About Me
I am a biogeochemist interested in climate, ocean circulation, marine nutrient dynamics and environmental change on different timescales. Through my work, I aim to learn about how humans have affected rapidly-changing and climatically-sensitive marine environments from both a physical and biological perspective. I am also interested in the utility of past warm intervals (i.e., Pleistocene interglacial periods) to advance our understanding of long-term "natural" variations in the ocean-climate system, and if such variations can be useful for informing near-future scenarios of anthropogenic climate disruption.
I have specific expertise in light stable isotope systematics (N, C and O), microfossil geochemistry and sclerochemistry, which I use to investigate different research questions. Currently, my major research interests include 1) reconstructing the physical mechanisms responsible for regulating the strength of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) throughout past warm periods, 2) characterizing the effects of a modern-day AMOC slow-down on the biogeochemical oceanography of the (sub)polar North Atlantic and 3) investigating ecosystem variability in past and present high-latitude marine environments.
At present, I am working within the Environmental Geochemistry and Oceanography research group at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), but will be moving to the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) to join the newly established Marine Biogeochemical Dynamics laboratory led by Prof. Benoit Thibodeau in the fall of 2021.
I am currently seeking longer-term employment opportunities, ideally involving ocean and climate research.
I have specific expertise in light stable isotope systematics (N, C and O), microfossil geochemistry and sclerochemistry, which I use to investigate different research questions. Currently, my major research interests include 1) reconstructing the physical mechanisms responsible for regulating the strength of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) throughout past warm periods, 2) characterizing the effects of a modern-day AMOC slow-down on the biogeochemical oceanography of the (sub)polar North Atlantic and 3) investigating ecosystem variability in past and present high-latitude marine environments.
At present, I am working within the Environmental Geochemistry and Oceanography research group at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), but will be moving to the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) to join the newly established Marine Biogeochemical Dynamics laboratory led by Prof. Benoit Thibodeau in the fall of 2021.
I am currently seeking longer-term employment opportunities, ideally involving ocean and climate research.
