Exploring the microscopic record of our oceans.
Reconstructing the seas of the past to understand the seas of today, and predict future changes.
Main Research Lines
Living cysts in coastal environments
Understanding the dynamics of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and their ecological drivers.
Exploring new molecular methods to quantify toxic species.
Paleoenvironmental reconstructions
Analysing sedimentary records for insights into biostratigraphy, paleoceanography, and paleoclimate.
Multiproxy approach: microscopic (palynological) analyses combined with geochemistry and molecular data.
Emerging paleoenvironmental indicators
Investigating diversity, distribution and ecology of new potential sediment indicators (ciliate cysts, copepod eggs, trace elements, etc.)
Calibrating organic microfossils for use as modern and paleoenvironmental proxies.