Dr Matheus Carvalho de Carvalho
Research interests
I mainly take care of the IRMS laboratory but do research when I have time.
My main research interest has been to improve the understanding of photosynthesis and respiration by algae. In particular, I have developed, together with my colleagues Kai Schulz and Bradley Eyre, an approach to obtain new and old respiration estimates for the entire ocean:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016GB005583/full
I also have an interest in laboratory automation using AutoIt. This approach makes it possible to save money and time in the laboratory. I have written a book on the subject:
https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Laboratory-Automation-Made-AutoIt/dp/3527341587/
Recently, I have become a member of the editorial board of the journal HardwareX (Elsevier), about open-source hardware for research:
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/hardwarex/editorial-board
In collaboration with my colleage, Rachel Murray, I have created an affordable open-source microsyringe autosampler for liquid and gas sampling (OSMAR: Open-Source Microsyringe AutosampleR). This work has published in a peer-reviewed journal by Elsevier:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468067217300287
See the following link for a video of OSMAR in operation: