I am an Associate Professor in Physical Oceanography, focusing on the large-scale ocean circulation and its role for climate. In particular, I am interested in the behaviour of ocean eddies in all shapes and sizes, and what role they play for the large-scale circulation.

 

My current research focuses on two main topics:

- how ocean eddies affect the downwelling branch of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and its response to high-latitude climate change

- the life cycle of eddies in the Caribbean Sea. 

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In my group, we mainly use idealized models to study ocean processes. Helped by the outcomes of these, we analyze the output of complex models to assess the importance of these processes.