Research themes

- dinoflagellate cysts to reconstruct (palaeo-)ecosystem and palaeo-climatic evolution.

- species selective aerobic degradation of marine palynomorphs to quantify past marine export production and bottom water oxygen concentrations.

- isotopic and elemental analysis of fossil phytoplankton to reconstruct marine upper water properties.

- palynology to establish land-sea correlations

- Anthropogenic and natural forcing of the Mediterranean climate during the last 5000 years