Research interests

My research interest focus on elucidating how physical and biological processes interact with sedimentary deposits to develop highly dynamic chemical environments. In particular, I am interested in the transformation and exchange of chemical species between these environments and overlying waters, especially at water-sediment interfaces under fluctuating environmental factors, including changes in oxygenation regimes, anthropogenic stressors, and fluctuations of organic matter depositional rates. As well as, how macrofaunal organisms react to these changes, modifying chemical benthic environments, and therefore, the fate of organic matter. My research approach to address these topics combines commonly used methodologies for the characterization of chemical sedimentary environments with novel techniques like the use of multidimensional chemical sensors and three-dimensional tomographic reconstructions of sedimentary structures. Moreover,  my involvement with these techniques includes their development, implementation, and optimization. Making them available for answering specific scientific questions.