Anna Sanchez-Vidal

The main axis of my research is to characterise and quantify mass and energy fluxes in marine environments, and understand the role that particles play in the biogeochemical cycling of major and minor elements in the ocean. Based on a detailed geochemical characterisation of marine particles (bulk geochemical composition and stable isotopes, lipid biomarkers, PAHs, trace elements, PFASs, microplastics), and the understanding of the external (climatic) and internal (oceanographic) forcing conditions to each studied environment (from the Southern Ocean to the Arctic, with a special focus on the Mediterranean Sea), I aim at understanding the natural drivers that control marine ecosystems, and how does anthropogenic activity -including climate change- impact on them.