Fields of Research

Physical oceanography
Galactic astronomy
Oceanography

Research Objectives

Antarctic and Southern Ocean oceanic processes
Effects of climate change on Antarctic and sub-Antarctic environments (excl. social impacts)
Understanding climate change
Expanding knowledge in the physical sciences
Oceanic processes (excl. in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean)

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

Adelie Depression seasonal circulation and dense shelf water export; EGU General Assembly 2010
Decrease in the orbital period of dwarf nova OY Carinae; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Estimating the Four-Dimensional Structure of the Southern Ocean Using Satellite Altimetry; Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
Frontal movements and property fluxes: Contributions to heat and freshwater trends in the Southern Ocean; Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans
Future observations for monitoring global ocean heat content; OceanObs’09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society
Late Winter Oceanography beneath East Antarctic Sea Ice during SIPEX; Japan Oceanographic Society Fall Meeting
Late winter oceanography off the Sabrina and BANZARE coast (117-128°E), East Antarctica; Deep-Sea Research. Part 2: Topical Studies in Oceanography
On the Total, Mean, and Eddy Heat and Freshwater Transports in the Southern Hemisphere of a 1/8^o x 1/8^o Global Ocean Model; Journal of Physical Oceanography
Southern Ocean frontal structure and sea-ice formation rates revealed by elephant seals; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Surface Oceanography during the BROKE-West research voyage (30-80E); 2nd Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Open Science Conference
Surface oceanography of BROKE-West, along the Antarctic margin of the south-west Indian Ocean (30-80 degrees E); Deep-Sea Research Part II -Topical Studies in Oceanography
The Antarctic Slope Front along East Antarctica, 30-80 East; European Geophysical Union Spring Meeting
The Antarctic Slope Front along East Antarctica, 30-80 East; American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
The circulation and water masses of the Antarctic shelf and continental slope between 30 and 80°E; Deep-Sea Research. Part 2: Topical Studies in Oceanography
The influence of coastal polynyas on the basal melting of ice shelves; EGU General Assembly 2010

Research Projects

Research Candidate Supervision