Published: Nov 1, 2025 by B. Y. Queste
We are delighted to welcome Mathilde Girardot to the FLOW Lab as a PhD student within the ERC Synergy project RECLESS.
Mathilde’s PhD project sits at the interface of physical and biogeochemical oceanography and will contribute to RECLESS: Recycling versus loss in the marine nitrogen cycle: controls, feedbacks, and the impact of expanding low oxygen regions. She will map out variability in Oxygen Minimum Zones, capturing changes in oxygen concentrations at levels that could not be resolved before using autonomous underwater vehicles. The aim is to understand how small intrusions can dramatically alter biogeochemical cycling in these zones.
Within RECLESS, the FLOW Lab will work to better understand oxygen intrusions and transport processes in oxygen minimum zones using high-resolution ocean observations, underwater gliders, and research cruises.
Welcome Mathilde - we are excited to have you in the team!