Jörn Thiede (14 April 1941 – 15 July 2021) was a German palaeontologist and polar scientist, known for his studies on the climate history of the Mediterranean and North Atlantic oceans.
In 1967, he completed his diploma thesis on rocks of Devonian age from the Rhenish Slate Mountains, supervised by professor Krömmelbein.
Thiede then stayed in Kiel to complete a doctorate on ocean-floor sediments of the eastern Atlantic under the supervision of German marine geologist, Eugen Seibold.
In 1974, he moved to Oregon State University where he began a collaboration with German oceanographer Erwin Suess.
In 1997 he was appointed director of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven, Germany, and also professor of palaeoceanography at the University of Bremen.
Selected examples: Thiede received many awards in recognition of his scientific achievements, and his contributions to international polar and marine science.