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Marianne Holmer

Dean

Email: holmer@sdu.dk

Marianne Holmer has a background as a professor of ecology and holds a PhD in marine ecology from the Department of Biology at the then Odense University (1994).

She previously served as head of the Department of Biology (2010-2019), and as an assistant professor and associate professor in the Ecology Group at the Department of Biology (1995-2010). Additionally, she was a research assistant professor at Roskilde University (1994).

Contact information

Phone: +45 6011 2605
E-mail: holmer@sdu.dk

Profile in the SDU research portal: www.sdu.dk/staff/holmer

Executive training

Universities Denmark

  • Head of Department training programme (2010-2011)

Management positions and administrative tasks

  • Dean, Faculty of Science, SDU (2019- )
  • Member of the Executive Board, SDU (2019- )
  • Head of the Department of Biology, SDU  (2010-2019)
  • Organiser of the 20th Annual Meeting of Danish Marine Researchers, SDU (2019)
  • Co-organiser of the Blue Carbon Initiative Workshop, Copenhagen (2019)

Board positions

Marianne Holmer serves as Chair of the Board at Sct. Knuds Gymnasium and Fjord&Bælt.

In addition, she is a member of the adjudication committee for the Nordic Council Environment Prize

Steering committees

  • Steering committee for digitalisation, SDU (2019- )
  • Steering committee for strategic drone initiatives, SDU (2016-2018)

Marianne Holmer

Select publications

  • Holmer M, Hasler-Sheetal H (2014). Sulfide intrusion in seagrasses assessed by stable sulfur isotopes – A synthesis of current results. Frontiers in Marine Sciences 27 November 2014. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2014.00064
  • Petersen JK, Hasler B, Timmermann K,Nielsen P, Tørring DB, Larsen MM, Holmer M (2014). Mussels as a tool for mitigation of nutrients in the marine environment. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 82:137-143
  • Hasler-Sheetal H, Holmer M (2015).  Sulfide intrusion and detoxification in the seagrass Zostera marina. PloS One. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0129136
  • Hasler-Sheetal H, Fragner L, Holmer M, Weckwerth W (2015). Diurnal effects of anoxia on the metabolome of the seagrass Zostera marina. Metabolomics 1-11. DOI: 10.1007/s11306-015-0776-9
  • Castorani MCN, Glud RN, Hasler-Sheetal H, Holmer M (2015). Light indirectly mediates bivalve habitat modification and impacts on seagrass. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 472:41-53. DOI:10.1016/j.jembe.2015.07.001
  • Hasler-Sheetal H, Castorani MCN, Glud RN, Holmer M (2016). Metabolomics reveals cryptic interactive effects of species interactions and environmental stress on nitrogen and sulfur metabolism in seagrass. Environmental Science & Technology. DOI:10.1021/acs.est.6b04647
  • Röhr EM, Boström C, Canal–Vergés P, Holmer M (2016). Blue carbon stocks in Baltic Sea eelgrass (Zostera marina) meadows. Biogeosciences 13, 6139-6153. DOI:10.5194/bg-13-6139-2016
  • Thormar J, Hasler-Sheetal H, Baden S, Boström C, Clausen KK, Krause-Jensen D, Olesen B, Rasmussen JB; Svensson CJ, Holmer M (2016). Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Food Web Structure in Different Environmental Settings. PloS One 11,1.
  • Moksnes P-O, Eriander L, Infantes E, Holmer M (2018). Local regime shifts prevent natural recovery and restoration of lost eelgrass beds along the Swedish west coast. Estuaries and Coasts. DOI:10.1007/s12237-018-0382-y
  •  Seidelin L, Wahlberg M, Holmer M (2018). Using live-stream video from artificial reefs to increase student interest in marine biology. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 6, 47. DOI:10.3390/jmse6020047
  • Apostolaki E, Holmer M, Santinelli V, Karakassis I (2018). Species-specific response to sulfide intrusion in indigenous and non-indigenous Mediterranean seagrasses under stress. Marine Environmental Research 134:85-95. DOI:10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.12.006
  • Röhr E, Holmer M, Baum J, Bjork M, Chin D, Chalifour L, Cimon S, Cusson M, Dahl M, Deyanova D, Duffy J, Eklof J, Geyer J, Griffin J, Gullström M, Hereu C, Hori M, Hovel K, Hughes A, Jorgensen P, Kiriakopolos S, Moksnes P-O, Nakoka M, O´Connor M, Peterson B, Reiss K, Reynolds P, Rossi F, Ruesink J, Santos R, Stachowicz, Tomas F, Lee K-S, Boström C (2018). Blue carbon storage capacity of temperate eelgrass (Zostera marina) meadows. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 32(10):1457-1475
  • Kindeberg T, Ørberg SB, Röhr E, Holmer M, Krause-Jensen D. (2018) Sediment stocks of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in Danish eelgrass meadows. Frontiers in Marine Science, section Marine Ecosystem Ecology 5,474. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00474
  • Thorsen SW, Kristensen E, Valdemarsen T, Flindt MR, Quintana CO, Holmer M. Fertilizer-derived N in opportunistic macroalgae after flooding of agricultural land. Marine Ecology Progress Series (accepted)
  • Keeley N, Valdemarsen T, Woodcock S, Holmer M, Husa V, Bannister (2019). Resilience of dynamic coastal benthic ecosystems in response to large-scale finfish farming. Aquaculture Environment Interactions 11:161-179. DOI:10.3354/aei00301