CV

Education

BSc in Liberal Arts and Sciences, University College of Maastricht, 2012-2015
- BSc thesis title: What are possible ecological and biogeochemical impacts of olivine carbonation enhancement in Oman?
- Semester abroad at the Australian National University (Canberra, Australia)
MSc in Earth and Environment, Wageningen University, 2015-2017
- MSc thesis title: Soluble iodine speciation in Indian Ocean aerosols and its impact on marine boundary layer chemistry
PhD in Marine biogeochemistry, University of East Anglia, 2018-2022 (expected)
- PhD thesis title: The role of sea ice on the carbon uptake of the Southern Ocean

Work experience

Summer 2017: Research Assistant
- University of East Anglia
- Duties included: Launching AirCores and meteorological sensors on large weather balloons to the stratosphere and retrieval; analysing trace gases in air samples on a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer. Part of the EXC3ITE project.
- Supervisor: Dr. Johannes Laube
2017-2018: Research Assistant
- University of East Anglia
- Duties included: Launching AirCores and meteorological sensors on large weather balloons to the stratosphere and retrieval; analysing trace gases in air samples on a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer. Part of the EXC3ITE project.
- Supervisor: Dr. Johannes Laube

Expeditions and field work

2017/2018: EXC3ITE (field work in the UK)
- Location: Near Cambridge and Ross-on-Wye, UK
- Scientific activities: Launching and retrieval of AirCores to the stratosphere; sub-sampling AirCore samples.
2018: RINGO Campaign with EXC3ITE (field work in northern Finland)
- Location: Sodankyla, Finland
- Scientific activities: Launching and retrieval of AirCores to the stratosphere as part of EXC3ITE project; sub-sampling AirCore samples.
2018/2019: PS117 (sea-going expedition to the Southern Ocean)
- Vessel: R.V. Polarstern
- Destination/route: Cape Town - Southern Ocean / Weddell Sea - Punta Arenas
- Scientific activities: Deploying Argo and Biogeochemical Argo floats into the Southern Ocean; collecting dissolved inorganic carbon/total alkalinity (DIC/TA) samples from the water column for my PhD project.
- Cruise report: PS117
2020: PS122.5 MOSAiC Leg 5 (sea-going expedition to the Arctic Ocean)
- Vessel: Akademik Tryoshnikov & R.V. Polarstern
- Destination/route: Bremerhaven - Arctic Ocean - Bremerhaven
- Scientific activities: Member of Team ECO; contributing to Team ECO Core time series work for MOSAiC, incl. sea water and sea ice sample collection, filtration and sample processingfor biological and biogeochemical parameters; collecting DIC/TA samples for my project.
- Cruise report: (expected soon!)

Training

June 2019: IOCCP-BONUS INTEGRAL Course on a Suite of Biogeochemical Sensors
- Sven Loven Center for Marine Sciences (Kristineberg, Sweden)
August - September 2019: BAS ATSC Safe and Effective Field Work in Polar Regions
- British Antarctic Survey (Cambridge, UK) & NERC Arctic Research Station (Ny-Alesund, Svalbard)

Skills

Coding languages
- Python
- MatLab (very limited)
- R (very limited)
Operating systems
- Linux/Unix (basic)
Analytical analyses
- Gas chromatograph - mass spectrometry (Autospec Premier GC-MS): tropospheric and stratospheric air samples for the analysis of halogenated trace gases and greenhouse gases
- Versatile INstrument for the Determination of Total inorganic carbon and Alkalinity (VINDTA): sea water samples for the analysis of DIC and TA
- Winkler
Sample processing and filtering
- Chlorophyll
- HPLC
- cDOM
- DOC
- POM
- DOM
Computer modelling
- MISTRA (1-D numerical model)

Publications

Trends and emissions of six perfluorocarbons in the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere

Droste, E. S., Adcock, K. E., Ashfold, M. J., Chou, C., Fleming, Z., Fraser, P. J., Gooch, L. J., Hind, A. J., Langenfelds, R. L., Leedham Elvidge, E., Mohd Hanif, N., O'Doherty, S., Oram, D. E., Ou-Yang, C.-F., Panagi, M., Reeves, C. E., Sturges, W. T., and Laube, J. C.: Trends and emissions of six perfluorocarbons in the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 4787–4807, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-4787-2020, 2020.

Investigating stratospheric changes between 2009 and 2018 with halogenated trace gas data from aircraft, AirCores, and a global model focusing on CFC-11

Laube, J. C., Elvidge, E. C. L., Adcock, K. E., Baier, B., Brenninkmeijer, C. A. M., Chen, H., Droste, E. S., Grooß, J.-U., Heikkinen, P., Hind, A. J., Kivi, R., Lojko, A., Montzka, S. A., Oram, D. E., Randall, S., Röckmann, T., Sturges, W. T., Sweeney, C., Thomas, M., Tuffnell, E., and Ploeger, F.: Investigating stratospheric changes between 2009 and 2018 with halogenated trace gas data from aircraft, AirCores, and a global model focusing on CFC-11, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 9771–9782, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-9771-2020, 2020.

Spatial and Temporal Variability of Iodine in Aerosol

Gómez Martín, J. C., Saiz-Lopez, A., Cuevas, C. A., Fernandez, R. P., Gilfedder, B., Weller, R., Baker, A. R., Droste, E., Lai, S.: Spatial and temporal variability of iodine in aerosol, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126(9), https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD034410, 2021.

Near-surface ocean temperature & salinity measurements (using YSI and Castaway) during the summer component of the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) campaign in the Central Arctic Ocean, July – September 2020

Smith, M., Bozzato, D., Chamberlain, E. J., Dietrich, U., Droste, E., Fong, A. A., Light, B., Linhardt, F., Matero., I., Perovich, D., Raphael, I., Regnery, J., Salganik, E., Tavri, A., von Albedyll, L., Webster, M.: Near-surface ocean temperature & salinity measurements (using YSI and Castaway) during the summer component of the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) campaign in the Central Arctic Ocean, July – September 2020. Arctic Data Center. doi:10.18739/A2TT4FV1G, 2021.

Soluble Iodine Speciation in Marine Aerosols Across the Indian and Pacific Ocean Basins

Droste, E. S., Baker, A.R., Yodle, C., Smith, A., and Ganzeveld, L.: Soluble Iodine Speciation in Marine Aerosols Across the Indian and Pacific Ocean Basins, Front. Mar. Sc., 8, 2296-7745, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.788105, 2021.

Elise Droste

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