Samuel Barton

Samuel Barton is a postdoctoral researcher affiliated with the University of Oxford, specifically within the Department of Earth Sciences and the Oxford Martin School Programme on Monitoring Ocean Ecosystems. His work focuses on marine phytoplankton dynamics and electrochemical sensing technologies to improve ocean monitoring.

Samuel’s research investigates how phytoplankton respond to warming and how this affects oceanic carbon cycling. He is developing a novel electrochemical sensing technique for autonomous marine observations. This addresses the lack of detailed spatial and temporal data on phytoplankton community shifts due to climate change.

Current projects involve fluoro-electrochemical microscopy for distinguishing phytoplankton cell types and Coulter Counter applications in calcification studies. His work emphasizes the importance of granular observational data for understanding marine ecosystem services.