I have a strong interest in applying organic geochemistry tools to present day microbial ecology, paleoceanography and paleoclimatology. My current research focusses on developing and applying new proxies based on organic material for reconstructing sea surface salinities in the past. This involves the study of micro-organisms in culture, in situ and their molecular fossils from sedimentary records.Specialties: Field work, cultivation of micro-organisms, lipid analysis (GC, GC-MS, HPLC-MS), lipid biomarker identification (GC-MS, HPLC-MS, NMR), carbon and hydrogen isotope analysis (EA-irMS, TC-EA-irMS, GC-C/TC-irMS), DNA/RNA extraction, PCR amplification of DNA/RNA fragments, DGGE separation of PCR fragments, Computer skills (MS-Office (WORD, EXCEL, PowerPoint), CorelDraw, ATLAS (GC analysis), IsoDat (isotope MS program)).