Research Interest

• Marine and Terrestrial Carbon Cycle
• Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)
• Marine Biogeochemical Modeling
• Terrestrial Vegetation Modeling
• Land-Atmosphere Interactions
• Climate Dynamics

Professional Experiences

Postdoctoral researcher (Since 2021)
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Postdoctoral researcher (2021)
Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany

Education

Dr. rer. nat., Earth Sciences (2021)
Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology and the University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

M.S. in Atmospheric Sciences (2015)
National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

B.S. in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Atmospheric Sciences (2013)
National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Projects

BMBF project CDRSynTra (2021 – 2025): CDR Synthesis and Transfer project

Publications

Moustakis, Y., Wey, H.-W., Nützel, T., Oschlies, A., & Pongratz, J. (2025). No compromise in efficiency from the co-application of a marine and a terrestrial CDR method. Nature Communications, 16(1), 4709. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59982-x

Yao, W., Morganti, T. M., Wu, J., Borchers, M., Anschütz, A., Bednarz, L. ‐K., Bhaumik, K. A., Böttcher, M., Burkhard, K., Cabus, T., Chua, A. S., Diercks, I., Esposito, M., Fink, M., Fouqueray, M., Gasanzade, F., Geilert, S., Hauck, J., Havermann, F., … Wey, H.-W., … Mengis, N. (2025). Exploring Site‐Specific Carbon Dioxide Removal Options With Storage or Sequestration in the Marine Environment – The 10 Mt CO₂ yr⁻¹ Removal Challenge for Germany. Earth’s Future, 13(4), e2024EF004902. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024EF004902

Wey, H.-W., Moustakis, Y., Nützel, T., Oschlies, A., Schwinger, J., Hajima, T., Fisher, R., Ziehn, T., Liddicoat, S. K., Kemena, T. P., & Keller, D. (2025). CMIP6 Models agree on similar carbon cycle feedbacks between enhancing terrestrial and marine carbon sinks. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adc617

Moustakis, Y., Nützel, T., Wey, H.-W., Bao, W., & Pongratz, J. (2024). Temperature overshoot responses to ambitious forestation in an Earth System Model. Nature Communications, 15(1), 8235. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52508-x

Lawal, S., Sitch, S., Lombardozzi, D., Nabel, J. E. M. S., Wey, H.-W., Friedlingstein, P., Tian, H., & Hewitson, B. (2022). Investigating the response of leaf area index to droughts in southern African vegetation using observations and model simulations. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 26(8), 2045–2071. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-2045-2022

Wey, H.-W., Pongratz, J., Nabel, J. E. M. S., & Naudts, K. (2022). Effects of Increased Drought in Amazon Forests Under Climate Change: Separating the Roles of Canopy Responses and Soil Moisture. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127(3), e2021JG006525. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JG006525

Lo, M.-H., Wey, H.-W., Im, E.-S., Tang, L. I., Anderson, R. G., Wu, R.-J., Chien, R.-Y., Wei, J., AghaKouchak, A., & Wada, Y. (2021). Intense agricultural irrigation induced contrasting precipitation changes in Saudi Arabia. Environmental Research Letters, 16(6), 064049. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac002e

Chou, C., Ryu, D., Lo, M.-H., Wey, H.-W., & Malano, H. M. (2018). Irrigation-Induced Land–Atmosphere Feedbacks and Their Impacts on Indian Summer Monsoon. Journal of Climate, 31(21), 8785–8801. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0762.1

Lo, M., Kuo, T., Wey, H.-W., Lan, C., & Chen, J. (2017). Land Processes as the Forcing of Extremes: A Review. In S. ‐Y. S. Wang, J. Yoon, C. C. Funk, & R. R. Gillies (Eds.), Geophysical Monograph Series (1st ed., pp. 75–92). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119068020.ch5

Wey, H.-W., Lo, M.-H., Lee, S.-Y., Yu, J.-Y., & Hsu, H.-H. (2015). Potential impacts of wintertime soil moisture anomalies from agricultural irrigation at low latitudes on regional and global climates. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(20), 8605–8614. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL065883