I am a PhD student at NIOZ and Utrecht University, supervised by Matthew Humphreys, Olivier Sulpis and Mariette Wolthers. In my research project “BEYΩND the known drivers of marine carbonate mineral dissolution: closing the gap in the alkalinity budget” we try to do exactly that: figuring out what, how, and how much carbonate minerals dissolve in the world’s oceans through laboratory experiments, field work and modelling.
Find out more about me here or have a look at my CV.
Updates
February 2024: I am going to OSM24 in New Orleans and will be presenting a poster.
December 2023/January 2024: It’s again field work time! I am once again in the South Atlantic to pick up my mooring experiment that we left there in February, with all my carbonate mineral samples intact and well (but slightly dissolved). I will be on board the RRS Discovery on cruise DY172 for almost 6 weeks.
November 2023: The paper based on my MPhil work is now published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics! We compare how dimethyl sulfide (DMS) oxidation is implemented in different models and trying to improve it in UKCA (which is the atmospheric chemistry and aerosol model used in the UK’s Earth system model) by adding the newly discovered (and quite important) intermediate HPMTF to the oxidation scheme. So why is this interesting? DMS might be very important in regulating the Earth’s climate (check out the CLAW hypothesis) but until we don’t understand more about the oxidation products of DMS we won’t be able to assess its role in our climate system.
October 2023: I submitted the first paper from my PhD! The preprint can be found here.
April 2023: I gave a talk at EGU23 in Vienna!
February 2023: Field work time! We spent over 3 weeks at sea in the South Atlantic on RV Pelagia. Here you can read more about the research and our experiences on board.