Studying past climate conditions and modern climate solutions
I am a paleoclimate researcher focusing on the warmest waters on the planet. I also bring my long-term perspective and carbon cycle expertise to geochemical climate solutions projects.
What can ocean sediments tell us about past climate?
Ocean sediments are an archive full of known (and unknown) proxies for temperature, salinity, productivity, and many more oceanic conditions related to past climate. Currently, I use fossil plankton and bulk sediments to reconstruct conditions in the warmest part of the ocean - the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool (IPWP) over the last 2.6 Million years to understand how this region both influences and responds to climate change.
Teaching the next generations about Earth’s past and future
The more we know about the earth’s past the better we can understand its potential futures. I find this inspiring and try to impart this on everyone I interact with, however I get particularly excited about using students’ goals and inspirations to promote earth science learning. More and more students’ catalyst for inspiration is the growing suite of potential “climate solutions.” I bring my first-hand experience with these into the classroom.
