I am the head of the Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Laboratory (P2L). Below you will find my educational background, publications and some more information. Please feel free to contact me at any time. You will find contact information at the end of this page.
Education
2005 – 2008 PhD in Natural Sciences (Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology) at the Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, Germany
2002 – 2004 MSc in Geosciences (Sedimentary Geology) at the Institute of Geosciences, University of São Paulo, Brazil
1996 – 2001 BSc in Geology at the Institute of Geosciences, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Research topics
Late Quaternary paleoceanography and paleoclimatology
Millennial, centennial and multidecadal climate variability
Development of paleoceanographic and paleoclimatic proxies
Geochemistry of allochthonous and autochthonous marine sediments
Positions
2017 – present Associate Professor at the School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, University of São Paulo, Brazil
2015 – 2015 Visiting scientist at the MARUM-Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Germany
2012 – 2013 Junior Fellow at the Hanse Institute for Advanced Study, Germany
2009 – 2016 Assistant Professor at the School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, University of São Paulo, Brazil
2008 – 2009 Post-doctoral Fellow at the Center for Earth System Science, National Institute for Space Research, Brazil
Publications
For a complete list of publications, please check here.
Further information at Web of Science.
Sea-going expeditions
2018 RV Sonne (Germany) SO260/2 Montevideo (Uruguay) – Buenos Aires (Argentina)
2014 RV M.S. Merian Cruise MSM39, NA-LINK, St. John´s (Canada) – St. John´s (Canada); 7 June – 25 June
2012 RV M.S. Merian Cruise MSM20/3, AMADEUS, Recife (Brazil) – Bridgetown (Barbados); 19 February – 11 March
2009 RV Meteor Cruise M78/3a, Meteor Westliche Südatlantik, Montevideo (Uruguay) – Montevideo (Uruguay), 19 May – 13 June
2008 RV Marion Dufresne MD167, RETRO, Walvis Bay (Namibia) – Libreville (Gabon), 24 May – 3 June
2005 RV Sonne Cruise SO-184, PABESIA, Durban (South Africa) – Cilacap (Indonesia) – Darwin (Australia), July 8 – September 13
Supervision
Ongoing
Post-doc: Dr. Stefano Crivellari, Dr. Dailson J. B. Bertassoli, Dr. Bruna B. Dias, Dr. Marília C. Campos (co-supervision), Dr. Erika Rodrigues (co-supervision)
PhD: MSc. Marcus Kochhann, Rene Magalhães, MSc. Luiza S. Amancio, MSc. Thomas Akabane (co-supervision), Rafael Neri (co-supervision)
MSc: Júlia Grigolato, Laura Kraft
Scientific initiation: Larissa C. Pereira
Former
Post-doc: Dr. Adriana R. Perretti, Dr. Grasiane L. Mathias, Dr. Rodrigo C. Portilho-Ramos
PhD: Dr. Stefano Crivellari, Dr. Marília C. Campos, Dr. Sebastian Razik (co-supervision), Dr. Valdir F. Novello (co-supervision), Dr. Yancheng Zhang (co-supervision)
MSc: Dr. Maria Carolina A. Catunda, Dr. Marília C. Campos, MSc. Tainã M.L. Pinho, MSc. Jaqueline Q. Ferreira, MSc. Patrícia J. Viana, MSc. Aline M. Mega (co-supervision)
BSc: Larissa V. Monteiro, Nathália A. Silva, Isabella O.C. Hines, Dr. Marília C. Campos, Barbara M. Carvalho, Diego L. Palopito, Debora C. Redivo, Natalia M. Marciano, Beatriz F. Silva, MSc. Tainã M.L. Pinho, Letícia S.M. Oliveira, Stella I.P. Mello
Scientific initiation: Dereck E. Carrari, Luiz F.C. Sabanay, Dr. Marília C. Campos, Leah Carver, Laura Cotton, MSc. Tainã M.L. Pinho
Guest researcher: Dr. Natalie Höppner, Dr. Christoph Häggi, Dr. Vera B. Bender, Itxaso R. Uriarte, Dr. Ines Voigt
Ongoing research grants as PI
Title: Impacts of the last two glacial-to-interglacial transitions on the western South Atlantic and the adjacent continent (TRANSATLÂNTICO); PI: Chiessi, CM.; funding agency: National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq); duration: 2017-2020
Title: Partitioning of heat and salt between the western boundary currents of the South Atlantic during the last 130 ka and its impact over South American climate (ASpECTO); co-PIs: Chiessi, C.M., Toledo, F.A.L., Albuquerque, A.L.S.; funding agency: Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES); duration: 2015-2018.
Title: The Brazil Current:Decadal-to-millennial scale variability over the past 130,000 years and its impact on the climate of South America (PALEOCEANO); co-PIs: Albuquerque, A.L.S., Dias, P.L.S.; funding agency: Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES); duration: 2014-2017.
Title: Response of the western Atlantic Ocean to changes in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation: From millennial to seasonal variability; PI: Chiessi, C.M.; funding agency: São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP); duration: 2013-2017.
Title: Response of Amazon sedimentation to deforestation, land use and climate variability (AMADEUS); co-PIs: Mulitza, S., Schwenk, T., Chiessi, C.M.; funding agency: German Research Foundation (DFG); duration: 2012-2017.
Other projects/initiatives that I contribute to are:
Interdisciplinary Climate Investigation Center – INCLINE
Atlantic Forest Dimensions of Biodiversity – AF BIOTA
Interinstitutional Paleoceanography and Oceanography Network – iPON
Journal reviewer
(i) Climate of the Past; (ii) Chemical Geology; (iii) Continental Shelf Research; (iv) Deep-Sea Research Part I; (v) Earth and Planetary Science Letters; (vi) Geology; (vii) Geo-Marine Letters; (viii) Geophysical Research Letters; (ix) Global and Planetary Change; (x) Journal of Geophysical Research; (xi) Journal of Marine Systems; (xii) Marine Geology; (xiii) Marine Micropaleontology; (xiv) Micropaleontology; (xv) Nature Geoscience; (xvi) Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology; (xvii) Palaios; (xviii) Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology; (xix) Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA; (xx) Quaternary International; (xxi) Quaternary Research; (xxii) Quaternary Science Reviews; (xxiii) Radiocarbon; (xxiv) Scientific Reports; (xxv) The Holocene.
Funding agency reviewer
Boticário Group Foundation (FGB), Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), National Science Foundation (NSF), Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), State of Ceará Research and Technological Foundation (FUNCAP), State of Espírito Santo Research Foundation (FAPES), State of Pernambuco Research and Technology Foundation (FACEPE), State of São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)
Other information
2016 – present Member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the Past Global Changes (PAGES)
2016 – present Member of the Science Evaluation Panel of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP)
Contact information
School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities
University of São Paulo
Av. Arlindo Béttio 1000
CEP03828-000 São Paulo SP
Brazil
Tel: + 55 11 26480124; Mob: + 55 11 985118548
Email: chiessi@usp.br
A complete CV (Portuguese only) is available at http://lattes.cnpq.br/4272230320850488