Karen Helen Wiltshire

Karen Helen Wiltshire (born 1962) is an Irish environmental scientist. She is professor for shelf-ecosystems and one of the vice directors of Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI).

Born in Dublin, Wiltshire studied at Trinity College Dublin and graduated with a master's degree in environmental science. She received her Ph.D. and habilitation (2001) in hydrobiology at the University of Hamburg. She worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the GKSS Geesthacht, the University of St. Andrews, Scotland and was appointed Professor of Geosciences at Jacobs University in 2006.

Wiltshire supports Scientists for Future in Germany and took part in a statement at the Bundespressekonferenz in March 2019.

Publications

 * The fractionation of phosphorus in sediments of the river Elbe under anaerobic conditions, 1988
 * Experimental procedures for the fractionation of phosphorus in sediments with emphasis on anaerobic techniques, 1992
 * The influence of microphytobenthos on oxygen and nutrient fluxes between eulittoral sediments and associated water phases in the Elbe estuary, 1992