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Ecosystem ecology; Quaternary paleoecology; climatic change and biotic
response; soil and sediment biogeochemistry
I am a broadly trained ecologist working at the interfaces of biological,
geological and climatological sciences. The overall objective of my
research is to understand patterns and mechanisms of long-term ecosystem
dynamics under changing climatic conditions. To achieve this objective, I
use "the natural experiments of the past" that are archived in geological
deposits. These deposits offer a long-term holistic perspective into past
environmental conditions, some of which do not exist today but may be
analogs of different climatic conditions in the future. In pursuing my
research interests, I have
integrated traditional paleoecological techniques (e.g., pollen analysis)
and state-of-the-art analytical tools (e.g., biomarker, stable-isotope,
and chloroplast-DNA techniques). |
