Bio

My research takes a holistic view of how wildfires and other natural aerosol are a fundamental component of the Earth System. Observations and Earth System models can be used to quantify how Earth System processes are coupled and evaluate how changes in feedback mechanisms may affect society.

As an Earth System scientist, my research interests are inherently interdisciplinary:

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Area(s) of Expertise

1) Investigating how aerosols couple Earth system processes from the local to global scale among the solid surface, oceans, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, and cryosphere within the Anthropocene.

2) How changes to fire regimes can alter the energy balance of the atmosphere, biogeochemical cycles, and air quality.

3) Determining the impact that changes in aerosol nutrient supply to marine regions has on phytoplankton productivity, carbon dioxide sequestration, and the overall health of our oceans.

Publications

• Desert dust exerts twice the longwave radiative heating estimated by climate models , Nature Communications (2026)
• HTAP3-OPNS: Ozone, PM, Nitrogen and Sulphur Deposition – multi-model experiments to support the revision of the CLRTAP Gothenburg Protocol , (2026)
• Supplementary material to "HTAP3-OPNS: Ozone, PM, Nitrogen and Sulphur Deposition – multi-model experiments to support the revision of the CLRTAP Gothenburg Protocol" , (2026)
• Surface Water Iron Deposition Histories and the Initiation of Phytoplankton Blooms in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre , Global Biogeochemical Cycles (2026)
• Visualising historical changes in air pollution with the Air Quality Stripes , (2026)
• A Global Emission Inventory of Particulate Phosphorus From Fertilizer Production and Handling , Global Biogeochemical Cycles (2025)
• A global emission inventory of particulate phosphorus from fertilizer production and handling , (2025)
• AERO-MAP: a data compilation and modeling approach to understand spatial variability in fine- and coarse-mode aerosol composition , Atmospheric chemistry and physics (2025)
• CyanoHABs and CAPs: assessing community-based monitoring of PM _2.5 with regional sources of pollution in rural, northeastern North Carolina , Environmental Science Atmospheres (2025)
• Future climate-driven fires may boost ocean productivity in the iron-limited North Atlantic , Nature Climate Change (2025)

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