Professional summary
Research Interests
Carole obtained a BSc and MSc in Physics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, EPFL) in 2004. She went on to pursue doctoral studies in the group of Applied Optics and Photonics at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK from 2004 to 2007; her PhD thesis was concerned with the development of a non-invasive, laser-based technique to measure the flow of sap through the phloem tissue of woody plants.
Carole joined the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology as an environmental physicist in 2007. She conducts research into the exchange of greenhouse gases between land, water and the atmosphere in natural and urban environments using micrometeorological techniques in the UK and abroad. She has a special interest in the role played by plants in modulating the exchange of methane in tropical wetlands, and has led research in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, under a succession of projects since 2017.
Carole was deputy group leader of the Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange and Effects group from 2017 to 2023, and acting shared group leader since February 2023.
Brief CV
Organisational responsibilities
February 2023 - : acting shared group leader of Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange and Effects
November 2017 - February 2023: deputy group leader: Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange and Effects
January 2017 - onwards: Co-I for ICOS-UK category 1 Ecosystem site (Auchencorth Moss)
Selected projects
- Moore Foundation OKFLUX (2023 - ): research lead methane fluxes in perennial and seasonal swamps in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
- The Global Methane Budget (NERC Highlight project; 2016 - 2021): Co-I and experimental lead of the Botswana wetlands component.
- Megacity Delhi atmospheric emission quantification, assessment and impacts (DelhiFlux) (2016-2019): Heavy metal fluxes in central Delhi, India, using Relaxed Eddy Accumulation (REA).
- GAUGE (Greenhouse gAs UK and Global Emissions; 2013-2016): experimental lead and project manager of the CEH-led ferry-borne and urban tall tower measurement components.
Qualifications
- PhD Physics Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK, 2007
- MSc Physics Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (E.P.F.L.), Switzerland, 2004
- BSc Physics Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (E.P.F.L.), Switzerland, 2002
- PhD Physics Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK, 2007
- MSc Physics Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (E.P.F.L.), Switzerland, 2004
- BSc Physics Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (E.P.F.L.), Switzerland, 2002
Work experience
October 2007 - present: Environmental physicist at UKCEH.
October 2007 - present: Environmental physicist at UKCEH.
Selected publications
- Phenology is the dominant control of methane emissions in a tropical non-forested wetland
- From sink to source: high inter-annual variability in the carbon budget of a southern African wetland
- Warming response of peatland CO2 sink is sensitive to seasonality in warming trends
- Global maps of soil temperature
- Overriding water table control on managed peatland greenhouse gas emissions
- Methane flux measurements along a floodplain soil moisture gradient in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
- FLUXNET-CH4: a global, multi-ecosystem dataset and analysis of methane seasonality from freshwater wetlands
- Drivers of long-term variability in CO2 net ecosystem exchange in a temperate peatland
- Spatial and temporal variability of urban fluxes of methane, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide above London, UK
- Controls of carbon dioxide concentrations and fluxes above central London
Awards
2012
Co-recipient of the Norbert Gerbier-MUMM International Award 2012 delivered by the World Meteorological Organization for contributions made to the research article "Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across biomes and continents",Chuixiang Yi et al 2010, Environ. Res. Lett. 5.
2006
Recipient of the second year physics PhD research prize awarded by the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences at Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, UK).
2005
Recipient of the first year physics PhD research prize awarded by the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences at Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, UK).
2012
Co-recipient of the Norbert Gerbier-MUMM International Award 2012 delivered by the World Meteorological Organization for contributions made to the research article "Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across biomes and continents",Chuixiang Yi et al 2010, Environ. Res. Lett. 5.
2006
Recipient of the second year physics PhD research prize awarded by the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences at Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, UK).
2005
Recipient of the first year physics PhD research prize awarded by the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences at Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, UK).