Research Interests

• Biogeochemical and ecological constraints on marine primary productivity and carbon and climate cycling
• Biogeochemistry of trace elements and their isotopes
• Development of mechanistic ecological and biogeochemical models

Current Projects

ISOIRON (DFG page)

Isotopic constraints on global marine iron cycling, ocean productivity and deoxygenation

• German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
• Position: Doctoral Researcher
• 2023-2026

Education and Employment

• Since 2023, Doctoral Researcher, GEOMAR | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany
• 2021 – 2022, Research Assistant, Centre for Trace Element Analysis, Dept. Geology, University of Otago, New Zealand 
• 2020 – 2022, M.Sc. (Chemistry), Centre for Trace Element Analysis, Dept. Geology, University of Otago, New Zealand. Thesis: “Constraining Elemental and Isotopic proxies in South Island Rivers for the Assesment of Earth’s Carbon and Climate cycles”
• 2016 – 2019, B.Sci. (Chemistry), University of Otago, New Zealand
• 2016 – 2019, B.Com. (Accounting), University of Otago, New Zealand