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CURRICULUM VITAE
Rainer M.W. Amon,
Texas A&M University at Galveston, Department of Marine Sciences
5007 AVE U, Galveston, TX-77551, USA
phone: (409) 740- 4719
fax:
(409) 740-4787
E-mail: [email protected]
Education
Ph. D., Marine Science, University of Texas at Austin, USA
1995
Supervisor: Dr. Ron Benner
Dissertation: Microbial and photochemical degradation of dissolved organic matter
in aquatic ecosystems
M.S., Zoology/Marine Biology, University of Vienna, Austria
1990
Supervisor: Dr. Gerhard Herndl
Thesis: Feeding biology of Holothuria Tubulosa (Holothurioida, Echinodermata)
and their importance for the sediment metabolism.
B.S., Biology, University of Vienna, Austria,
1986
Professional experience
Assistant Professor, Texas A&M at Galveston
present
Research scientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute
2003
Postdoctoral fellow at the Alfred-Wegener-Institute;
1999
Postdoctoral fellow at the Univ. of Texas at Austin,
1996
Doctoral student, University of Texas at Austin
1995
Master Student, University of Vienna
1990
2003 1999 1996 1995 1991 –
1988 –
Recent scientific cruises
July - October 1997, ARK XIII/3, Alfred-Wegener Institute, R/V Polarstern, Arctic ocean,
Fram Strait, Greenland Sea
September - October 1998, ARK XIV/2b, Alfred Wegener Institute, R/V Polarstern,
Nordic Seas, North Atlantic
July – September 1999, Kara Sea 99, Alfred Wegener Institute, R/V Akademik Boris
Petrov, southern Kara Sea, Russia
April 2001, Rhine estuary, COMET Project, RV Navicula, Netherlands
Teaching experience
Aquatic microbiology
Biolog. Oceanogr. – microbial ecology and biogeochemistry
Service to the staff of the editorial board of scholary journals and funding
agencies
Since 1995
- Limnology and Oceanography
Since 1995
- Deep Sea Research
Since 1995
- Archiv für Hydrobiologie
Since 1995
- Austrian Science Foundation
Since 1996
- Journal of Phytoplankton Research
Since 1997
- UK Natural Environment Research Council
Since 1997
- US National Science Foundation
Since 1998
- American Journal of Science
Since 1998
- Marine Ecology Progress Series
Since 2000
- Nature
Since 2000
- Aquatic microbial ecology
Since 2000
- Netherlands Org. for Scientific Research, Earth and Life Sciences
Since 2001
- Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Since 2001
- Marine Chemistry
Since 2001
- FONDECYT, Chilean National Science Foundation
Since 2002
- Microbial Ecology
Since 2002
- Geophysical Research Letters
Since 2002
- Estuaries
Fellowships and awards
Theodor-Körner-Preis (Austrian Science Award), 1990
Fulbright Fellowship, 1991
Fulbright Fellowship, 1992
J. C. Barton Fellowship, 1993 (University of Texas, Marine Science Institute)
E.J. Lund Fellowship, 1994 (University of Texas, Marine Science Institute)
Extramural Funding
• Isolation and Characterization of Dissolved organic matter in Seawater. GermanUSA cooperation grant funded by the DAAD, 1997 -1999
• Siberian river run-off: Composition and transformation of dissolved organic matter
(DOM) and nutrients in the Kara Sea; funded by the German Ministry of Science and
Technology (BMBF), August 1, 1999 – July 31, 2003.
• Composition of dissolved organic matter and its interaction with metals and
ultraviolet radiation in river-ocean systems: impact on the microbial food web; funded
by the European Community, May 1, 2000 – March 30, 2003
• Biogeochemical tracers in Arctic rivers: Linking the Pan.Arctic watershed to the
Arctic Ocean - subcontract, Funded by the NSF, January 2003 - 2008.
Professional societies
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
American Geophysical Union
Publications
Amon R.M.W. The role of dissolved organic matter for the Arctic Ocean carbon cycle.
2003. In: The Organic Carbon Cycle in the Arctic Ocean (R. Stein and R. W.
Macdonald). Pp 83-99, Springer
Amon, R.M.W, G. Budeus & B. Meon. 2003. Dissolved organic carbon (DOC)
distribution and origin in the Nordic Seas: Exchanges with the Arctic Ocean and
the North Atlantic. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans: 108, No. C7, 3221
10.1029/2002JC001594
Amon, R.M.W. & R. Benner, 2003. Combined neutral sugars as indicators of the
diagenetic state of dissolved organic matter in the Arctic Ocean. Deep Sea Res.I,
50 (1): 151-169
Köhler,H., B. Meon, V.V. Gordeev, A. Spitzy , R.M.W. Amon, 2003. Dissolved organic
matter (DOM) in the estuaries of Ob and Yenisei and the adjacent Kara-Sea,
Russia. Proceedings in Marine Science, 6: 281-309
Amon, RMW, 2002. The Biogeochemistry of dissolved organic matter in aquatic
ecosystems - An overview. In: The Vienna school of Marine Biology - A tribute to
Jörg Ott: 1-19
Amon, R.M.W., H. - P. Fitznar, & R. Benner. 2001. Linkages among bioreactivity,
chemical composition, and diagenetic state of marine dissolved organic matter.
Limnol. Oceanogr. 46: 287-297.
Pakulski, JD, R Benner, T Whitledge, RMW Amon, B Eadie, L Cifuentes, and D
Stockwell. 2000: Microbial metabolism and nutrient cycling in the Mississippi and
Atchafalaya River plumes. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science: 50: 173-184
Opsahl, S., R. Benner, R.M.W. Amon. 1999: Major flux of terrigenous dissolved organic
matter through the Arctic Ocean. Limnology & Oceanography: 44: 2017-2023
Amon, R.M.W. & A. Spitzy, 1999: Distribution of dissolved organic carbon during
estuarine mixing in the southern Kara Sea. Reports on Polar Research:300:102109
Amon, RMW & R Benner, 1998: Seasonal patterns of bacterial abundance and
production in the Mississippi River plume and their importance for the fate of
enhanced primary production. Microbial Ecology: 35:289-300.
Amon, RMW & R Benner, 1996: Bacterial utilization of different size classes of dissolved
organic matter. Limnol. Oceanogr.: 41/1:41-51
Amon, RMW & R Benner, 1996: Photochemical and microbial consumption of dissolved
organic carbon and dissolved oxygen in the Amazon River system. Geochimica
et Cosmochimica Acta: 60/10: 1783-1792
Pakulski, JD, R Benner, RMW Amon, B Eadie, and T Whitledge, 1995: Community
metabolism and nutrient cycling in the Mississippi River plume: evidence for
intense nitrification at intermediate salinities. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.: 117:207-218
Gardner, W, R Benner, RMW Amon, JB Cotner, JF Cavaletto, JR Johnson. 1995.
Effects of high molecular weight organic matter and light on heterotrophic nitrogen
dynamics in the Mississippi River plume. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 133:287-297
Amon, RMW & R Benner, 1994: Rapid cycling of high-molecular-weight dissolved
organic matter in the ocean. Nature. 369:549-552
Eadie, BJ, RMW Amon, R Benner, J Cavaletto, JB Cotner, WS Gardner, M Lansing, D
Pakulski, 1994: Organic matter decomposition, nitrogen recycling, and oxygen
consumption in the Mississippi River plume/Gulf Shelf region. NECOP Synthesis
workshop proceedings
Amon, RMW & GJ Herndl, 1991: Deposit feeding and sediment I. Interrelationship
between Holothuria tubulosa (Holothuroida, Echinodermata) and the sediment
microbial community. P.S.Z.N.I.: Marine Ecology, 12 (2): 163-174
Amon, RMW & GJ Herndl, 1991: Deposit feeding and sediment II. Decomposition of
fecal pellets of Holothuria tubulosa (Holothuroida, Echinodermata). P.S.Z.N.I.:
Marine Ecology, 12 (2): 175-184.
Publications in preparation
Benner, R., B. Benitez-Nelson, K. Kaiser, R.M.W. Amon: Export of young terrigenous
dissolved organic matter from rivers to the Arctic Ocean. submitted
Meon, B., R.M.W. Amon. Bacterial utilization of DOM in the rivers Ob and Yenisei and
the adjacent Kara Sea: Impact on organic carbon cycling and export.
Recent presentations at international meetings
Amon, R.M.W., B. Meon, R. Benner: "A river runs through it": land - ocean exchange of
DOM in the arctic ocean, ASLO, Salt Lake City, USA, 2003
Meon, B. and R.M.W. Amon. Heterotrophic bacterial activity in the estuaries of the Arctic
rivers Ob', Yenisei and the adjacent Kara Sea. 8th Symposium on Aquatic Microbial
Ecology, Taormina, Italy, October 2002
Amon, R.M.W. and R. Benner. Combined neutral sugars as indicators of the diagenetic
state of dissolved organic matter in the Arctic Ocean. 8th Symposium on Aquatic
Microbial Ecology, Taormina, Italy, October 2002
Meon, B., H. Köhler, A. Spitzy, R.M.W. Amon. Dissolved organic matter (DOM) of the
rivers Ob and Yenisei: Seasonal aspects and transformation processes during
estuarine mixing in the Kara Sea, Russia: AGU/ASLO, Honolulu, HI, USA,
February 2002
Amon R.M.W., and R. Benner. Bacterial transformation of marine dissolved organic
matter on different time scales. 7th European Marine Microbiology Symposium
(EMMS), Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands, September 2000
Amon R.M.W., and R. Benner. Chemical characteristics of dissolved organic matter
(DOM) in an Arctic estuary – Kara Sea. American society for Limnology and
Oceanography (ASLO) meeting, Kopenhagen, Denmark, June 2000
Amon R.M.W., R. Benner, and A. Spitzy. Distribution and chemical characteristics of
dissolved organic carbon in the Kara Sea (Russia). European Geophysical society,
XXV Gereral Assembly, Nice, France, April 2000
Louchouarn, P., Benner R., Opsahl S., und Amon, R. Abundance, distribution, and
cycling of dissolved terrigenous organic matter in the Arctic Ocean. ASLO, San
Antonio, TX, USA, January 2000
Amon, RMW, Interaction of bacterial growth and the composition of „fresh“ dissolved
organic matter from an Arctic ice floe. ASLO, Santa Fe, USA, 1999