Antonia Immerz takes on monitoring and assessment at the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat

With the start of August, the Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS) welcomed a new staff member. Antonia Immerz takes on the position of the Project Officer Monitoring and Assessment. Her tasks include coordinating and managing the Trilateral Monitoring & Assessment Programme (TMAP) and the Quality Status Report as well as facilitating the Expert Groups Monitoring & Assessment and Data Handling.

Antonia has just returned from South Africa, where she researched for her master's thesis on humpback whales at the MRI Whale Unit of the University of Pretoria. With a background in computer science, Antonia supported marine research at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven for over 11 years. There, she was the overall responsible data manager for the MOSAiC project and on board the multidisciplinary and international Arctic drift experiment herself.

“I feel honoured to take on the new tasks at CWSS. I am excited to learn all about the diverse and ambitious endeavours for the protection of the Wadden Sea. I am delighted to say that I have already seen a harbour porpoise in Wilhelmshaven, and I am looking very much forward to meeting you all and working with you soon”, Antonia says.

Antonia’s contact details can be viewed in our staff overview.

The CWSS team welcomes Antonia and wishes her a great start!