I am a post-doc at the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
I jointly work with Dr. Mick Follows and Prof. John Marshall.
During my PhD I spent my time between the Max-Planck Insitute for Biogeochemistry in Jena, Germany and the School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
I was involved in the Dynamic Green Ocean Project. and I was also part of the Ocean Biogeochemistry Group at UEA.
I was supervised by Dr. Corinne Le Quéré and Prof. Andy Watson.
PAST PhD RESEARCH TOPIC:
My dissertation focused on the impact of phytoplankton biomass on the physical properties of
the global ocean via the absorption of solar radiation. I used a global ocean general circulation model (OPA-ORCA2.0),
coupled to a Dynamic Green Ocean Model (PlankTOM5)
to represent and quantify the potential feedbacks between ocean physics and biology.
ONGOING PROJECTS & COLLABORATIONS:
Modeling Circulation and Carbon Cycle of the Arctic Ocean
Role of the Southern Ocean in the Carbon Cycle
Carbon-climate coupling in idealized configurations of the world's ocean
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Past and Present Global Carbon Cycle
Global Ocean Circulation and Nutrients Distribution
Feedbacks between Ocean Biogeochemistry and Climate
Past, present, and future role of Polar Oceans in the Earth System
Gaia Hypothesis & Earth System Analysis
Address:
Manfredi Manizza
Room 54-1410, 77 Massachusetts Avenue,
Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
02139-4307, Cambridge, MA, USA
Email: mmanizza@ocean.mit.edu
Phone: +1-617-253-3573
Fax: +1-617-253-4464