Alexandra Auderset

Alexandra Auderset is a Senior Research Fellow and Anniversary Fellow at the University of Southampton, specializing in paleoclimatology and paleooceanography. Her research focuses on marine archives to investigate climate change across glacial/interglacial cycles, during the Neogene era, and warming events that occurred in the Cenozoic period, such as the Middle Miocene and Early Eocene Climate Optima.

Dr. Auderset employs various emergent proxies, including lipid biomarkers and fossil-bound nitrogen/carbon isotopes to study complex interactions between marine nutrients, ocean circulation, oxygen minimum zones and global climate. Her work integrates multiple scientific disciplines to reconstruct past climate conditions and understand the mechanisms driving climate change over geological timescales.

Her recent publications demonstrate significant contributions to understanding planktic foraminifera nitrogen isotopes, oxygen minimum zones, temperature reconstructions, and ice sheet dynamics. Her research spans multiple ocean basins including the Atlantic, Pacific, and Southern Ocean, with particular attention to biogeochemical processes and their relationship to climate change.

Dr. Auderset is actively involved in mentoring and is currently accepting applications from PhD students, indicating her commitment to training the next generation of climate scientists. Her collaborative work with international researchers across multiple institutions demonstrates the global significance of her research.