Sally Thorpe

Biography

I joined BAS as an ecological modeller following a NERC CASE PhD studentship in physical oceanography of the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean, between the University of East Anglia and BAS.

Research Interest

My current research focuses on the interactions of marine species with their environment. I investigate how these interactions affect the distribution of the species and how variability in the environment affects the ecosystem dynamics, with the aim of understanding how the ecosystem may respond to environmental change. To do this, I develop coupled physical-biological models that link biological models of key species to the environment using environmental datasets ranging from global ocean model output to remotely-sensed and ship-board data. I have taken part in eight cruises to the Southern Ocean as a physical oceanographer.