Florian MekhaldiAssistant professor
About me
I am a Paleoclimatologist at the department of Physical Geography at Stockholm University.
Academic positions
- Since September 2024 | Assistant Professor - Stockholm University
- 2023 | Visiting Research Fellow - CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France
- 2021-2022 | Visiting Research Fellow - British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
- 2019-2023 | Postdoc - Lund University, Sweden
Education
- PhD, 2019 | Geobiosphere Sciences, sp. Quaternary Geology - Lund University, Sweden
- MSc, 2014 | Geology, sp. Quaternary Sciences - Lund University, Sweden
- BSc, 2011 | Earth and Environmental Sciences - Universite de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France
Research
My research focuses on reconstructing past changes in both climate and solar activity by investigating environmental archives such as ice cores and sedimentary records. In particular, I measure and analyze cosmogenic radionuclides (e.g. 10Be, 14C, 36Cl) to i) reconstruct solar activity, ii) discover and quantify ancient solar storms, iii) derive robust time scales for paleoclimate studies.
One of my current interests is understanding how often extreme solar storms have occurred throughout the Holocene and the effects they have had on Earth's atmosphere or would have on modern society.
Motivated students interested in (paleo-)climate science or solar activity are welcome to reach out to me for projects.