Specialty

Climate modeling, polar climate, paleoclimate, cryosphere, oceanography, modeling of isotopes.

Research Interests

Climate modeling; Arctic Ocean and sea ice variability; Arctic freshwater dynamics; paleoclimate modeling; climate model evaluation, isoptope modeling

Awards

• Advanced Study Program Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 2012
• Christine Mirzayan National Academies Policy Fellowship, National Academy of Sciences, 2010
• PhD Fellowship, German National Academic Foundation, 2006
• Outstanding student scholarship, German National Academic Foundation, 2001
• Fulbright Travel Award, The Fulbright Program, 2001
• Exchange Fellowship, Free University of Berlin and University of Washington, 2001