I have a general interest in Ocean-Atmosphere interactions and physical oceanography as well as a quest of using science and technology to make life better, to educate the public through media outlets and to provide information for policy makers. The Sea-surface Micro Layer (SML) has largely been married with the sea surface in general and studied as one unit despite its unique nature. My interest centres on understanding the SML behavior over space and time with focus on the essential climate variables.

• Jaeger, L., Gassen, L., Ayim, S.M., Bibi, R. and Wurl, O. (2025) ‘Thermal Recovery Dynamics of the Ocean’s Cool-Skin Layer After Complete Mixing’, <i>Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography</i>, 77(1), p. 173–184. Available at: https://doi.org/10.16993/tellusa.4103.
• Bibi, R., Ribas-Ribas, M., Lehners, C., Jaeger, L., Gassen, L., Mintah Ayim, S., H. Badewien, T., Wollschläger, J., Thölen, C., H. Brinkhoff, T., Athale, I., Waska, H., Zöbelein, J., Röttgers, R., Novak, M., Engel, A., Karnatz, J., and Wurl, O.: Biogeochemical Links in the Sea-Surface Microlayer: A Multidisciplinary Mesocosm Study, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-8823, doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-8823, 2025.
• Ayim, S. M., Jaeger, L., Gassen, L., and Wurl, O.: Detecting and Investigating Frontal Dynamics in the Skin Layer of the North Sea Using Autonomous Surface Vehicle Observations, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-3158, doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-3158, 2025.
• Meyerjürgens, J., Goßmann, I., Albinus, M., Achtner, C., Robinson, B.-T., Held, A., Lehners, C., Gassen-Bertzbach, L., Ayim, S. M., Badewien, T. H., Scholz-Böttcher, B. M., and Wurl, O.: What Influences Microplastic Distribution in the Marine Environment? A Study Highlighting the Role of Fronts and Submesoscale Processes in the North Sea, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-17177, doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-17177, 2025.
• Jaeger, Leonie; Ayim, Samuel M; Gassen, Lisa; Holthusen, Lina Aleke; Lagemann, Mitja; Lehners, Carola; Ribas-Ribas, Mariana; Wurl, Oliver (2024): High-resolution measurements of essential climate variables in the North Sea from the autonomous surface vehicle HALOBATES during a research cruise with RV Senckenberg (September 2022) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.968959
• Gassen, Lisa; Ayim, Samuel M; Emig, Sven; Goßmann, Isabel; Holthusen, Lina Aleke; Jaeger, Leonie; Lagemann, Mitja; Lehners, Carola; Ribas-Ribas, Mariana; Wurl, Oliver (2024): High-resolution measurements of essential climate variables in the North Sea from the autonomous surface vehicle HALOBATES during RV Heincke cruise HE598 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.968799
• Gassen, Lisa; Ayim, Samuel M; Bibi, Riaz; Cortés, Edgar; Holthusen, Lina Aleke; Jaeger, Leonie; Lagemann, Mitja; Lehners, Carola; Ribas-Ribas, Mariana; Wurl, Oliver (2024): High-resolution measurements of essential climate variables in the North Sea from the autonomous surface vehicle HALOBATES during RV Heincke cruise HE614 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.969378
• Lisa Gassen, Samuel M. Ayim, Thomas H. Badewien, Mariana Ribas-Ribas, Oliver Wurl; Wind speed effects on rainfall-induced salinity and temperature anomalies at the sea surface microlayer at mid-latitudes. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 12 January 2024; 12 (1): 00004. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2024.00004