Dr. Makcim De Sisto 

Scientist - Earth System Dynamics

 

 

• Assesment frameworks for marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (ASMASYS II - current project).
• Earth system climate feedbacks (FOOTPRINTS).
• Uncertainties in Climate Projections.
• Earth system model development.
• Terrestrial and marine nutrient cycling.

2020 – 2024       

PhD Civil Engineering. Memorial University of Newfoundland, Developing a new nitrogen and phosphorous module compartments for UVic ESCM.

2017 – 2019          

MSc Biological Oceanography, Christian Albrechts Universität zu Kiel, Germany. Assessing the effects of climate engineering on the carbon cycle under an overshoot scenario.

2008 – 2014          

BSc Marine Biology, Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela. Opisthobranch inventory and morphology in Margarita Island, Venezuela.

                       

03.2024–Present Postdoctoral Researcher, GEOMAR. Current project: ASMASYS II.

09.2023–01.2024 Research Assistant, StFX, Canada.

01.2023–04.2023 ClimAtlantic casual: developing a marine climate module for ClimateData.ca.

01.2023–04.2023 Instructor ESCI 265: Data Analysis in Earth and Environmental Sciences and associated Lab. StFX, Canada.

De Sisto, M., Somes, C. J. orcid.org/0000-0003-2635-7617, Landolfi, A. orcid.org/0000-0002-5000-7863 and MacDougall, A. H. (2024) Projecting atmospheric N 2 O rise until the end of the 21st century: an Earth System Model study. . Open Access Environmental Research Letters, 19 (12). Art.Nr. 124036. DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/ad8c6c doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326%2Fad8c6c.

De Sisto, M. and MacDougall, A. H.: Effect of terrestrial nutrient limitation on the estimation of the remaining carbon budget, Biogeosciences, 21, 4853–4873, doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-4853-2024, 2024.

De Sisto, M. , MacDougall, A. H., Mengis, N. orcid.org/0000-0003-0312-7069 and Antoniello, S. (2023) . Modelling the terrestrial nitrogen and phosphorus cycle in the UVic ESCM. Open Access Geoscientific Model Development, 16 (14). pp. 4113-4136. DOI 10.5194/gmd-16-4113-2023 doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-4113-2023.

De Sisto, M., Crescini, R., Villalba, W., Rios, B., Gomez, V. and Mata, Y. 2016. Sacoglosos (Opisthobranchia: Sacoglossa) del Estado Nueva Esparta y Los Frailes, Venezuela, Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 42-48 (Sacoglossans (Opisthobranchia: Sacoglossa) of Nueva Esparta State and Los Frailes, Venezuela).

De Sisto, M., Cresicini, R., Villalba, W. and Mata, C. 2015. Nudibranquios (Mollusca: Gastropoda) del estado Nueva Esparta, Venezuela. Revista Amici Molluscarum 23 (1-2): 7-17 (Nudibranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Nueva Esparta State, Venezuela).

Grune, S., Crescini, R., De Sisto, M., Velásquez, M and Villalba, W. 2014. Opistobranquios del Parque Nacional Laguna de La Restinga, Isla de Margarita, Venezuela. Amici Molluscarum 22(2):25- 35 (Opisthobranchs of Laguna de La Restinga National Park, Margarita Island, Venezuela).

Crescini, R., De Sisto, M. and Villalba, W. 2013. A new species of aeolid nudibranch genus Learchis (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia), American Malacological Bulletin, 31 (2): 339-341.

Crescini, R., Villaba, W. and De Sisto, M. 2013. Primer registro de Doto chica (Mollusca: Dotidae) en Venezuela, Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 84: 668-670 (First record of Doto chica (Mollusca:Dotidae) for Venezuela).

De Sisto, M. and MacDougall, A. H.: Estimated remaining carbon budgets under terrestrial nutrient limitation, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-9715, doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-9715, 2023.

De Sisto, M. and MacDougall, A.: IMPLEMENTING A TERRESTRIAL NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS CYCLE IN THE UVIC ESCM: Validation and first results , EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-6529, doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-6529, 2022.

De Sisto, M. and MacDougall, A.: MODELLING THE TERRESTRIAL NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS CYCLE IN THE UVic ESCM , EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-7801, doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-7801, 2021.

De Sisto, M. 2012. Opistobranquios de playa Valdez, Isla de Margarita, Venezuela. Presented in poster in the IX scientific congress of the Eastern University of Venezuela (UDO) (Opisthobranchs of Valdez beach, Margarita Island, Venezuela).

De Sisto, M. 2012. Moluscos asociados al ferry hundido de Cubagua, Venezuela. Presented in poster in the IX scientific congress of the Eastern University of Venezuela (UDO) (Mollusks associated to the sunken ship in Cubagua, Venezuela).