Curriculum Vitae

Education

PhD in Climate Science: Variability and Forcing Mechanisms of the Weddell Gyre

The Weddell Gyre, located east of the Antarctic Peninsula, is one of the dominant features of the Southern Ocean circulation. The gyre is involved in different processes relevant to the global climate, such as the production and export of Antarctic Bottom Waters. Despite its relevance, little is known about the gyre’s variability in connection to forcing mechanisms. My PhD aims to expand on the present knowledge about the dynamics of the Weddell Gyre by using coupled ocean/sea ice models, running targeted numerical experiments and dynamically motivated techniques.

Supervisors: Prof. Matthew England and Prof. Andrew McC. Hogg

Licenciatura in Physical Oceanography: Surface variability of the Brazil Current in the period 2009 - 2015

I used a reanalysis product, OSCAR Surface Currents, to study the surface variability of the Brazil Current at the SAMOC initiative latitude during the period 2009 to 2015. We found that the surface speed of the current is strongly modified by transient eddies, which are able to double or even reverse the current’s velocity for up to 30 days. Cyclonic eddies weaken the Brazil Current and induce a cold surface temperature anomaly, whilst anticyclonic eddies strengthen the Current and induce a warm surface temperature anomaly.

Supervisors: Prof. Alberto Piola and Dr. Maria Paz Chidichimo

Teaching experience

Teaching assistant at the University of New South Wales

I have participated as a tutor and assisted in the marking of Introduction to Climate Change, Physical Oceanograhy, Coral Reefs and Climate Change and Climate Systems Science courses.

Teaching assistant at the University of Buenos Aires

I was teaching assistant at the Department of Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences from 2018 to 2021, teaching in a a range of different courses, including Fluid Mechanics, General Oceanography, Tides and Contamination of the Ocean.

Selected conferences presentations

  • IUGG 2023: Identifying the drivers of the Weddell Gyre variability using a barotropic vorticity budget
  • EGU 2023: Identifying the drivers of the Weddell Gyre variability using a barotropic vorticity budget
  • EGU 2022: Variability of the Weddell Gyre in a global high-resolution numerical model
  • OSM 2022: Variability of the Weddell Gyre in a global high-resolution numerical model
  • Future Directions in Basin and Global High-resolution Ocean Modelling 2021: Variability of the Weddell Gyre in a global high-resolution numerical model

Sea going experience

Multidisciplinary Investigations of the Southern Ocean - 2024 (8 weeks)

The MISO voyage seeks to explore how links between physics, biogeochemistry, plankton, aerosols, precipitation and clouds influence the Earth’s climate, from the deep ocean to the lower atmosphere. More on the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership blog

East Australian Current - 2022 (3 weeks)

In this voyage we recovered the East Australian Current mooring system, in place from 2012 to 2022.

South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation - 2018 (2 weeks)

In this voyage we carried out a periodic hydrographic survey to monitor the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.

Selected university management and administration

  • Consortium for Ocean and Sea Ice Modelling in Australia - Project management committee member
  • Climate Change Research Centre - Student representative
  • Department of Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences - Student representative

Selected scholarships and awards

  • Scientia PhD scholarship - University of New South Wales
  • Friends of Fulbright Scholarship - University of California Davis
  • Pampa Azul Scholarship, Argentinian Ministry of Science and Technology