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Dr Khushboo Gurung

Profile

I am a Research Fellow working on incorporating a more dyanmic vegetation model within the climate-chemical model SCION in order to determine the role of plant evolution on the Phanerozoic climate. During my PhD, I developed a fast vegetation model (FLORA) and linked it back to SCION (SCI-FI) which can be run dynamically for millions of years. The inclusion of a more comprehensive interaction between plants, palaeo-climate and palaeo-geography, creates a better understanding of how plants have helped shape Earth’s past climate. I continue to develop this model further and try to answer how the evolution of plants and plant physiology has shaped our past climate. 
 

Research interests

  • Palaeoclimate, palaeoecology
  • Carbon cycle
  • Modelling
  • Co-evolution of life and planet
  • Life on exoplanets
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Qualifications

  • PhD, Biological Sciences, University of Leeds
  • Integrated Masters, Ecology and Evolution, UCL

Professional memberships

  • Committee member for the Earth System Science Group of the Geological Society of London

Student education

I co-supervise students ranging from PhD level to BSc. 

Research groups and institutes

  • Earth Surface Science Institute

Current postgraduate researchers

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