Dr. Tanja Stratmann
@drtanjastratmann.bsky.social
PhD in Marine Sciences, Deep-Sea Benthic Ecologist and Biogeochemist,
#PostDoc at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social/ @niozsearesearch.bsky.social; scientific illustrations at https://instagram.com/tanjastratmann/
#PostDoc at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social/ @niozsearesearch.bsky.social; scientific illustrations at https://instagram.com/tanjastratmann/
I often use my sister with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering as a translator to understand technical staff and engineers of companies that build equipment for me. Now, she told me I would get a book with diagrams and graphics about engineering as a birthday present, so I don't need her anymore. 😅
January 20, 2026 at 7:24 AM
I often use my sister with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering as a translator to understand technical staff and engineers of companies that build equipment for me. Now, she told me I would get a book with diagrams and graphics about engineering as a birthday present, so I don't need her anymore. 😅
Today I explained my MSc student a bit how appointment procedures for professorships work in different European countries and her conclusion was: "Academia is a big circus" 🎪. I replied that this was indeed what the PhD student with whom I shared an office during my PhD said about Academia 😅.
January 14, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Today I explained my MSc student a bit how appointment procedures for professorships work in different European countries and her conclusion was: "Academia is a big circus" 🎪. I replied that this was indeed what the PhD student with whom I shared an office during my PhD said about Academia 😅.
After being relatively efficient this morning, this afternoon is a nightmare. I'm correcting and revising a draft of my student's report and my laptop crashes almost every 5-10 min for the last 1.5 hours. I have even split the report in 2 parts, so that the laptop can better cope with it 😮💨.
January 7, 2026 at 4:09 PM
After being relatively efficient this morning, this afternoon is a nightmare. I'm correcting and revising a draft of my student's report and my laptop crashes almost every 5-10 min for the last 1.5 hours. I have even split the report in 2 parts, so that the laptop can better cope with it 😮💨.
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My latest for @science.org—a major European effort to understand the environmental impacts of deep-sea mining begins this year. It aims to answer major open questions as the ISA finalizes regulations.
As deep-sea mining race ramps up, mission will assess whether ecosystems recover afterward
A new series of research cruises will study rare abyssal species in areas slated for mining
www.science.org
January 5, 2026 at 10:41 PM
My latest for @science.org—a major European effort to understand the environmental impacts of deep-sea mining begins this year. It aims to answer major open questions as the ISA finalizes regulations.
I have to give a lecture in German at a 🇩🇪 university in 2.5 weeks, so I had a funny conversation with colleagues: 3 German scientists living abroad for years tried to identify the most gender-inclusive German term for 'university students' that didn't exist when we all left the country years ago.
January 6, 2026 at 9:45 AM
I have to give a lecture in German at a 🇩🇪 university in 2.5 weeks, so I had a funny conversation with colleagues: 3 German scientists living abroad for years tried to identify the most gender-inclusive German term for 'university students' that didn't exist when we all left the country years ago.
In 2020 I conducted a seasonal experiment at the tidal flat behind #NIOZ-Yerseke 🇳🇱. Over the years, a small Pacific oyster 🦪bed/ reef was established which I used as experimental site for my metabolic activity studies of macrobenthos. 1/n
December 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
In 2020 I conducted a seasonal experiment at the tidal flat behind #NIOZ-Yerseke 🇳🇱. Over the years, a small Pacific oyster 🦪bed/ reef was established which I used as experimental site for my metabolic activity studies of macrobenthos. 1/n
Today, I‘m presenting about #deepseamining and #polymetallicnodules at the Faculty of Engineering at @unipaderborn.bsky.social.
December 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Today, I‘m presenting about #deepseamining and #polymetallicnodules at the Faculty of Engineering at @unipaderborn.bsky.social.
Last week and this week, I'm traveling a lot for purchasing field and lab equipment for my new #ERCStG group #SPYCLING, which will also benefit my current project, and to present my research on #deepseamining at @unipaderborn.bsky.social 🇩🇪 tomorrow (busy preparing the talk right now). 1/2
December 17, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Last week and this week, I'm traveling a lot for purchasing field and lab equipment for my new #ERCStG group #SPYCLING, which will also benefit my current project, and to present my research on #deepseamining at @unipaderborn.bsky.social 🇩🇪 tomorrow (busy preparing the talk right now). 1/2
Today I exchanged my office in the North of 🇳🇱 with one in the South of 🇳🇱, as I‘m burrowing some equipment and discuss a new cooperation.
December 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Today I exchanged my office in the North of 🇳🇱 with one in the South of 🇳🇱, as I‘m burrowing some equipment and discuss a new cooperation.
Thursday, 18 December, I'm presenting my research about polymetallic nodules and #DeepSeaMining in general at the Faculty of Engineering of @unipaderborn.bsky.social 🇩🇪: mb.uni-paderborn.de/werkstoffkun...
Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffkunde (LWK) - Werkstoffkunde (LWK) | Universität Paderborn
mb.uni-paderborn.de
December 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Thursday, 18 December, I'm presenting my research about polymetallic nodules and #DeepSeaMining in general at the Faculty of Engineering of @unipaderborn.bsky.social 🇩🇪: mb.uni-paderborn.de/werkstoffkun...
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Why do we see so few squid in the abyss? Because they hide from us, pretending to be sponges!🦑 New paper by @alemejiasaenz.bsky.social captures a potential new whiplash-squid species that burrows between nodules at the #CCZ, world's largest region targeted for #deepseamining doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
December 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Why do we see so few squid in the abyss? Because they hide from us, pretending to be sponges!🦑 New paper by @alemejiasaenz.bsky.social captures a potential new whiplash-squid species that burrows between nodules at the #CCZ, world's largest region targeted for #deepseamining doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
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After 5 years of sample collection and analysis our paper examining the impacts of an industrial #DeepSea mining trial on seafloor #biodiversity is published! Read here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 5, 2025 at 8:49 AM
After 5 years of sample collection and analysis our paper examining the impacts of an industrial #DeepSea mining trial on seafloor #biodiversity is published! Read here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Yesterday, I visited the Department of Earth Sciences at @vuamsterdam.bsky.social in #Amsterdam 🇳🇱 to give a talk as part of the BETA Lectures Earth Sciences. Thanks 🙏 to @nielsjdewinter.bsky.social for organizing the Theme 1 seminar series.
December 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Yesterday, I visited the Department of Earth Sciences at @vuamsterdam.bsky.social in #Amsterdam 🇳🇱 to give a talk as part of the BETA Lectures Earth Sciences. Thanks 🙏 to @nielsjdewinter.bsky.social for organizing the Theme 1 seminar series.
When a colleague sends out a reminder about a talk I'm giving tomorrow, while the presentation doesn't even exist yet. 😂😶🌫️
December 3, 2025 at 7:25 AM
When a colleague sends out a reminder about a talk I'm giving tomorrow, while the presentation doesn't even exist yet. 😂😶🌫️
For weeks I've been busy with comparing quotes of GC-EA-IRMS systems and preparing the tender. After I've sent the 4th request for adjustments of the quote, the sales manager of one of companies likely thinks I'm completely crazy. 🫣
December 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
For weeks I've been busy with comparing quotes of GC-EA-IRMS systems and preparing the tender. After I've sent the 4th request for adjustments of the quote, the sales manager of one of companies likely thinks I'm completely crazy. 🫣
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I’m thrilled to share that my project “From Data to Discovery: A Citizen Science Study Towards Species Distribution Models in the Mediterranean Sea” has been awarded funding through the @britishecologicalsociety.org #SmallResearchGrant2025!
Starting by March 2026,
Stay tuned for updates! 🌍💙
Starting by March 2026,
Stay tuned for updates! 🌍💙
November 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I’m thrilled to share that my project “From Data to Discovery: A Citizen Science Study Towards Species Distribution Models in the Mediterranean Sea” has been awarded funding through the @britishecologicalsociety.org #SmallResearchGrant2025!
Starting by March 2026,
Stay tuned for updates! 🌍💙
Starting by March 2026,
Stay tuned for updates! 🌍💙
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Looking forward to advancing marine ecological knowledge with the help of local communities and divers from Costa Brava hashtag#Catalunya.
Stay tuned for updates! 🌍💙
#MarineEcology #Biodiversity #CitizenScience #SpeciesDistributionModels #MediterraneanSea #SmallResearchGrant #BES #Ecology
Stay tuned for updates! 🌍💙
#MarineEcology #Biodiversity #CitizenScience #SpeciesDistributionModels #MediterraneanSea #SmallResearchGrant #BES #Ecology
November 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Looking forward to advancing marine ecological knowledge with the help of local communities and divers from Costa Brava hashtag#Catalunya.
Stay tuned for updates! 🌍💙
#MarineEcology #Biodiversity #CitizenScience #SpeciesDistributionModels #MediterraneanSea #SmallResearchGrant #BES #Ecology
Stay tuned for updates! 🌍💙
#MarineEcology #Biodiversity #CitizenScience #SpeciesDistributionModels #MediterraneanSea #SmallResearchGrant #BES #Ecology
My colleague with whom I share an office coined a new term "hyperactive e-mail postbox". And it's so true. I had to respond to a rather (too) long e-mail and while doing so, every few minutes a new e-mail came in that needed attention and urgent actions until the end of the day. 🫣
November 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
My colleague with whom I share an office coined a new term "hyperactive e-mail postbox". And it's so true. I had to respond to a rather (too) long e-mail and while doing so, every few minutes a new e-mail came in that needed attention and urgent actions until the end of the day. 🫣
I still write the performance description, technical specification, and product comparison for the purchase of the GC/EA-IRMS. Whenever I believe the first document is finally completed and technically correct, I find a new mistake. 1/2
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I still write the performance description, technical specification, and product comparison for the purchase of the GC/EA-IRMS. Whenever I believe the first document is finally completed and technically correct, I find a new mistake. 1/2
There are really 2 groups of university students: Group A) contacts potential supervisors for internships/ placement years 1 year or more in advance, group B) contacts potential supervisors for an obligatory 7 months internship 14 days in advance. 🫣
November 17, 2025 at 7:04 AM
There are really 2 groups of university students: Group A) contacts potential supervisors for internships/ placement years 1 year or more in advance, group B) contacts potential supervisors for an obligatory 7 months internship 14 days in advance. 🫣
I participate in the #ArtScienceMatchmaking initiative of the @dsbsoc.bsky.social. If you are more interested in my art than in my science (or both), you can check my progress here: www.instagram.com/tanjastratma.... The final piece will include #sponges & plants in a surrealistic setting. #SciArt
November 8, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I participate in the #ArtScienceMatchmaking initiative of the @dsbsoc.bsky.social. If you are more interested in my art than in my science (or both), you can check my progress here: www.instagram.com/tanjastratma.... The final piece will include #sponges & plants in a surrealistic setting. #SciArt
I'm really not made for the speed in which media content is created. Today at 13:15h a request for an interview with an expert in deep-sea ecology is sent to research institute in 🇩🇪. 1/n
November 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I'm really not made for the speed in which media content is created. Today at 13:15h a request for an interview with an expert in deep-sea ecology is sent to research institute in 🇩🇪. 1/n