About us

The Faculty of Geosciences at the University of Bremen covers the full width of modern geosciences, but emphasizes in climate and ocean dynamics, coastal and marine sedimentary systems and marine geology-(bio-)geochemistry-biology. The MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences has evolved from the faculty of Geosciences and is an independent research faculty within the university funded by the German Excellence Initiative. As of 2011 MARUM is the first and only research faculty at the University of Bremen and coordinates the university's high-profile area in "Marine, Polar and Climate Research" across all disciplines and faculties. Through MARUM, the University of Bremen closely collaborates with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven (AWI), the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen (MPI), the Senckenberg Institute by the Sea in Wilhelmshaven (SGN), the Leibniz Center for Marine Tropical Ecology in Bremen (ZMT), the University of Oldenburg, and the private Jacobs University in Bremen. Furthermore, MARUM operates one of the three IODP core repositories in the world and together with AWI the World Data Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (PANGAEA). In MARUM, the DFG Research Center and the Cluster of Excellence "The Ocean Floor - Earth's Un-charted In-ter-face" are key elements among many additional national and international research projects. MARUM is one of the few research institutions worldwide that operates deep-sea technologies, including two remotely operated vehicles, two underwater drill rigs and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV, HROV). Furthermore, a state-of-the-art seafloor mapping & imaging group is established since 2008 to support processing and analysis of large datasets of bathymetry, backscatter, subbottom and side-scan data.

Main role in the project

MARUM will contribute to the Underwater Environment branch of this proposal. With the development and integration of the service for “Bathymetry Mapping from Hydroacoustic Data” (WP2), MARUM is utilizing its HR & knowledge in data management, open source software development, hydroacoustic acquisition and postprocessing, as well as in visualization and GIS. The institute has a vast experience in H2020, EASME and national wide R&D projects in underwater technologies. MARUM will also contribute to service delivery, capacity building, dissemination, communication and exploitation activities.