Qualifications
Ph.D. (Earth and Ocean Science), 2005. University of Victoria, Canada.
Diplom (M.Sc.) (Geology) 1997. Kiel University, Germany.
Vordiplom (B.Sc.) (Geology) 1993. Kiel University, Germany.
Location
Wellington
Science Centre
Contact Details
Biography
My main research interests are the global biogeochemical cycles of methane and other greenhouse gases. I am using concentration measurements and isotopic analyses to find the processes leading to shifts in the atmospheric burden of these trace gases. This research ranges from gas analyses in ice samples to study natural budgets and climate cycles back to the ice ages, to data from NIWA’s clean air monitoring stations that capture the recent trends and variability that drive anthropogenic climate change.
Recently Featured Work
Scientists attribute rising methane levels to agriculture
Media release
11 March 2016
A breakthrough in understanding about the causes of climate change has today been published online in the prestigious international journal Science.