Limfjorden (Denmark) in 2010 and 2011 (2012) BioInvasions Records (in press). In revision: Haraldsson, M., Jaspers, C., Tiselius, P., Aksnes, D.L., Andersen, T. and Titelman, J. (in revision) Environmental constraints of the invasive Mnemiopsis leidyi in Scandinavian waters. Limnology and Oceanography.

CV, Cornelia Jaspers, DTU Aqua, Technical University of Denmark

3

Submitted: Jaspers, C., Haraldsson, M., Lombard, F., Bolte, S., and Kiørboe, T. Seasonal dynamics of invasive and native ctenophore larvae in the Baltic Sea: clues to invasion and bloom potential. Manuscripts in preparation: Jaspers, C., et al. Synthesis: Assessment of the distribution range of the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi throughout European waters. Jaspers, C., and Hedal, I. Starvation capacity of newly hatched Mnemiopsis leidyi larvae. Jaspers, C., Møller, L.F. and Kiørboe, T. Population dynamics of the invasive M. leidyi in the Gullmar Fjord with notes on cohort experiments and food dependent egg production rates. Jaspers, C., Hopcroft, R.R. and Nielsen, T.G. Gelatinous zooplankton dynamics along a climate gradient in SW Greenland. Reports: Granhag, L. and Jaspers, C. (2011) Scientific report: Understanding of the predation of Mnemiopsis leidyi on zooplankton prey and fish. University of Gothenburg and Technical University of Denmark. BAZOOCA Deliverables for Bonus Project. Glahder, C.M., Boertmann, D., Madsen, J., Tamstorf, M., Johansen, K., Hansen, J., Walsh, A., Jaspers, C. and Bjerrum, M. (2010) Biological baseline study in the Ramsar site “Heden” and the entire Jameson Land, East Greenland. National Environmental Research Institute, Aarhus University. 86 p. – NERI Technical Report no. 769. Dissemination: 2012: Interview for Smithsonian, USA (in press) and ScienceNews (06.2012), USA as result of my larval reproduction paper in Biology Letters which got featured as “research highlight” in Nature. Both articles online and in print http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/340248/title/Larvae_sustain_comb_jelly_population 2011: Popular article about limitations of the population expansion of the invasive ctenophore M. leidyi in the Baltic Sea, published on e.g. DTU Aqua homepage, Science daily, national Danish Radio interview (P1). Original article & interview: http://www.aqua.dtu.dk/English/News.aspx?guid=%7b1ABE1E22-08AF-4F859941-4F1720BDF6DE%7d http://www.dr.dk/P1/Videnskabensverden/Udsendelser/2011/12/09103811_1_1_1_2_1.htm

2011: National and international press release for the publication “The invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi poses no direct threat to Baltic cod eggs and larvae” which was disseminated/broadcasted by 45 Danish newspapers, magazines, and online news; including one radio interview for DR P4 Bornholm and one television interview, TV2 Bornholm. International media include Science daily, alpha Galileo and 10 other online magazines and newspapers. Original article: http://www.aqua.dtu.dk/English/News.aspx?guid={F951C2EF-CE05-4A8D-8EC9-8F92DA51FDAC}

2011: 2-page popular article in the Danish Technical University newspaper (DTU Avisen-06.2011) about ongoing work in my PhD project with Mnemiopsis leidyi. http://www.aqua.dtu.dk/Nyheder.aspx?guid={9B3C0826-C280-460B-9C1A-B30A5637800F}

2010: Cruise report from Greenland jellyplankton investigation “Neglected Jellies” published on the DTU Aqua homepage, http://www.aqua.dtu.dk/English/About/Research_vessel/Greenland_Cruise_2010/Greenland_Cruise_613_June.aspx

CV, Cornelia Jaspers, DTU Aqua, Technical University of Denmark

4

Presentations (first author presentations are marked with *): 2012*: Biology Seminar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, USA. Oral (C. Jaspers) Do we face a more gelatinous future under global change? http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=9436&tid=3622&cid=142789 2012: Ocean Science Meeting (ASLO) Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Poster (R.R. Hopcroft, C. Jaspers & T.G. Nielsen) The Gelatinous Zooplankton communities of Godthåbsfjorden, West Greenland. 2012*: Symposium, IFM Geomar, Kiel, Germany. Oral (C. Jaspers) Gelatinous plankton in a global perspective: Do we face a jelly world under future climate change? 2011*: Zooplankton production meeting, Chile, South America. Oral (C. Jaspers et al.) The physical characteristics of the Baltic Sea might act as a bottleneck for the Mnemiopsis leidyi population expansion in this newly invaded area. 2011: Zooplankton production meeting, Chile, South America. Poster (Haraldsson, C. Jaspers et al.) A place for Mnemiopsis: Spatio-temporal habitat characterization in Scandinavian waters. 2011*: Plankton workshop, Isefjorden, DK (NERI, DTU Aqua, Roskilde University); Oral (C. Jaspers & T. Kiørboe) Invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi poses no direct threat to Baltic cod recruits. 2011*: Seminar Aarhus University, Aarhus, DK. Oral (C. Jaspers & T. Kiørboe) The invasive comb jelly M.leidyi in the Baltic Sea: Range expansion, population dynamics & interaction with Baltic cod. 2011*: DTU Aqua, International workshop: Mnemiopsis leidyi in European waters; Oral (C. Jaspers & T. Kiørboe) Salinity gradient of the Baltic Sea limits the range expansion of the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi. 2010*: Assemble Access Project Seminar, Sven Loven Centre, Kristineberg, Sweden (University of Gothenburg); Oral (C. Jaspers et al.) Mnemiopsis leidyi in the Baltic Sea: Does Salinity act as a bottle neck for the population in this newly invaded area? 2009*: DTU Aqua, International workshop: Mnemiopsis leidyi in the Baltic; Oral (C. Jaspers & T. Kiørboe) Ecosystem implications of Mnemiopsis leidyi in the Baltic: Preliminary results of in situ production rates. 2009*: ASLO Aquatic Science Meeting, Nice, France; Oral (C. Jaspers et al.) Composition of the Metazooplankton community across the Continental Shelf off NW Australia. Awarded as outstanding student presentation. 2008*: Workshop ARCTOS: Polar Environ. Centre, Tromsø, Norway (Norwegian Polar Institute); Oral (C. Jaspers & T.G. Nielsen) Research capabilities on commercial cruise boats. Invited speaker. 2008*: Galathea3 conference: Copenhagen (Ministry of Science, DK); Poster (C. Jaspers et al.) Metazooplankton distribution across the Southern Indian Ocean during the Galathea3 Expedition. 2008*: DTU Aqua Seminar; Oral (C. Jaspers & T.G. Nielsen) Importance and regulations of larvaceans. 2008*: ASLO Meeting Florida, USA; Poster (C. Jaspers et al.) Mesozooplankton distribution across the Southern Indian Ocean with emphasis on appendicularians. 2007*: Symposium: Filter feeding animals, Kerteminde, DK (University of Southern Denmark); Oral (C. Jaspers et al.) Larvaceans in the pelagic food web. 2007*: Plankton workshop, Isefjorden, DK (NERI, DTU Aqua, Roskilde University, University of Gothenburg); Oral (C. Jaspers et al.) The role of appendicularians in the food web of the Southern Indian Ocean. CV, Cornelia Jaspers, DTU Aqua, Technical University of Denmark

5