Pascal Simon

Pascal Simon
Matter transport and ecosystem dynamics
PhD StudentPhone: +49 (0)4152 87-1827
Research Focus
My research focuses on the transport of Persistant Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the oceans. It is a part of the Project MCMEE (Multi-Compartment-Model for novel organic pollutants: From Emission to Exposure) which aims for the development of a comprehensive numerical model including the emission of, the transport of and the human exposure to different groups of organic pollutants.
My personal effort concentrates on the marine transport mechanisms and the involved processes, as, for example the photolytic decomposition or sedimentation of the considered substances.
I am working with ECOSMO (ECOSystem Model), a threedimensional, fully coupled physical-biogeochemical model, based on the Hamburg Shelf Ocean Model (HAMSOM), which approximates the physical, chemical and biological conditions in the North- and Baltic Sea.
Scientific Career Path
2021-Today: PhD student, Helmholtz Centre Hereon, Geesthacht
2018-2020: Research assistant, German Centre for Aeronautics and Space (DLR), Göttingen
2017-2020: M.Sc. in Physics with specialization on physics of complex systems , Georg-August-University Göttingen
2014-2017: B.Sc. in Physics, Georg-August-University Göttingen