Dr. Alexandra Filippova

GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

Research unit 1: Ocean circulation and Climate Dynamics
FE Paleoceanography

Büro:
Raum: 8C-109
Telefon: +49 431 600-2316
E-Mail: afilippova(at)geomar.de

Adresse: Wischhofstraße 1-3 D-24148 Kiel

Education

2004-2009 Diploma. Geoecology and natural management, Faculty of Geography and Geoecology, Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia

2009-2011 M.Sc. Ecology and natural management, Faculty of Geography and Geoecology, Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia

2009-2011 M.Sc. Applied polar and marine research (POMOR), Faculty of mathematic, informatic and natural science, University of Hamburg, Germany

2012-2016 PhD student at HOSST graduate school at GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany, topic: Reconstruction of the water mass circulation patterns in the Labrador Sea based on radiogenic isotopes and alkenone composition from the present day up to the Late Quaternary (35 kyrs).

Jan - Jun 2017 Postdoc at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Aug 2018 - Jul 2022 Postdoc at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany

 

Breaks:

03.2016-12.2016 (maternity leave)

03.2019-12.2020 (maternity leave)

Publications:

Filippova, A., Kienast, M., Frank, M., Schneider, R.R., 2016. Alkenone paleothermometry in the North Atlantic: A review and synthesis of surface sediment data and calibrations. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 17, 1370-1382.

Filippova, A., Frank, M., Kienast, M., Rickli, J., Hathorne, E., Yashayaev, I.M., Pahnke, K., 2017. Water mass circulation and weathering inputs in the Labrador Sea based on coupled Hf–Nd isotope compositions and rare earth element distributions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 199, 164-184.

Marshall N.R., de Vernal A., Mucci A., Filippova A., Kienast M., Gibb O., Hillaire-Marcel C. (2021) Biogenic carbonate fluxes and preservation in the northwestern Labrador Sea since the Last Glacial Maximum. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 576, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110498.

Marshall N.R., de Vernal A., Mucci A., Kienast M., Filippova A., Hillaire-Marcel C. (2021) Carbonate dissolution and environmental parameters govern coccolith vs. alkenone abundances in surface sediments from the Northwest North Atlantic.  Marine Micropaleontology, 169. Art.Nr. 102032. DOI 10.1016/j.marmicro.2021.102032.

Projects

  • BMBF-Projekt "POMOR Deutsch-russischer Masterstudiengang für angewandte Meeres - und Polarwissenschaften" (RUS 10/002)
  • DAAD-Vorhaben "Stipendien Masterstudiengang für angewandte Meeres- und Polarforschung POMOR vom 19.10.2009" (50733296)
  • Inge-Lehmann Funds for Postdoctoral Research, Kiel, from 01.01.2017 - 30.06.2017
  • DFG individual grant for temporary position for principal investigators, funded for 24 months (start 01.08.2018)

Students

  • Laura Obrecht (Intern, 6 weeks 27.08.2021 – 08.10.2021)

Memberships:

DokTeam 2012-2013

Postdocteam 2020-2022

WEB postdoc representative 2020-2022

 

Expeditions:

CCGS Hudson May 2013, The Labrador Sea

Outreach

  • Project Group Leader (PGL) of the UN Climate Change project group, Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)
  • Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), National Committee Coordinator
  • Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), Project Group Leader Polar, APECS International Polar Weeks 2022 (10.2021- 03.2022)

 

Languages

Russian - native

English language - advanced level (C1)

German language - advanced level (B2)

 

Scientific interests

Paleocenaography and Paleoclimatology, Isotope geology, Geochemistry, Organic geochemistry, Enviromental Geochemistry