Dr Elisa Lovecchio
Biography
My MSc background is in physics of complex systems. I obtained a PhD in environmental sciences at ETH-Zurich, where I used high-resolution models to study eddy-mediated cross-shore transport of biogeochemical tracers at the boundary of an upwelling system. I developed research at the University of Exeter on paleo-oceanography using idealised models. At NOC, I develop research by combining ocean models with autonomous, ship and satellite data. I participated to fieldwork and I've been widely involved in the organisation of conference sessions and seminars. I'm involved in MSc and PhD students supervision and acted as a host for visiting PhD students and research scientists at NOC.
Projects
- PARTITRICS "PARTIcle Transformation and Respiration Influence on ocean Carbon Storage" (NERC BioCarbon)
- TiMBER "Forecasting Tipping points In Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Responses " (ARIA-FTP)
- AtlantiS "Atlantic Climate and Environment Strategic Science" (NERC)
- BioGeoSea " Enhancing Biogeochemical Essential Ocean Variables for European and Global Assessments" (Horizon 2020)
- ReBELS "Resolving Biological carbon Export in the Labrador Sea" (NERC)
- GOCART “Gauging ocean Organic Carbon fluxes using Autonomous Robotic Technologies” (ERC)
- SUMMER "Sustainable Management of Mesopelagic Resources" (Horizon 2020)
- COMICS "Controls over Ocean Mesopelagic Interior Carbon Storage" (NERC)
- TechOceanS "Technologies for Ocean Sensing" (scientific advisory role)
- CLASS "Climate Linked Atlantic Sector Science" (NERC)
- Personal postdoc mobility fellowship "The influence of mesoscale activity on organic carbon export fluxes: bridging models and observations" (SNSF)
Roles Provided
Member of Upwelling Systems team of SOLAS "Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study"
Member of ProClim "Forum for Climate and Global Change"
Publications
Lovecchio, Elisa 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7183-4761; Henson, Stephanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3875-6802; Carvalho, Filipa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8355-4329; Briggs, Nathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1549-1386; Hilder, Hans ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8882-0754; Wolff, George A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9380-1039; Giering, Sarah L. C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3090-1876; Cook, Kathryn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8590-3011; Baker, Chelsey A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0840-2333; Fielding, Sophie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3152-4742; Preece, Calum; Stinchcombe, Mark.
2025
Mesopelagic particle layers in the dynamic hypoxic northern Benguela are shaped by zooplankton activity.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 130 (3), e2024JC021039.
24, pp.
10.1029/2024JC021039
2025
Article
Major, William ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9994-6944; Giering, Sarah L.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3090-1876; Ainsworth, Joanna; Belcher, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9583-5910; Blackbird, Sabena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0942-6836; Bridger, Martin; Briggs, Nathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1549-1386; Carvalho, Filipa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8355-4329; Clément, Louis ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6935-9455; Cook, Kathryn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8590-3011; Dumousseaud, Cynthia; Espinola, Benoit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2412-9645; Evans, Claire ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0569-7057; Fielding, Sophie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3152-4742; Hartmann, Manuela; Henson, Stephanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3875-6802; Iversen, Morten; Kiriakoulakis, Konstadinos; Lampitt, Richard; Lovecchio, Elisa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7183-4761; Martin, Adrian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1202-8612; Mayor, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1295-0041; Moore, Mark; Pabortsava, Katsiaryna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9808-012X; Pebody, Corinne; Peel, Kate; Preece, Calum; Poulton, Alex ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5149-6961; Rayne, Rachel; Saw, Kevin; Stinchcombe, Mark; Stowasser, Gabriele ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0595-0772; Tarling, Geraint A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3753-5899; Thomalla, Sandy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6802-520X; Villa-Alfageme, María ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7157-8588; Wolff, George A.; Sanders, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6884-7131.
2024
Active and passive organic carbon fluxes during a bloom in the Southern Ocean (South Georgia).
Scientific Data, 11, 1392.
9, pp.
10.1038/s41597-024-04151-w
2024
Article
Lachkar, Zouhair; Cornejo-D'Ottone, Marcela; Singh, Arvind; Arístegui, Javier; Dewitte, Boris; Fawcett, Sarah; Garçon, Veronique; Lovecchio, Elisa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7183-4761; Molina, Veronica; Vinayachandran, P. N. M..
2024
Biogeochemistry of greenhouse gases in coastal upwelling systems: Processes and sensitivity to global change.
Elem Sci Anth, 12 (1).
10.1525/elementa.2023.00088
2024
Article
Lovecchio, Elisa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7183-4761; Clement, Louis ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6935-9455; Evans, Claire ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0569-7057; Rayne, Rachel; Dumousseaud, Cynthia; Roshan, Saeed; Giering, Sarah L.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3090-1876; Martin, Adrian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1202-8612.
2023
Export of Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) compared to the particulate and active fluxes near South Georgia, Southern Ocean.
Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 212, 105338.
10.1016/j.dsr2.2023.105338
2023
Article
Bograd, Steven J.; Jacox, Michael G.; Hazen, Elliott L.; Lovecchio, Elisa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7183-4761; Montes, Ivonne; Pozo Buil, Mercedes; Shannon, Lynne J.; Sydeman, William J.; Rykaczewski, Ryan R..
2023
Climate change impacts on eastern boundary upwelling systems.
Annual Review of Marine Science, 15 (1).
10.1146/annurev-marine-032122-021945
2023
Article
Lovecchio, Elisa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7183-4761; Henson, Stephanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3875-6802; Carvalho, Filipa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8355-4329; Briggs, Nathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1549-1386.
2022
Oxygen variability in the offshore northern Benguela Upwelling System from glider data.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans.
10.1029/2022JC019063
2022
Article
Lovecchio, Elisa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7183-4761; Gruber, Nicolas; Münnich, Matthias; Frenger, Ivy.
2022
On the processes sustaining biological production in the offshore propagating eddies of the northern canary upwelling system.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127 (2).
10.1029/2021JC017691
2022
Article
Bonino, Giulia; Lovecchio, Elisa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7183-4761; Gruber, Nicolas; Münnich, Matthias; Masina, Simona; Iovino, Doroteaciro.
2021
Drivers and impact of the seasonal variability of the organic carbon offshore transport in the Canary upwelling system.
Biogeosciences, 18 (8).
2429-2448.
10.5194/bg-18-2429-2021
2021
Article
Lovecchio, Elisa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7183-4761; Henson, Stephanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3875-6802; Carvalho, Filipa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8355-4329; Briggs, Nathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1549-1386.
2021
Combining gliders and models to understand mesoscale biogeochemical patterns at the Angola-Benguela front.
In: EGU General Assembly 2021, Online, 19-30 April 2021.
2021
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