Agatha de BoerProfessor of Physical paleoceanography
About me
Research
I am professor in physical paleoceanography, which encompass the fields of physical oceanography and paleoclimatology. My research is focussed around the dynamics of the large scale ocean circulation and its interaction with climate, now and in the past. Topics of specific focus include the driving forces and state of the deep circulation of the ocean throughout the Cenozoic (last 66 million years) and its role in climate; the dynamics of the inflows and outflows through the Arctic Straits and its impact on sea ice, the global ocean circulation and climate, now and in the past; and the interaction between fronts, wind, topography and sea-ice in the Southern Ocean, today and during the Quaternary glacial cycles (last 2.6 million years). I address these problems using theory and models of various complexity and through collaboration with observationalists and paleoceanographers.
Key Leadership Roles
Deputy Head of Department of Geological Sciences
Vice President of the Interntional Association of the Physical Sciences of the Ocean (IAPSO), an association of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG).
Teaching
Course Director and teacher: The Ocean's Role in the Climate System on Geological Timescales, masters course
Course Director and teacher: Oceanography for Geoscientists, second year course
Teacher: The Sea, evening course
Teacher: Geological Sciences, first year course
Teacher: Paleoclimatology and the Ocean System, second year distance course
