During her PhD studies, Marie Bolander Jensen focused her research on dark-pigmented glacier ice algae, living on the Greenland Ice Sheet. The dark pigments contributed to a darkening of the ice surface which in turns results in an increase in ice melt. Marie Bolander Jensen managed to establish a culture of glacier ice algae, which gave an insight into the nutrient requirements of the algae, furthermore, incubation experiments performed in the field on the Greenland Ice Sheet provided an understanding of their adaptive capability to various environmental conditions.

The new research contributed with an established culture that will allow for future laboratory studies to investigate the glacier ice algae more in depth which have until now not been possible.

The PhD study was completed at Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University.

This summary was prepared by the PhD student.

Time:  Tuesday, December 3^rd 2024 at 10:00
Place: Building 150, Room A1.20 Smørhullet, Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde
Title of PhD thesis: Life as Glacier Ice algae
Contact information: Marie Bolander Jensen e-mail: mabj.envs.au.dk, tel.: +45 42423956
Members of the assessment committee:
Professor Robin Kodner, Department of Biology, Western Washington University, The United States of America
Associate Professor Linda Nedbalová, Department of Ecology, Charles University, Czech Republic
Associate Professor Rumakanta Sapkota (chair), Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Denmark
Main supervisor:
Professor Alexandre Magno Anesio, Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Denmark
Co-supervisor:
Professor Peter Stougaard, Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Denmark
Language: The PhD dissertation will be defended in English

The defence is public.
The PhD thesis is available for reading at the Graduate School of Technical Sciences/GSTS, Ny Munkegade 120, building 1521, 8000 Aarhus C.