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
Salama, Amr Talaat 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0839-1509; Lovecchio, Elisa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7183-4761; Lovato, Tomas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5188-6767; Butenschön, Momme ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4592-9927; Zavatarelli, Marco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9148-9432; Henson, Stephanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3875-6802.
2026
Contrasting Responses of Dissolved Oxygen in the Northern Benguela Upwelling System to Four Decades of Warming.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 131 (7).
10.1029/2025JC023848
2026
Article
Hilder, Hans; Carvalho, Filipa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8355-4329; Briggs, Nathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1549-1386; Henson, Stephanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3875-6802; Lovecchio, Elisa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7183-4761; Hickman, Anna; Lacour, Leo; Simon, Elsa; Claustre, Herve.
2026
Bulk Particle Sinking Speeds Across the Atlantic Ocean From Year-Round Autonomous Observations.
[Other]
In: Ocean Sciences Meeting, Glasgow, UK, 22 - 27 February 2026.
2026
Conference item
Lovecchio, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7183-4761; Henson, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3875-6802; Ryan-Keogh, T..
2026
Multidecadal changes in the North Atlantic bloom phenology driven by temperature extremes.
[Poster]
In: Ocean Sciences Meeting, Glasgow, UK, 22 - 27 February 2026.
2026
Conference item
Salama, Amr Talaat; Lovecchio, Elisa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7183-4761; Lovato, Tomas; Butenschön, Momme; Zavatarelli, Marco; Henson, Stephanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3875-6802.
2026
Diverging Oxygen Trends in the Northern Benguela Upwelling System over the Last Four Decades.
[Other]
In: Ocean Sciences Meeting, Glasgow, UK, 22 - 27 February 2026.
2026
Conference item
Le Quéré, Corinne; Jarníková, T.; Racault, M.-F.; Townsend, P.; Wright, R.; Henson, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3875-6802; Lovecchio, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7183-4761; Panaiotis, T.; Oliver, S.; Baldwin, A.; Townhill, B.; Buckley, P.; Greig, L.; Couce, E.; Pinnegar, J.; Thomas, M.; Luisetti, T.; Greenwood, N.; Rutterford, L.; Orchard, D.; Graham, J..
2025
TiMBER: Forecasting Tipping points in Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Responses.
[Poster]
In: Global Tipping Points Conference 2025, Exeter, UK, July 2025.
(Unpublished)
2025
Conference item
Lovecchio, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7183-4761; Henson, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3875-6802; Ryan-Keogh, T..
2025
Physical drivers of multidecadal changes in the North Atlantic bloom phenology.
[Other]
In: Advances in Marine Biogeochemistry (AMBIO) Conference 2025, Edinburgh, June 2025.
(Unpublished)
2025
Conference item
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
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; Giering, Sari Lou ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3090-1876; Wolff, George A; Cook, Kathryn.
2024
Drivers of the Formation of Mesopelagic Particle Layers and Deep Export Events in the Hypoxic Northern Benguela from Glider, Ship and Model Data.
In: Ocean Sciences Meeting 2024, New Orleans, 18 - 23 February 2024.
2024
Conference item
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, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7183-4761; Clément, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6935-9455; Evans, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0569-7057; Rayne, R.; Dumousseaud, C.; Roshan, S.; Giering, S. L. C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3090-1876; Martin, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1202-8612.
2023
Simultaneous estimation of the sinking, dissolved and active export components from in-situ data in the region of South Georgia.
[Poster]
In: 5th International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Ocean, Bergen, Norway, 17 - 21 April 2023.
(Unpublished)
2023
Conference item
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
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
Meso and submesoscale oxygen and particle variability in the northern Benguela Upwelling System from glider and model data.
In: EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, 23-27 May 2022.
2022
Conference item
Lovecchio, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7183-4761; Henson, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3875-6802; Carvalho, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8355-4329; Briggs, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1549-1386.
2022
Meso and submesoscale oxygen variability in the northern Benguela Upwelling System from glider and model data.
[Other]
In: The 53rd International Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics - 3rd GO2NE Oxygen Conference, Liége, Belgium, 15 - 20 May 2022.
(Unpublished)
2022
Conference item
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
Conference item
Lovecchio, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7183-4761; Henson, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3875-6802; Carvalho, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8355-4329; Briggs, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1549-1386; Gruber, N.; Münnich, M.; Bonino, G.; Masina, S.; Iovino, D..
2021
Biophysical interactions at the ocean’s mesoscale: eddy and filament impacts on the marine organic carbon and oxygen cycles.
[Other]
In: 25th AIOL Congress, Online, 30 June - 2 July 2021.
(Unpublished)
2021
Conference item