GEOMAR  Silva, Amavi N.

Mitarbeiter

Dunuhinge Amavi Nimesha Silva

FB 2: Marine Biogeochemie
FE Biogeochemische Modellierung

Office:
Phone:
+49 431 600 4352
Email:
asilva(at)geomar.de

Address:
Wischhofstraße 1-3
24148 Kiel

Education and Employment:

  • Since 2025: Post-doctoral researcher, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
  • 2020 – 2024: PhD in Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
  • 2017 – 2019: Erasmus Mundus MSc. in Marine Environment and Resources, University of Bordeaux, France; Basque Country University, Spain; University of Liege, Belgium; University of Southampton; United Kingdom
  • 2016 – 2017: Academic Teaching Assistant, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka
  • 2011 – 2015: BSc. In Fisheries and Marine Sciences, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka

Research Interests:

  • Air-sea gas exchange processes and their controls
  • Marine oxygen cycle and its applications
  • Nutrient and carbon distribution in the upper ocean
  • Coupled ecosystem-biogeochemical modelling
  • Quality assessment and validation of autonomous biogeochemical data

Ongoing Projects:

BASS

 

Publications:

Silva, A.N., Purdie, D.A., Bates, N.R. and Tyrrell, T. (2024). Investigating Labrador Sea’s persistent surface O2 anomaly using observations and biogeochemical model results. Journal of Marine Systems, [online] 245. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2024.103996.

Zhang, C., Wu, Y., Brown, P.J., Stappard, D., Silva, A.N. and Tyrrell, T. (2024). Comparing float pCO2 profiles in the Southern Ocean to ship data reveals discrepancies. EGUsphere. doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-3143.

Silva, A.N. and Zanetti, D.G. (2022). Marine sustainability against contaminants and pollutants. In: B.M. de Oliveira, J.C.F. Pardo and A. Turra, eds., challenges in ocean governance in the views of early career scientists. Instituto de Estudos Avançados da Universidade de São Paulo. doi:https://doi.org/10.11606/9786587773384.

Wu, Y., Bakker, D.C.E., Achterberg, E.P., Silva, A.N., Pickup, D.D., Li, X., Hartman, S., Stappard, D., Qi, D. and Tyrrell, T. (2022). Integrated analysis of carbon dioxide and oxygen concentrations as a quality control of ocean float data. Communications Earth & Environment, [online] 3(1), pp.1–11. doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00421-w.