Dr. Sebastian Krause

Dr. Krause is an aquatic biogeochemist with scientific interests in the biogeochemistry of coastal wetland
and marine environments as well as the environmental impact of biomass-based marine carbon dioxide
removal (CDR). His research interests integrate diverse approaches—including radiotracer incubations,
stable isotope techniques, and geochemical and molecular analyses—to uncover mechanisms driving
microbial activity and their broader environmental implications. Dr. Krause is currently a Postdoctoral
Researcher in the Valentine research group at UCSB, leading research examining the fate of macroalgal
biomass as it degrades under various conditions in laboratory and field trials to explore the overall
durability of macroalgal sequestration as a CDR strategy.