Kai Schulz

Biography

Dr Kai Schulz is an Associate Professor with the School of Environment, Science and Engineering. Professor Schulz scientific work is interested in potential impacts of ocean change on biogeochemical element cycling and feedbacks to Earth's climate system, as well as in assessing potential benefits and risks of proposed climate change mitigation approaches, which could also be used for marine ecosystem restoration.

Research

Professor Schulz’s research interests focus on inorganic carbon acquisition and stable carbon isotope fractionation in marine phytoplankton, climate/ocean change impacts on planktonic ecosystems, climate/ocean change mitigation approaches and ecosystem restoration. For that purpose he combines experimental, local and global observational datasets with conceptual and numerical modelling. Professor Schulz has been awarded a number of research grants, including several from the Australian Research Council (ARC), and he has published widely on his research areas.