As a marine biogeochemist, my research involves the interactions between chemical, biological and physical processes in the oceans. My team investigates how changes in the chemistry in the ocean as a result of anthropogenic drivers, impacts biological processes.
MSc Environmental Chemistry, University of Wageningen, The Netherlands (1989)
PhD Chemistry Oceanography, University of Liverpool (1994)
Specialism: Marine Biogeochemistry
The field of my research activities is related to Global Change and Ecosystem Functioning. The research is approached from two directions: field measurements and laboratory studies.
The research is interdisciplinary and undertaken in collaboration with national (e.g. MBA, PML, BAS, Universities of Birmingham, Essex, Liverpool, Plymouth, East Anglia, Reading) and international partners (e.g. in Australia, Belgium, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Kuwait, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, US).
My main open ocean research interest lies in the study of trace metal, nutrient and carbon distribution, behaviour and speciation and the interactions with geochemical and biological processes.
Current programmes that we are involved in:
Links to active collaborative projects:
AMT (Atlantic Meridional Transect)
SOLAS (Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study)
Aluminium measurements are carried out to gain further knowledge of Al cycling in the oceans and to estimate regional dust deposition fluxes.
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NOCS/166/14
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(023) 8059 3059