Julie LattaudAssistant professor

About me

I am an assistant professor in environmental science with a background in geology. I studied paleontology, and paleoclimate with an emphasis on chemical proxies. At SU, I focus on (aquatic) carbon biogeochemistry. My group targets sensitive regions to climate change such as the Arctic and tropical wetlands. Currently,  I work on several projects:

- Reconstructing (past) methane production and oxidation in the Canadian Arctic. I use sediment cores and molecular proxies extracted from them (as well as bulk organic matter), with the help of modern studies

- Tracking the effect of glacier melt in Greenlandic fjords: Follow our 2025 campaign

- Carbon cycling in the Okavango Delta, and the effect of drought on carbon export and burial

- Mackenzie River monitoring, supporting long-term monitoring of particulate organic carbon and its isotopes in a project led by AWI Potsdam 

I'm always happy to discuss potential bachelor and master thesis projects. Some examples: "Carbon content and sources in the Last Ice Area", "Linking organic carbon burial, vegetation, and fires".

There is one postdoc fellow position opened in my group in Organic Geochemistry/paleoclimatology, apply here

The team: 

Lukas Bigler: PhD student

Joshua Hellman: Master student

Education//career path:

2024-2025: Junior group leader at the University of Basel

2019-2024: Postdoc at ETHZ
2019 PhD in organic geochemistry/paleoclimate at Utrecht University/NIOZ
2014 MSc. in geology at U. Lyon 1/ENSL
2012 BSc. in geology at U. Lyon 1/ENSL