Bio

I am a physical oceanographer at the British Antarctic Survey and I study basin-scale and global-scale circulations alongside their behaviours in climate models.

I lead the adjoint component of OceanBound, an ambitious project to study the role of ocean boundary pressures in the global ocean. As an adjoint modeller, I am using the ECCO state estimate and Oceananigans to determine what external forces drive the contrasting variability of eastern and western boundary pressures.

I will be leading efforts to investigate the warming of Circumpolar Deep Water as part of SO-SIMMER. The project is an ‘under the hood’ investigation of our most accurate models of the Southern Ocean. Through a comprehensive set of modified model runs, uniquely designed to isolate relevant components of the heat equation, we aim to identify the drivers of heat accumulation beneath the ice sheet.

During my PhD at the University of Oxford (2019-2023), I studied the dynamics of the Weddell Gyre and its influence on Southern Ocean ventilation. During my investigation I designed idealized ocean models, developing diagnostic methods with clear physical interpretations, analysed Lagrangian trajectories, and exposed discrepancies between simulated oceans and theoretical Geophysical Fluid Dynamics.

Please reach out to me if you would like to meet or collaborate!

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