Cassandre Stirpe

Biography

I am a paleoceanographer interested in learning more about the ocean’s role in global climate change through time. My research focuses on the use of proxies to reconstruct changes in past ocean properties, circulation, and carbon storage. I do this through chemical analyses of microfossils called foraminifera, which can be found preserved in marine sediments. To date, my research has centered on the Southern Ocean’s role in carbon storage and release during the last glacial/interglacial cycle. My teaching focuses on the connections within Earth’s global climate system and how knowledge of past climate events can inform our perspective on the future.