Rate My Professor Jean Lynch-Stieglit

Jean Lynch-Stieglitz's research centers on reconstructing changes in ocean circulation and climate over the last 100,000 years, combining geochemical proxies such as carbon isotopes in benthic foraminifera with modern oceanographic models to identify vulnerabilities in the ocean-climate system. Her work addresses topics including Atlantic meridional overturning circulation during glacial periods, air-sea exchange influences on oceanic carbon isotopes, and El Niño-like patterns in ice age Pacific sea surface temperatures. Key publications include 'Atlantic meridional overturning circulation during the Last Glacial Maximum' (Science, 2007), 'El Nino-like pattern in ice age tropical Pacific sea surface temperature' (Science, 2002), 'The influence of air-sea exchange on the isotopic composition of oceanic carbon: Observations and modeling' (Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 1995), and 'The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and Abrupt Climate Change' (Annual Review of Marine Science, 2017). She has received numerous honors, including Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (2019), Cesare Emiliani Lecturer from the American Geophysical Union (2018), Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2015), and Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow from the National Academy of Sciences (1998). Additionally, she served as Editor of Earth and Planetary Science Letters from 2012 to 2015.