Stephanie Kienast

Stephanie Kienast is an Associate Professor in the Department of Oceanography at Dalhousie University. Her research focuses on marine geology, oceanography, and Earth science, particularly in paleoceanography and biogeochemical cycles. She teaches courses including ERT 1090, OCEA 3004, and OCEA 4110.

Education:

• BSc, Freiburg University, Germany
• MSc, Kiel University, Germany
• PhD, University of British Columbia

Research Interests:

• Climate change impacts on ocean systems
• Sediment dynamics and geochemical proxies
• Anthropogenic CO2 uptake in oceans
• Marine dust and nutrient cycles

Key Article Trends: Recent work emphasizes Arctic ice-ocean interactions, Holocene environmental shifts, and tropical dust-climate linkages. Methodological advancements in sediment analysis (e.g., Thorium-230 normalization) are central to her contributions.

Awards:

• 2018 NSERC Discovery Grant
• 2015 Canadian Foundation for Innovation
• 2012 NSERC Early Career Supplement

Advising & Grants: Active in securing grants for oceanographic research, including NSERC funding. Collaborates internationally on projects like the MOSAiC Arctic drift campaign.

Labs/Teams: Leads interdisciplinary research within the Department of Oceanography, specializing in marine biogeochemistry and paleoceanographic reconstruction.