An expert in the biogeochemistry of sea ice will take the helm of one of Australia’s flagship Antarctic research organisations, the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP).
Professor Delphine Lannuzel, a chemical oceanographer at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), has been appointed program leader of the AAPP.
Her research assesses the biological and physical drivers of both the iron and carbon cycles in Antarctic sea ice, and how changes in the extent of sea ice affect primary production in the Southern Ocean.
She was the first to report the high iron concentration in pack ice compared to ice-free waters, therefore highlighting the role of sea ice as a seasonal ocean ‘fertiliser’.
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