Manfred Josef Kaufmann

Estação de Biologia Marinha do Funchal, Floor 2, Office 2.9

https://www.mphytolab.pt

mj.kaufmann@staff.uma.pt

"Some species even use massive networks of nerve cells called brains to think." in: Campbell et al. 2007. Essential Biology.

Biographical Notes

He holds a PhD in Biological Oceanography and a Masters in Biology (majors: Marine Zoology, Fisheries Biology and Marine Chemistry), both from the Institute of Marine Research, Kiel, Germany (now: Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research). His main research areas are phytoplankton communities and dynamics around seamounts and islands (taxonomy and ecology), potentially harmful benthic dinoflagellates (HAB) and marine ecology. He is an associate professor at the University of Madeira, having extensive experience in undergraduate and postgraduate (master's, doctoral) training. Between 2003 and 2009 he was a partner in the GAME (Global Approach by Modular Experiments) research and training project. He is an associate researcher at MARE, one of the largest marine research centers in Portugal, and a member of the Madeira Ocean Observatory, which promotes marine and environmental research at a more local and regional level. He has integrated more than 10 international multidisciplinary oceanographic expeditions aboard research vessels totaling more than 400 days at sea to investigate the dynamics of phytoplankton communities around seamounts and islands. He also participated in the EU's transnational PCT-MAC2007-2013 program, in the project GESMAR (Sustainable Management of Marine Resources 2010-2012) which investigated the ecological, geological and physical aspects of an area colonised with seagrass in Madeira. Currently he participates in 3 INTERREG projects, 2 of the Macaronesian area, POC MAC 2014-2020, (REBECA-CCT, http://www.proyectorebeca.eu, and MIMAR+, https://www.proyectomimarplus.com) and 1 of the Atlantic Area (iFADO, http://www.ifado.eu). He is also an experienced diver with more than 760 hours of scuba diving, in both saltwater and inland waters.

Publications

Development and preliminary validation of an analytical methodology for the determination of organic UV filters in zooplankton samples, Íñiguez, E., Gouzé, M., Dinis, A., Sosa-Ferrera, Z., Cordeiro, N., Kaufmann, M., Montesdeoca-Esponda, S., Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2026, 1

Great Meteor Seamount Circulation Revisited: Insights Into Cold‐Water Coral Habitat Potential, Schourup-Kristensen, V., Broadus, L. J., Larsen, J., Göke, C., Schwarzkopf, F. U., Tojeira, I., Kaufmann, M., Souto, M., Van Der Kaaden, A., Mohn, C., 2169-9275, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2026, 1

From physics to fish: 50 Years of research at Great Meteor Seamount, NE Atlantic, Tojeira, I., Souto, M., Kaufmann, M., Ramos, M., Carreiro-Silva, M., Fock, H.O., George, K.H., Gerkema, T., Morato, T., Mouriño, B., van Haren, H., White, M., Xavier, J.R., Rafael, T., Martin, B., Cabral, H., Costa, J.L. & Mohn, C., Marine Biodiversity, 2025, 28

Organic ultraviolet filters in the blubber of two free-ranging deep-diving cetacean species, Íñiguez, E., Montesdeoca-Esponda, S., Alves, F., Sosa-Ferrera, Z., Kaufmann, M., Cordeiro, N., & Dinis, A., 1873-6424, Environmental Pollution, 2025, 9

Revealing trophic interactions among sympatric odontocetes in an oceanic ecosystem through stable isotope analyses, Ferreira, R., Dias, E., Kaufmann, M., Fernandez, M., Alves, F., 0952-8369, Journal of Zoology, 2025, 16

The invisible impact of tourism: organic UV filters in the coastal ecosystem of a remote Atlantic Island, Iñiguez, E., Silva, R., Montesdeoca-Esponda, S., Dimou, E., Alves, F., Kaufmann, M., Dinis, A., Cordeiro, N., 0013-9351, Environmental Research, 2025, 1

The Oceanic Observatory of Madeira: A management and research infrastructure to support the sustainable development of marine coastal waters in the Blue Economy era, Narayan, A., Rosa, A., Kaufmann, M., Caldeira, R., One Ocean Science Congress; Nice, France, 2025

Morphological and molecular characterization of Prorocentrum bidens (formerly known as P. compressum) and description of the closely related Prorocentrum bisaeptum sp. nov . (Prorocentrales, Dinophyceae), Tillmann, U., Gottschling, M., Sunesen, I., Wietkamp, S., Dzhembekova, N., Rodriguez Hernandez, F., Tardivo Kubis, J., Sai. E., Kaufmann, M., Hoppenrath, M., 0031-8884, Phycologia, 2024, 22

Optimization and validation of a micro?QuEChERS method for phthalates detection in small samples of cetacean blubber, Sambolino, A., Rodriguez, M., De la Fuente, J., Arbelo, M., Fernández, A., Kaufmann, M., Cordeiro, N., Dinis, A., 2215-0161, MethodsX, 2024, 6

Pelagic Sargassum and some associated mobile fauna: new records for the archipelago of Madeira (subtropical eastern Atlantic), Ferreira, S. J., Kaufmann, M., Wirtz, P., Berimbau, L., Araújo, R., 0025-3154, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 2024, 8

Academic Qualifications

PhD in Oceanografia Biológica, 2004, Christian Albrechts Universität zu Kiel

Master Degree in Biologia, 1992, Christian Albrechts Universität zu Kiel

Undergraduate Degree in Biologia, 1988, Julius Maximilians Universität Würzburg

Current Duties

Director of the PhD in - diretor.cb.3c@mail.uma.pt

Presidente de Comissão of the Comissão de Ética

Representante de Unidade Orgânica of the Comissão de Ética

Membro of the Assembly of the Faculdade de Ciências da Vida

Membro de Conselho Científico of the Faculdade de Ciências da Vida

President of the Pedagogical Council of the Faculdade de Ciências da Vida