Ximena Aguilar Vega

Institution: University of Stirling

Theme: Atmosphere, Oceans & Climate: the fluid Earth

Theme: Carbon and Biogeochemical Cycles: Sustaining Life

Department / group: Biological & Environmental Sciences

Email: x.a.aguilar.vega@stir.ac.uk

Institution URL: https://www.stir.ac.uk/

Personal URL: https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1702143#aboutme

Google Scholar URL: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=HV7M2Z8AAAAJ&hl=es

Research interests:

Carbon fluxes and transformation of organic carbon between marine-terminating glaciers and marine systems in polar regions.

Career history:

BSc Biology
MSc Antarctic Sciences and Glaciology
PhD researcher (currently)

Active research projects:

Seeding collaboration to characterise the chemical and optical properties of organic carbon in Arctic glaciomarine systems. Funded by the MASTS-SFC Saltire Emerging Researcher Scheme (MASTS-SERS), March-August 2022.
https://masts.ac.uk/funding/saltire/

Recent publications:

Glacial meltwater input to the ocean around the Antarctic Peninsula: forcings and consequences
Lima LS, Pezzi LP, Mata MM, Santini MF, Carvalho JT, Sutil UA, Cabrera MJ, Rosa EB, Rodrigues CCF & Vega XA (2022) Glacial meltwater input to the ocean around the Antarctic Peninsula: forcings and consequences. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, 94 (Supplement 1), Art. No.: e20210811. https://doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765202220210811