Bonjour !

I’m Tom, an isotope geochemist and palaeoceanographer whose research explores the interactions between the ocean and climate over seasonal to geological timescales. I earned my PhD from the University of Southampton's National Oceanography Centre in 2015, following my undergraduate and master's studies at the University of Oxford. 

I’ve held postdoctoral positions at several institutions, including the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in the United States and the Arctic University of Tromsø (UiT) in Norway. Currently, I serve as a CNRS research scientist at CEREGE in Aix-en-Provence, France, and I’m a Visiting Fellow at the University of Southampton.

My work primarily focuses on reconstructing past atmospheric CO₂ levels and ocean pH by analyzing boron isotopes in marine carbonates, to improve our understanding of Earth's climate sensitivity and carbon cycle dynamics. I lead the ERC-funded ForCry project, which employs cryocell laser ablation techniques to analyze minute samples of carbonate minerals. When precipitated from seawater, and preserved in deep sea sediment, these can be used to generate high-resolution CO₂ records. 

When not researching I  Besides doing research, I like to play board games, run up mountains, and veganise recipes

You can contact me directly at: [email protected]