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Curriculum Vitae - Susanne Kratzer Family Name: Kratzer First Name: Susanne Date of Birth: Citizenship:

13 September 1966 German and Swedish

Telephone: +46-8-161059 E-mail: Susanne.Kratzer@su.se Address Hallgatan 16, 16932 Solna

Academic Degrees

Professional Employment Record

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2014 date Senior Researcher, Department of Ecology, Environmental and Plant Sciences (EMB), Stockholm University (SU), Sweden

2012 2013 Senior advisor, 20120401-20130930 secondment to Brockmann Consult, GmbH, Germany funded by FP7 Marie Curie PEOPLE

2009 2013 Researcher, EMB (formerly Systems Ecology), SU, Sweden

2005 2008 Assistant Professor (funded by SNSB), Department of Systems Ecology, SU, Sweden

2001 2004 Post-doctoral Researcher*, remote sensing group, Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology (INK), SU, SE; (includes 9 months maternity leave during 2003/2004

1998 2000 Research Assistant, Remote Sensing Group, INK, SU, Sweden

1995 1997 PhD Fellow, School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor (UWB), UK; Studies were funded by MAFF

1993 1994 Research Officer, School of Ocean Sciences, UWB, UK; 50% funded by NERC

October 2008

July 2001

Associate Professor in Marine Ecology, Stockholm University, Sweden.

PhD degree University of Wales, Bangor (UWB), UK. Thesis Title: ‘Bio-optical studies of coastal waters’. Subject area: Biological Oceanography. Supervisors: Prof. Paul Tett (Napier University, Scotland) and Dr. Dave Bowers (UWB).

May 1995 April 1990

‘Diplom Biologie’ (German Masters degree in Biology) Bremen University, Germany; Oral examinations in Marine Biology (main subject), Ecology, Botany and Chemistry in Winter 1994. Thesis title (Diplomarbeit): ‘A comparison of the optical properties of phytoplankton from coastal and oceanic waters’; Supervisors: Professor Paul Tett, School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor, UK, and Professor Dr. Victor Smetaçek, Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany. Vordiplom Philipps University Marburg (First stage of German Diplom degree in Biology); Oral examinations in Botany, Zoology, Physics and Chemistry,

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PhD students Supervised 1. Dmytro Kyryliuk from Kiev, Ukraine, started his PhD in March 2015. Thesis Title: 'Combining

Ocean colour RS and hydrological parameters for evaluating the effect of terrestrial run-off on coastal ecology' (funded by ESA, SNSB and 50% by the SU Faculty). Main Supervisor: S. Kratzer; Co-supervisors: Prof. Steve Lyon (Department of Physical Geography, SU) and Dr Michelle Mc Crackin (Baltic Eye, SU). Half Time Seminar passed: April 07, 2017.

2. Elina Kari from Helsinki, Finland, started her PhD in Sept 2013 Title: Seasonal changes of water quality in the Baltic Sea and the effect of ice thawing on the development of the phytoplankton spring bloom (funded by: SNSB for 3 years and the SU Faculty for 13 months). Main Supervisor: S. Kratzer, Co-supervisors: Prof Matti Leppäranta, Helsinki University and Prof Monika Winder (SU). Half Time Seminar passed: April 07, 2016.

3. Krista Alikas, Tartu Observatory(TO), Estonia: Main supervisor: Anu Reinart (TO); Initially I was the Co-supervisor; latter I was the Acting Principal Supervisor during the last 2-3 years of KA’s PhD studies which she successfully defended in June 2016. Published joint papers on Kd490 algorithms (Alikas et al., 2016) and about improved Secchi depth retrieval over optically-complex waters (Alikas and Kratzer, 2017), along with a joint book chapter (Kratzer et al., 2016).

4. Therese Harvey from Stockholm, Sweden defended her PhD thesis on October 02, 2015. Thesis Title: ‘Bio-optics, satellite remote sensing and Baltic Sea ecosystems- Applications for monitoring and management’. Main Supervisor: S. Kratzer; Co-supervisors: Petra Philipsson, BG and Jakob Walve, SU.

5. Jose Beltrán-Abaunza from Mexico defended his PhD on January 29, 2016; Thesis Title: ‘Remote sensing in optically complex waters - water quality assessment using MERIS data’. Main Supervisor: S. Kratzer: Co-supervisor: Dr Carsten Brockmann, Brockmann Consult BC, Germany.

Hosting of Early Stage Researchers and Post-docs 1. Dr Evgeny Morozov, NIERSC, St. Petersburg, Russia, worked in my group as Post-doc for 1 year

during 2014 (was funded by FP7 EuRuCAS); Joint Publication: Book Chapter (Kratzer et al., 2016). 2. Dr Monika Wozniak, from University of Gdansk, Poland worked in my Research Group as Post-doc

between September 2013- and May 2014 (was funded by the Swedish Institute); Joint paper published in Remote Sensing (Wozniak et al., 2017).

3. Dr Selima Ben Mustapha from Tunisia and Canada, worked as Research Engineer from August 2012 to July 2014 (funded by EUFP7 WaterS & EuRuCAS and by ESA/ESRIN project 21524. Joint book chapter (Kratzer et al., 2016) and published paper (Philipsson et al., 2016).

4. Dr Diana Vaičiūtė, Klaipeda University (KU), Lithuania worked as a visiting PhD student in 2011 (Nordic Network), is now a post-doc at KU; Joint publication: Kari et al., (2016).

5. Dr Annelies Hommersom, Water Insight, The Netherlands, worked as for one year as a Post-doc at SU during 2011 (funded by WaterS. Joint paper on inter-comparison of reflectance measurements (Hommersom et al. 2012).

My Major Recent Assignments 1. Coordinator of the Nordic Network for Baltic Sea Remote Sensing November 2008-October 2016

with about 70 active Researchers and PhD students. Focus: Networking, scientific workshops and PhD training, funded by: NordForsk, http://www.NordBaltRems.org

1. I was invited by the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSEeL) to organize and convene a 2-day workshop on 'Coastal and Baltic Sea Remote Sensing' during the EARSeL Symposium held in Stockholm during June 15-19, 2015.

2. I am an active member of the ESA MERIS validation team since 2001. 3. I am also a Lead Scientist of the Swedish Sentinel-3 validation team.

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4. I am PI of the NASA Aeronet-OC station in Lake Vänern which is also used for fiducial reference measurements. Our data has contributed to the ESA MERMAID data base with a fair number of valid MERIS match-ups in highly absorbing waters.

5. I was Convenor of the Baltic Sea Remote Sensing Plenary Session and a workshop on ‘Bio-optical modelling and remote sensing’ BSSC, August 25-31, 2013 Klaipeda, Lithuania.

6. I was Convener of Baltic Sea Remote Sensing Plenary Session and of a workshop on ‘Bio-optical modelling and remote sensing’, BSSC, August 22-26, 2011, St. Petersburg.

Invited Expert 7. I was invited by the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (Gothenburg) to write

an expert evaluation report on the use of RS products for Baltic Sea monitoring and management including an assessment of the Copernicus standard products (OLCI on Sent-3) with focus on chlorophyll-a, and in comparison with products from other operational systems in the Baltic Sea (Kratzer et al., 2016; HaV report).

8. I was invited as an expert for the Workshop BONUS EEIG for Information and Communication Technology Services for Environment, Safety and Security in the Baltic, Helsinki, on April 12, 2010.

9. I have been a Scientific Advisor to the Estonian Research programme (EstSpace) funded by the EU capacity building program (2008-2010).

Invited Opponent and Expert Evaluator for PhD candidates of European Universities 1. Opponent / Examiner for PhD thesis entitled ‘Bio-optics and Ecology in Emiliania huxleyi

Blooms: Field and Remote Sensing Studies in Norwegian Waters’ submitted by Erlend Kjeldsberg Hovland (2012) to Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of Biology, Trondheim, Norway

2. Expert Evaluator of PhD thesis entitled ‘Spaceborne Inland Water Quality Monitoring’ submitted by Daniel Odermatt (2011) to University of Zurich, Faculty of Sciences, Switzerland

3. Opponent / Examiner for PhD thesis entitled ‘Bio-optical properties of eutrophic lakes’ submitted by Birgot Paavel (2008) to Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu, Estonia

Awards of Distinctions, Prizes, Nominations, Scholarships 1. ‘Best student presentation’ Prize for presenting our work entitled ‘Applications for Monitoring

and Management’; during the Satellite Remote Sensing in Marine Coastal Ecosystems, Nordic Marine Science Conference, Oslo, October 28-30, 2013. Authors: E. Therese Harvey, Susanne Kratzer and Petra Philipson

2. ‘Best of Plenary Session’ prize for joint presentation ‘Remote sensing and optical in-water measurements of a cyanobacteria bloom in the Baltic Sea’, during the 6th International Conference Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, Charleston, USA. May 1-3, 2000

3. Assistant Professorship (2005-2008) funded by Swedish National Space Board. 4. PhD Scholarship (1995-1998) from the UK Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF).

PI for current and recent National Research Projects • Swedish National Space Board (SNSB) project: ‘Remote sensing of optically complex waters

using the Sentinels - algorithm development and validation’ (2017), PI: S. Kratzer. • Swedish National Space Board (SNSB) project: ‘Sentinel-3 validation in Swedish coastal waters

and Lake Vänern’ (2016), PI: S. Kratzer. • Swedish National Space Board (SNSB) project: ‘Improving remote sensing reflectance retrieval in

optically complex waters (Baltic Sea and Lake Vänern)’ (2013-2016), PI: S. Kratzer. • Stockholm University's Strategic Marine Environmental Program, Baltic Ecosystem Adaptive

Management, BEAM, Coordinator: Professor Ragnar Elmgren and S. Kratzer was PI of the sub-project 'Bio-optical research for management - a collaborative effort between BEAM and ECOCHANGE' (2011-2016) funded through FOMAS.

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• VR funded Project: Cyanobacteria assessment in Italian and Swedish waters from Space (CYAN IS-WAS), a Science and Technology Cooperation Project between Italy and the Kingdom of Sweden 2011-2013; PI at SU: S. Kratzer

Recent coordination of and participation in international projects • ESA/ARGANS project: 'MERIS Validation and Algorithm 4th Reprocessing: MERIS Validation

Team (MVT)' ref. 003-025, (2015-2017); PI for SU: S. Kratzer • EU FP7 funded project European Russian Centre for cooperation in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic

environmental and climate research (EuRuCAS, 2012-2015); Focus: sub-Artic modelling and remote sensing (Lake Vänern & Baltic Sea); PI for SU: S. Kratzer.

• EU FP7 WaterS Marie Curie Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP), 2010-2014. Focus: Industry-Academia exchange, mobility; PI for SU: S. Kratzer with 18-months secondment to Brockmann Consult, Germany during 2012-2013.

• ESA/ESRIN Project: Technical Assistance for the validation of MERIS products in Lake Vänern and coastal waters of the north-western Baltic Sea (Sweden); 2008-2017. PI: S.Kratzer

• Participation Science and Policy Integration for Coastal System Assessment (SPICOSA), Integrated EU FP6 Project; My participation in SPICOSA was in WT 10.3 Alternative Technologies, 12.1 Academic training & Curriculum development (2007-2009).

Publications: I have published 27 Peer Reviewed Research Papers; 4 Book Chapters; 8 extended Abstracts for Conferences; 4 popular science articles and 2 International Reports Recent book chapters Kratzer, S., Alikas, K., Harvey, T., Beltrán-Abaunza, J.M., Morozov, E., Mustapha, S.B. and Lavender,

S., 2016. Multitemporal Remote Sensing of Coastal Waters. In Multitemporal Remote Sensing (pp. 391-426). Springer International Publishing.

Kratzer S., Kowalczuk P., Sagan S., 2017. Chapter 15: Bio-optical water quality assessment. In: Snoeijs-Leijonmalm P, Schubert H, Radziejewska T (Eds) Biological Oceanography of the Baltic Sea. Springer (in press, available from 17 March 2017).

Recent peer reviewed papers

(full list of publications: https://scholar.google.se/citations?user=YUwOylMAAAAJ&hl=en) Wozniak, M., Craig, S., Kratzer, S., Wojtasiewicz, B. and Darecki, M., 2017. Estimation of water optical

properties in coastal waters with the use of remote sensing reflectance – a case study from the Gulf of Gdansk (Baltic Sea). Remote Sensing, 9, 343; doi:10.3390.

Alikas, K. and Kratzer, S., 2017. Improved retrieval of Secchi depth for optically-complex waters using remote sensing data. Ecological Indicators, 77: 218-227.

Beltrán-Abaunza, J.M., Kratzer, S. and Höglander, H., 2016. Using MERIS data to assess the spatial and temporal variability of phytoplankton in coastal areas, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 1-25.

Kari, E, Kratzer, S., Beltrán-Abaunza, J, Harvey, ET and Vaičiūtė, D, 2016. Retrieval of suspended particulate matter from turbidity– model development, validation, and application to MERIS data over the Baltic Sea; International Journal of Remote Sensing, 1-21.

Alikas, K. Kratzer, S., Reinart, A. Kauer, T. and Paavel, B., 2015. Robust remote sensing algorithms to derive the diffuse attenuation coefficient for lakes and coastal waters, Limnology and Oceanography Methods, 13 (8): 402–415.

Harvey T., Kratzer S., Philipson P., 2015, Satellite-based water quality monitoring for improved spatial and temporal retrieval of chlorophyll-a in coastal waters, Remote Sensing Environment, 158: 417-430.

Harvey T, Kratzer S., Andersson, A., 2015, Relationships between Coloured Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM) and Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) in different coastal gradients of the Baltic Sea, Ambio 44 (3): 392-401.