Dr Sebastian Steigenberger

Job Title

Laboratory Manager

Site

Southampton

Email

s.steigenberger@noc.ac.uk

Phone

0300 131 2613

Biography

I am supporting the scientists and engineers of the Ocean Technology and Engineering group in their scientific work on sensor development and as the group’s H&S advisor.

My own scientific work focuses on developing a method for the detection of dissolved organic nutrients (DON, DOP) for a lab on a chip (LOC) application.

Previously I have worked on the speciation of iron in seawater (flow injection analysis, voltammetry, ID–ICPMS) and how it is affected biologically (TEP, polysaccharides) and photochemically (UV, H₂O₂). The speciation of iron is important for the availability of this essential trace element to phytoplankton. Via photosynthetic carbon uptake phytoplankton plays a major role in the CO₂ exchange between the atmosphere and the ocean. However, in large regions of the ocean phytoplankton growth is partly limited by iron. In Eric Achterberg’s work group I have been working (2008–2012) in a NERC funded project, which focuses on the Iron Biogeochemistry in the High Latitude North Atlantic Ocean. This project aims to assess whether community productivity in parts of the high latitude N Atlantic is Fe limited following the annual spring bloom and determine the factors which lead to this situation.

Publications

Authors

Wang, Z. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7103-6025; McQuillan, S.; Steigenberger, S.; Papadimitriou, E.; Chakraborty, I.; Gardes, F.; Mowlem, M.; Ismaeel, R.. 2024 Development and optimisation of a photonic waveguide device for methane detection. In: 2024 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), Incheon, Republic of Korea, 4th - 9th August 2024. IEEE, 1-2.

Publication year

2024

Publication type

Conference item

Authors

Lu, Sarah E.; Morris, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5465-411X; Clinton-Bailey, Geraldine; Namiq, Medya; Gow, Paul C.; Birchill, Antony; Steigenberger, Sebastian; Wyatt, James; Forrester, Reuben; Mowlem, Matthew C.; Warwick, Phillip E.. 2023 Rapid prototyping Lab-on-Chip devices for the future: A numerical optimisation of bulk optical parameters in microfluidic systems. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 359, 114496. 10.1016/j.sna.2023.114496

Publication year

2023

Publication type

Article

Authors

Achterberg, Eric P.; Steigenberger, Sebastian; Klar, Jessica K.; Browning, Thomas J.; Marsay, Chris M.; Painter, Stuart C.; Vieira, Lúcia H.; Baker, Alex R.; Hamilton, Douglas S.; Tanhua, Toste; Moore, C. Mark. 2021 Trace element biogeochemistry in the high latitude North Atlantic Ocean: seasonal variations and volcanic inputs. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 35 (3), e2020GB006674. 10.1029/2020GB006674

Publication year

2021

Publication type

Article

Authors

He, Jing; Wang, Yun; Chiodini, Norberto; Steigenberger, Sebastian; Barua, Pranabesh; Beresna, Martynas; Brambilla, Gilberto. 2017 Enhanced ultraviolet photoluminescence in Gd3+-doped silica glass. In: 16th International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks, Wuzhen, China, 07 - 10 August 2017.

Publication year

2017

Publication type

Conference item

Authors

Wang, Y.; He, J.; Barua, P.; Chiodini, N.; Steigenberger, S.; Abdul Khudus, M.I.M.; Sahu, J.K.; Beresna, M.; Brambilla, G.. 2017 Ultraviolet photoluminescence in Gd-doped silica and phosphosilicate fibers. APL Photonics, 2 (4). 046101. 10.1063/1.4976304

Publication year

2017

Publication type

Article

Authors

He, J.; Wang, Y.; Chiodini, N.; Steigenberger, S.; Barua, P.; Beresna, M.; Brambilla, G.. 2017 Enhanced ultraviolet photoluminescence of Gd3+ in silica glass. In: CLEO-Pacific Rim 2017, Singapore, 31 July -4 Aug 2017. 1-2.

Publication year

2017

Publication type

Conference item

Authors

Wang, Y.; He, J.; Barua, P.; Chiodini, N.; Steigenberger, S.; Khudus, M. I. M. Abdul; Sahu, J. K.; Beresna, M.; Brambilla, G.. 2017 UV luminescence in Gd-doped silica and phosphosilicate optical fibers. In: CLEO-Pacific Rim 2017, Singapore, 31 July -4 Aug 2017. 1-3.

Publication year

2017

Publication type

Conference item

Authors

He, Jing; Wang, Yun; Steigenberger, Sebastian; Macpherson, Alisdair; Chiodini, Norberto; Brambilla, Gilberto. 2016 Intense ultraviolet photoluminescence at 314 nm in Gd^3+-doped Silica. In: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2016, San Jose, US, 05-10 Jun 2016. JTh2A.86.

Publication year

2016

Publication type

Conference item

Authors

Le Moigne, Frédéric A.C.; Moore, C. Mark; Sanders, Richard J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6884-7131; Villa-Alfageme, Maria; Steigenberger, Sebastian; Achterberg, Eric P.. 2014 Sequestration efficiency in the iron limited North Atlantic: Implications for iron supply mode to fertilized blooms. Geophysical Research Letters, 41 (13). 4619-4627. 10.1002/2014GL060308

Publication year

2014

Publication type

Article

Authors

Painter, S.C.; Henson, S.A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3875-6802; Forryan, A.; Steigenberger, S.; Klar, J.; Stinchcombe, M.C.; Rogan, N.; Baker, A.R.; Achterberg, E.P.; Moore, C.M.. 2014 An assessment of the vertical diffusive flux of iron and other nutrients to the surface waters of the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean. Biogeosciences, 11 (8). 2113-2130. 10.5194/bg-11-2113-2014

Publication year

2014

Publication type

Article

Authors

Achterberg, Eric P.; Moore, C. Mark; Henson, Stephanie A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3875-6802; Steigenberger, Sebastian; Stohl, Andreas; Eckhardt, Sabine; Avendano, Lizeth C.; Cassidy, Michael; Hembury, Debbie; Klar, Jessica K.; Lucas, Michael I.; Macey, Anna I.; Marsay, Chris M.; Ryan-Keogh, Thomas J.. 2013 Natural iron fertilization by the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruption. Geophysical Research Letters, 40 (5). 921-926. 10.1002/grl.50221

Publication year

2013

Publication type

Article

Authors

Giering, Sari L.C.; Steigenberger, Sebastian; Achterberg, Eric P.; Sanders, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6884-7131; Mayor, Daniel J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1295-0041. 2012 Elevated iron to nitrogen recycling by mesozooplankton in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 39 (12). L12608. 10.1029/2012GL051776

Publication year

2012

Publication type

Article

Authors

Hinz, D.J.; Poulton, Alex; Nielsdottir, M.C.; Steigenberger, S.; Korb, R.; Achterberg, E.P.; Bibby, T.S.. 2012 Comparative seasonal biogeography of mineralising nannoplankton in the Scotia Sea: Emiliania huxleyi, Fragilariopsis spp. and Tetraparma pelagica. Deep Sea Research II, 59-60. 57-66. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.09.002

Publication year

2012

Publication type

Article

Authors

Schmidt, Katrin; Atkinson, Angus; Steigenberger, Sebastian; Fielding, Sophie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3152-4742; Lindsay, Margaret C.M.; Pond, David W.; Tarling, Geraint A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3753-5899; Klevjer, Thor A.; Allen, Claire S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0938-0551; Nicol, Stephen; Achterberg, Eric P.. 2011 Seabed foraging by Antarctic krill: Implications for stock assessment, bentho-pelagic coupling, and the vertical transfer of iron. Limnology and Oceanography, 56 (4). 1411-1428. 10.4319/lo.2011.56.4.1411

Publication year

2011

Publication type

Article