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Biography
My research ranges from microbial physiology to Earth system science on timescales from hours to decades. To allow this wide range of relevant processes to be integrated, I am building a global ocean biogeochemical model that is based on plankton functional types (a Dynamic Green Ocean Model). To keep this model realistic and allow extrapolation into climate change scenarios, I place strong emphasis on data-synthesis of observations to derive model equations, estimate parameters and to evaluate the results. Moreover, I incorporate known physical mechanisms and ecological relationships as additional constraints. To make use of developments in this range of research fields, I instigate and participate in many UK and international collaborations.
• Research Officer (staff) at UEA 2007-present
• SRA (post-doc) at UEA 2005-2007
• post-doc at Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany 2001-2005
• post-doc Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University of Girona, Spain, 1998-1999
• PhD researcher at Netherlands Institute of Sea Research 1993-1998
Key Research Interests
Integrating physiological observations of marine (micro-)organisms into descriptions of Plankton Functional Types (PFTs); modelling the role of PFTs in global ocean biogeochemical cycles (PlankTOM models).
Teaching Interests
1) Laboratory based physiology of autotrophic and heterotrophic marine microorganisms and copepods.
2) Ecological footprinting as a measure of sustainability.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Frontiers of instability in marine ecosystems and carbon export (Marine Frontiers)
Le Quéré, C., Buitenhuis, E., Mayot, N., Sommer, A., Willis, D. & Wright, R.
Natural Environment Research Council
1/04/21 → 31/03/26
Project: Research
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A High-resolution-high-complexity model to Investigate Carbon variability in the Ocean (HICO)
Le Quéré, C., Buitenhuis, E., De-Gol, A., Willis, D., Buitenhuis, E., Willis, D. & Harold, J.
31/03/19 → 30/03/24
Project: Research
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REMineralisation of organic carbon by marine bActerIoplanktoN (REMAIN) - reducing the known unknown
Robinson, C., Buitenhuis, E., Garcia-Martin, E. E., Munoz-Herranz, M. P., Todd, J., Watmough, N., Macdonald, A. & Utting, R.
Natural Environment Research Council
1/12/17 → 30/11/22
Project: Research
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Southern OceaN optimal Approach To Assess the carbon state, variability and climatic drivers (SONATA)
Le Quéré, C., Brown, P., Jones, A., King, B., Manning, A., McDonagh, E., Suntharalingam, P., Watson, A., Andrews, O., Buitenhuis, E. & Chen, Z.
Natural Environment Research Council
1/07/17 → 31/07/22
Project: Research
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Role of jellyfish in the plankton ecosystem revealed using a global ocean biogeochemical model
Wright, R. M., Le Quéré, C., Buitenhuis, E., Pitois, S. & Gibbons, M. J., 18 Feb 2021, In: Biogeosciences. 18, 4, p. 1291-1320 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks
Tian, H., Xu, R., Canadell, J. G., Thompson, R. L., Winiwarter, W., Suntharalingam, P., Davidson, E. A., Ciais, P., Jackson, R. B., Janssens-Maenhout, G., Prather, M. J., Regnier, P., Pan, N., Pan, S., Peters, G. P., Shi, H., Tubiello, F. N., Zaehle, S., Zhou, F., Arneth, A. & 37 others, , 8 Oct 2020, In: Nature. 586, 7828, p. 248–256 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The impacts of ocean acidification on marine trace gases and the implications for atmospheric chemistry and climate
Hopkins, F. E., Suntharalingam, P., Gehlen, M., Andrews, O., Archer, S. D., Bopp, L., Buitenhuis, E., Dadou, I., Duce, R., Goris, N., Jickells, T., Johnson, M., Keng, F., Law, C. S., Lee, K., Liss, P. S., Lizotte, M., Malin, G., Murrell, J. C., Naik, H. & 3 others, , 27 May 2020, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 476, 2237, 20190769.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Anthropogenic nitrogen inputs and impacts on oceanic N2O fluxes in the northern Indian Ocean: The need for an integrated observation and modelling approach
Suntharalingam, P., Zamora, L. M., Bange, H. W., Bikkina, S., Buitenhuis, E., Kanakidou, M., Lamarque, J-F., Landolfi, A., Resplandy, L., Sarin, M. M., Seitzinger, S. & Singh, A., Aug 2019, In: Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 166, p. 104-113Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluating oceanic uptake of atmospheric CCl4: A combined analysis of model simulations and observations
Suntharalingam, P., Buitenhuis, E., Carpenter, L. J., Butler, J. H., Messias, M. J., Andrews, S. J. & Hackenberg, S. C., 16 Jan 2019, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 46, 1, p. 472-482 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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