Subject Area
Chemical Oceanography
Marine Geology, Geophysics
Activities
Natural and anthropogenic radionuclides and stable lead in the marine environment. Sr/Ca and Mg/Ca in tropical and deep sea corals as indicators for paleao temperatures.
Sea regions of study
North Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Skills
Responsible for lab and instruments like HR-ICP-MS (ThermoFinnegan), alpha and gamma spectrometry, particle characterisation techniques (size and specific surface area).
• Specialist in analyzing short living low radio-active isotopes like lead-210 (alpha spectrometry), radium-226 and cesium-137 (gamma spectrometry).
• Dating of sediment via modelling isotope profiles (CIC, CRS, CF/CS models).
• Analyzing marine sediment/corals with HR-ICP-MS.
• The acquisition of comparison of instruments like HR-ICP-MS, particle size apparatus.
• Guiding students, analysts, PhDs and postdocs.
• Quality control of routine analyses and method development of new applications.
