I am a marine geochemist, interested in the ocean processes that play a role in the climate system. I employ geochemical analytical techniques, particularly elemental and isotopic analysis (e.g. U-series isotopes, Sr, Li, Pb, and Nd isotopes), to understand the sources and sinks of trace elements in the ocean, and their potential uses as ocean tracers of climate-change related processes. I am also interested in understanding how natural processes (e.g. weathering) and systems (e.g. seagrasses) could provide a solution to climate change.
Education
10/2010 - 11/2014 D. Phil. in Earth Sciences, Wolfson College, University of Oxford, UK
Thesis: Assessing the uses of 230Th, 232Th, and 231Pa as proxies in the past and modern ocean
Employment
05/2022 - present Research scientist, National Oceanography Centre, UK
03/2019 - 03/2022 Postdoctoral scientist, Institute of Coastal Research, Helmholtz Zentrum Hereon, Germany
09/2018 - 02/2019 Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay, Guangzhou University, China
09/2015 - 12/2017 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Oxford, UK
Publications
You can find my list of publications on ORCiD and GoogleScholar.
Research scientist
Ongoing
2022-2025 UK Enhanced Rock Weathering Greenhouse Gas Removal Demonstrator: Quantify Carbon Dioxide (CO2) removal via enhanced rock weathering in UK-based field trials
Past
2019-2022 Developing isotope fingerprinting tools (Sr-Nd-Pb isotope and Fe isotope systems) to understand impacts of climate- and human-induced changes in coastal regions
2018-2019 Developing the uses of heavy metal isotopes (Tl and Cd isotopes) as fingerprinting tools for environmental pollution in Greater Bay area, China
2017-2018 Developing automated methodology for chemical separation of Sr, Li and B isotopes from Shale gas fracking fluids as enhanced water fingerprinting tools – collaboration with Shell
2010-2016 GEOTRACES: Water-column distribution of 231Pa, 230Th, and 232Th in the ocean settings and their potential uses to assess the operation of the climate and ocean system (e.g. deep ocean circulation, dust input to the ocean and sediment dissolution)