Overview
The Paleoclimatology and Geobiology Research Group focuses on deciphering paleoclimates on different time scales ranging from the past centuries to the Neogene using sclerochronological, geochemical, and sedimentological multi-proxy approaches. Our highly interdisciplinary research is conducted in close collaboration with biologists, oceanographers, and climate physicists.
Research Themes
- Millenial-scale sclerochronology of coralline red algae for reconstructing sea surface temperatures of extratropical seas
- Coral-based reconstructions of Caribbean climate and river discharge histories
- Annually-resolved high-latitude climates during the Paleocene/Eocene derived from exceptionally preserved wood
- Quantifying the complex interplay of oceanographic controls such as nutrients and temperatures on modern shallow water carbonate depositional systems
- Middle Miocene global turnover of shallow water carbonate producing biota
Principle Investigator
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