My research goals focus on furthering our understanding of the climate system through the application of geochemical techniques and examination of paleoclimatic records. Specifically, I am interested in glacial/interglacial tranistions in climate and the mechanisms that amplify insolation forcing. My current project focuses on reconstructing past movements of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) using stable isotope analyses applied to the tests of planktonic foraminifera, U-series measurements and ²³⁰Th normalized productivity proxies.  The goal of this project is to ground-truth hypotheses about the mechanisms moving CO₂ to/from the deep ocean on glacial/interglacial timescales.