My research lies at the intersection of geochemistry, paleoceanography, and biomineralisation, with a focus on how marine archives record and respond to past environmental change. I primarily use cold-water corals, stylasterid corals, and foraminifera as natural archives to reconstruct ocean circulation, climate variability, and seawater chemistry from a range of timeframes including the Holocene, the last deglaciation, and Cenozoic.

A major part of my work involves developing and refining geochemical proxies (e.g., boron isotopes, Ba/Ca, Sr/Ca, Li/Mg, radiocarbon) and calibrating them against environmental parameters such as pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen, and nutrients. This includes laboratory, field, and interlaboratory studies to improve proxy reliability and to better understand “vital effects” in biomineralisation.

I am also interested in the biological and physiological controls on coral calcification under variable ocean chemistry, including the impacts of ocean acidification, diagenesis, and disease. These studies provide insights into coral resilience and the mechanisms by which trace elements are incorporated into skeletal carbonates.

Another central theme of my research is the role of the Southern Ocean and polar regions in driving deglacial climate change, particularly through changes in ocean circulation, carbon storage, and heat transport. My contributions to studies on Antarctic meltwater fluxes, deep-ocean ventilation, and interhemispheric climate forcing highlight the importance of geochemical records in understanding Earth system feedbacks.

Taken together, my work advances understanding of both the fundamental processes of biomineralisation and the use of coral archives to reconstruct paleoclimate, ocean chemistry, and global carbon cycle dynamics.