Tina van de Flierdt

Tina van de Flierdt is a Professor of Isotope Geochemistry and Head of the Department of Earth Science and Engineering at Imperial College London. She grew up on a dairy farm in rural Germany and is a passionate football fan. Her academic background includes a Diploma in geology from the University of Bonn (Germany), a PhD in Natural Science from the ETH Zurich (Switzerland), and a postdoctoral fellowship and Associate Research Scientist position at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University (USA). She co-leads the MAGIC isotope facility at Imperial College London.

Her research spans a variety of fields from understanding chemical cycles of trace elements and pollutants in the ocean, over reconstruction of ocean circulation, to the history of the polar ice sheets and their vulnerability to future climate change. She is particularly interested in the marine-terminating sectors of Antarctic Ice Sheet during past warm periods. Tina loves being out in the field and exploring the unknown.

Research Interests

• Paleoceanography
• Paleoclimate
• Chemical Oceanography & Pollution
• Antarctic Ice Sheet History

Education and Professional Experience

• Head of Department, Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, 2021 -
• Professor, Imperial College London, 2017 -
• Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, and Reader, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, 2007 - 2017
• Adjunct (Senior) Research Scientist, L-DEO, 2008 -
• Storke Doherty Lecturer, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and L-DEO, Columbia University, 2006 - 2008
• Doherty Associate Research Scientist, L-DEO, 2005 - 2008
• Lamont-Doherty Postdoctoral Fellow, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (L-DEO), 2003 - 2005
• PhD in Natural Sciences (Isotope Geochemistry and Palaeoceanography), ETH Zuerich, 2000 - 2003
• Diplom in Geology (Geochemistry and Petrology), University of Bonn, 2000

Awards

• Storke Doherty Lectureship, Departm. of Earth and Environmental Sciences & Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 2006
• Gary Comer Abrupt Climate Change Fellowship, Gary Comer Science and Education Foundation, 2003
• Lamont-Doherty Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 2003
• Student Poster Prize at the 7th Internat. Conf. on Paleoceanography, IMAGES, 2001
• Heinrich-Hoerlein-Foundation prize for an outstanding diploma thesis, Heinrich Hoerlein Foundation, 2000
• Poster award at the 3rd meeting of young geochemist, German Mineralogical Society (DMG), 1999

Selected Community service

• 2018 - 2021: UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships Panel
• 2018 - 2020: Member and then Chair, Joint Publications Committee, Meteoritical Society and the Geochemical Society
• 2016 - 2021: Associate Editor, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
• 2016 - 2021: UK representative, GEOTRACES Scientific Steering Committee (www.geotraces.org)
• 2015 - 2016: Editor, Geochemical News
• 2014 - 2016: Royal Society International Exchange Committee
• 2014 - 2021: GEOTRACES Standards & Intercalibration Committee (www.geotraces.org)
• 2011 - 2014: NERC Peer Review College

Selected PublicationsJournal Articles

Struve T, Wilson DJ, Hines SKV, et al., 2022, A deep Tasman outflow of Pacific waters during the last glacial period, Nature Communications, Vol:13, ISSN:2041-1723, Pages:1-10

Stokes CR, Abram NJ, Bentley MJ, et al., 2022, Response of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to past and future climate change, Nature, Vol:608, ISSN:0028-0836, Pages:275-286

Patterson MO, Levy RH, Kulhanek DK, et al., 2022, Sensitivity of the West Antarctic Ice sheet to +2 degrees C (SWAIS 2C), Scientific Drilling, Vol:30, ISSN:0734-5615, Pages:101-112

Marschalek J, Zurli L, Talarico F, et al., 2021, A large West Antarctic Ice Sheet explains Early Neogene sea-level amplitude, Nature, Vol:600, ISSN:0028-0836, Pages:450-455

Klages JP, Salzmann U, Bickert T, et al., 2020, Temperate rainforests near the South Pole during peak Cretaceous warmth, Nature, Vol:580, ISSN:0028-0836, Pages:81-86

Struve T, Wilson DJ, van de Flierdt T, et al., 2020, Middle Holocene expansion of Pacific Deep Water into the Southern Ocean, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol:117, ISSN:0027-8424, Pages:889-894

Wilson DJ, Bertram R, Needham E, et al., 2018, Ice loss from the East Antarctic Ice Sheet during late Pleistocene interglacials, Nature, Vol:561, ISSN:0028-0836, Pages:383-386

Schlitzer R, Anderson RF, Dodas EM, et al., 2018, The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2017, Chemical Geology, Vol:493, ISSN:0009-2541, Pages:210-223