Dorothee C. E. Bakker

Professor Dorothee Bakker studies the marine carbon cycle from estuaries and shelf seas to the Southern and Arctic Ocean in multidisciplinary, seagoing projects. Her research interests include ocean uptake of carbon dioxide (CO₂), its variation, progression of ocean acidification and land to ocean carbon transfer. She is active in the PICCOLO, GreenFeedBack, CHALKY, TRICUSO and MaSCOt research projects and the Rothera Time Series. Dorothee is Chair of the Surface Ocean CO₂ Atlas (SOCAT), a high-profile synthesis activity by scientists worldwide, which has been used to determine that the oceans take up a quarter of the CO₂ emissions from human activity. For TRICUSO she is focusing on field trials of novel platforms and data pipelines. Dorothee also chairs the global group of the Surface Ocean CO₂ Atlas (SOCAT).