Hi, and welcome.

About

I am a PhD research fellow in Physical Oceanography at the University of Bergen and the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research. Based at the Geophysical Institute in Bergen, I am part of the GYRE-induced variability in North Atlantic circulation — Dynamics and impacts on overturning (GYRED) project, which investigates the role of ocean gyres with respect to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC).

Current Research

My current research focuses on quantifying the recirculation and variability within the Subpolar Gyre (SPG) versus the throughput towards the Nordic Seas across the Greenland-Scotland Ridge (GSR). I am particularly interested in elucidating the mechanisms that obscure meridional coherence in the AMOC system — an indicator of how strongly the circulation is correlated across latitudes. To address these questions I use both Eulerian diagnostics and Lagrangian techniques, including the trajectory tool TRACMASS.

Subpolar Gyre Greenland-Scotland Ridge Nordic Seas North Atlantic Meridional Coherence AMOC Lagrangian Tracking TRACMASS GYRED

Latest

  • Article Kleine Zeitung — Wolfsberg

    Newspaper article about my research, published in the Austrian regional newspaper Kleine Zeitung.

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  • Conference Poster at EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna

    Presented a poster on variability in the Subpolar Gyre circulation and throughput towards the Nordic Seas.

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  • Conference Poster at Arctic Subarctic Ocean Fluxes 2026, Bergen

    Presented a poster on variability in the Subpolar Gyre circulation and throughput towards the Nordic Seas.

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Example of Lagrangian Tracking

Animated Lagrangian particle trajectories within the Subpolar Gyre
Sample of Lagrangian particle trajectories computed with TRACMASS based on a NEMO ocean hindcast, illustrating pathways within the Subpolar Gyre and towards the Nordic Seas.