Interests

  • Air-sea gas exchange of carbon dioxide
  • Surface ocean biogeochemistry
  • Global carbon cycle
  • Changes in the oceanic uptake of CO2 from seasonal to decadal timescales
  • Numerical modelling
  • Artificial neural networks.
Animation 1982-2014: (left) Sea surface pCO2 in µatm and (right) corresponding air-sea CO2 flux density in mol/m2/yr from the ETH SOM-FFN method (Landschützer et al. 2015)

Projects in academia

  • Post-doc researcher, since 2014, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland, research: The global oceanic uptake of CO2 and its variability on seasonal to decadal timescales
  • PhD, Doctor of Philosophy, 2011-2014, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom, research title: ”Variability of the global ocean carbon sink (1998-2011)”. PhD research was conducted within the Marie Curie GREENCYCLES II network, funded by the 7th framework program (FP7) of the European Commission.
  • Mag.rer.nat., Master of Science, 2008-2011, Karl-Franzens University of Graz, Graz, Austria, research title: ”Air-Sea Gas Exchange (CO2 , O2 ) Under Climate Change”. The research leading to the results of the Master thesis, partly fulfilling the requirements of the above award, has been conducted at the University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway between 2009-2010

Project collaborations

  • Trend group leader of the Surface Ocean CO2 Mapping intercomparison (SOCOM) project
  • Project Collaboration within the Marie Curie Greencycles II and GEOCarbon projects (both EU FP7)

Fieldwork experience and collaborations beyond academia

  • Fieldwork on-board M/V Benguela Stream, 2012-2013, Atlantic Ocean, discrete oxygen and DIC/TALK bottle sampling as well as maintenance of the automated pCO2 measurement system along the UK-Caribbean route on-board the M/V Benguela Stream reefer vessel
  • Instrument maintenance On-board M/V Beguela Stream, 2011-2013, Norwich - Portsmouth, United Kingdom, regular maintenance and sensor calibration of the automated pCO2 measurement system on-board M/V Benguela Stream reefer vessel during loading activities in port and equipment testing in Wolfson Laboratory of the University of East Anglia
  • Fieldwork on-board R/V Hakon Mosby, 2009-2010, Sognefjord and Hardangerfjord, Norway, CTD measurement and oxygen sampling as well as oxygen analysis (via Winkler titration) on-board R/V Hakon Mosby at fixed timeseries stations in two Norwegian fjords

Teaching

  • Lecturer since Autumn 2014, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich)
    1. Lecturer in Mathematik III: Systemanalysis
    2. Student Thesis Advisor (graduate and undergraduate level)
    3. Student Assistance