Research Interests
Reconstructing the Ocean-Climate Link with Geochemical Tracers
The primary focus of my research is to understand the link between ocean circulation and climate over recent earth history. The global ocean overturning is an important component of the earth’s climate system because the deep ocean hosts a large reservoir of carbon dioxide that exchanges with the atmosphere on short timescales, and its circulation also transports heat across the face of the planet. I am specifically interested in reconstructing changes in deep water mass source and structure and determining how these are linked with changes in deep ocean nutrient contents and overturning rate.