Dr Christina Schallenberg
Senior Experimental Scientist
Biography
Originally from Germany, Dr. Schallenberg finished her MSc in Oceanography at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, in 2003. Her MSc work focussed on optical methods in biological oceanography, utilizing drifter data from the Bering Sea. She then proceeded to live in Canada, working as a science journalist and editor before returning to graduate school at the University of Victoria, Canada, and finishing her PhD in 2015. After a 3-month sailing stint to celebrate submission of her thesis she started work as a post-doc at the University of Tasmania. Christina worked as a research fellow at UTas for 7 years, investigating the use of remotely sensed phytoplankton fluorescence as an indicator of the physiological status of phytoplankton, particularly with respect to iron limitation. Since 2019 she has been part of the Biogeochemical (BGC) Argo Team at UTas/CSIRO. She now co-leads the BGC-Argo sub-facility together with Pete Strutton.
Professional Areas
Fields of Research
Current Roles
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Research Scientist
Southern Ocean and BGC-Argo research; quality control of BGC-Argo data -
Co-lead of the IMOS BGC-Argo sub-facility (with Pete Strutton)
Grow and manage BGC-Argo Australia
Academic Qualifications
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2015
PhD
University of Victoria, Canada -
2003
MSc
Dalhousie University Halifax, Canada
ORCID 0000-0002-3073-7500