Dr Tiago Segabinazzi Dotto
Biography
Research Interest
- North Atlantic Current and AMOC variability
- Subpolar gyre dynamics
- High-latitude oceanography and how polar oceans influence our climate
- Shelf-slope exchange processes
- Ocean-atmosphere-ice interactions, including ice shelf-ocean interactions and ice shelf-ocean boundary layer
- New technologies applied to oceanography
Current PhD and MSc Students
- Marina Noro (Universidade de Sao Paulo-Brazil, co-supervisor): On the role of Antarctic Shelf Bottom Water in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (2022 - 2026)
- Brendon Damini (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-Brazil, advisory committee): Changes on the Antarctic Circumpolar Current frontal systems and their impacts on the Circumpolar Deep Waters (2023 - 2027)
- Lauren Cruz (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-Brazil, co-supervisor): Changes in the Eddy Field Induced by the Antarctic Sea Ice Decline (2025 - 2027)
Fieldwork Experience (selected cruises; total weeks at sea: 40+)
- OSNAP/DY181 (2024), Rockall Trough and Iceland Basin (North Atlantic), RRS Discovery: Co-Chief Scientist and Mooring processing
- ITGC/TARSAN (2022), Amundsen Sea (Antarctica), IBRV Nathaniel B Palmer: VMP and CTD/LADCP operator
- GOAL/PROVOCCAR (2020), Northern Antarctic Peninsula (Antarctica), NPo Almirante Maximiano: Watch leader, cruise planning and CTD/LADCP operator
- DynOPO (2017), Orkney Passage, Weddell and Scotia Seas (Antarctica) - RRS James Clark Ross: CTD operator, Autosal measurements and ARGO floats deployments
- GOAL/NAUTILUS (2015), Northern Antarctic Peninsula (Antarctica), NPo Almirante Maximiano: Watch leader, cruise planning and CTD/LADCP operator
Education
- PhD in Physical Oceanography (2019), University of Southampton, UK.
- MSc in Physical, Chemical and Geological Oceanography (2015), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil.
- BSc in Oceanography (2013), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil.
Updated publications
Committee Memberships
- Member of the International OSNAP Steering Committee [2024-present]
- Member of the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) RWG-Amundsen & Bellingshausen Sector leadership team [2021-present]
National committees:
- Challenger Society institutional representative [2024-present]
Research groups:
- Member of the Brazilian National Institute of Science and Technology of the Cryosphere (INCT-CRIOSFERA) research group [2010-present]
- Member of the Brazilian High-Latitudes Oceanography Group (GOAL) [2010-present]
Projects
- CONNECT (Connecting North and South to Unlock the AMOC Observational Systems) [2025-2027]
- SORTED (Subpolar Gyre Observations, models and AI to Resolve Tipping points and provide Early warning Detection) [2025-2028]
- ATLANTIS (Atlantic Climate and Environment Strategic Science), co-leader for the Ellett Array moorings (WP 1.1.1) [2024-2029]
- GOAL/PROBIOMA (Oceanographic and Biogeochemical Processes Associated with the Marine Carbon Cycle Surrounding the Vitória-Trindade Chain), Research collaborator [2024-2027]
- GOAL/PRO-SAMBA (Oceanographic Processes in Climatic Hotspots of the Southern Ocean: New Synergies and Advances in Physical and Biogeochemical Knowledge and Monitoring around the Antarctic Peninsula), Research collaborator [2024-2027]
- GOAL/ImpactANT (Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity and Resilience of Marine Ecosystems in the Antarctic Peninsula Region), Research collaborator [2024-2027]
- Abyssal-AI (Connecting North and South to Unlock Deep Atlantic Circulation with AI), Research collaborator [2024-2027]
Past projects:
- UK-OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Programme), Research scientist [2023-2024]
- ITGC/TARSAN (Thwaites-Amundsen Regional Survey and Network Integrating Atmosphere-Ice-Ocean Processes), Postdoctoral researcher [2020-2023]
Publications
Burmeister, Kristin 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3881-0298; Jones, Sam C.; Fraser, Neil J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2171-9060; Fox, Alan D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9047-1986; Cunningham, Stuart A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9439-5442; Drysdale, Lewis A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2072-6154; Inall, Mark E.; Dotto, Tiago S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0565-6941; Holliday, N. Penny ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9733-8002.
2026
A decade of continuous Rockall Trough transport observations using moorings and gliders.
Ocean Science, 22 (1).
167-185.
10.5194/os-22-167-2026
2026
Article
Naveira Garabato, Alberto C.; Spingys, Carl P.; Lucas, Andrew J.; Dotto, Tiago S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0565-6941; Wild, Christian T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4586-1704; Tyler, Scott W.; Scambos, Ted A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4268-6322; Kratt, Christopher B.; Cappelli, Giuseppe ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4489-9791; Williams, Ethan F.; Claret, Mariona; Glover, Hannah E.; Wengrove, Meagan E.; Smith, Madison M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2259-042X; Baker, Michael G.; Marra, Giuseppe; Tamussino, Max; Feng, Zitong; Lloyd, David; Taylor, Liam; Mazur, Mikael; Mangriotis, Maria-Daphne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1765-9149; Micallef, Aaron; Ward Neale, Jennifer; Godin, Oleg A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4599-2149; Alford, Matthew H.; Gregory, Emma P. M.; Clare, Michael A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1448-3878; Shiri, Hamid; Ruiz Angulo, Angel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7292-3002; Gunn, Kathryn L.; Moat, Ben I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8676-7779; Yeo, Isobel A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9306-3446; Loureiro, Afonso ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3762-586X; Silvano, Alessandro ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6441-1496; Hartog, Arthur; Belal, Mohammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5175-3158.
2026
Distributed optical fibre sensing in physical oceanography: emergence and future prospects.
Ocean Science, 22 (2).
1129-1167.
10.5194/os-22-1129-2026
2026
Article
Senger, Pedro; Costa, Raul Rodrigo; Monteiro, Thiago; Ferreira, Afonso ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2670-8125; Kerr, Rodrigo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2632-3137; Dotto, Tiago S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0565-6941; Secchi, Eduardo R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9087-9909; Mendes, Carlos Rafael Borges ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6875-8860.
2026
Distinct phytoplankton groups as key drivers modulating summer CO2 uptake in the northern Antarctic Peninsula.
Marine Ecology Progress Series, 782.
1-18.
10.3354/meps15088
2026
Article
Wild, Christian T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4586-1704; Snow, Tasha; Dotto, Tiago S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0565-6941; Davis, Peter E.D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6471-6310; Tyler, Scott; Scambos, Ted A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4268-6322; Pettit, Erin C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6765-9841; Heywood, Karen J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9859-0026.
2025
Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf Cavity Observations Reveal Multi-year Sea Ice Dynamics and Deep-Water Warming in Pine Island Bay, West Antarctica.
Ocean Science, 21.
10.5194/os-21-2605-2025
2025
Article
Zhou, Shenjie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9124-6270; Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8066-934X; Giulivi, Claudia F.; Jenkins, Adrian; Silvano, Alessandro ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6441-1496; Auckland, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7613-6789; Abrahamsen, E. Povl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5924-5350; Meredith, Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7342-7756; Vaňková, Irena; Nicholls, Keith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2188-4509; Davis, Peter E.D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6471-6310; Østerhus, Svein; Gordon, Arnold L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6480-6095; Zappa, Christopher J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0041-2913; Dotto, Tiago S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0565-6941; Scambos, Ted ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4268-6322; Gunn, Kathryn L.; Rintoul, Stephen R.; Aoki, Shigeru; Stevens, Craig ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4730-6985; Liu, Chengyan; Yun, Sukyoung ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0778-7259; Kim, Tae-Wan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5257-7256; Lee, Won Sang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1074-7672; Janout, Markus ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4908-2855; Hattermann, Tore ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5538-2267; Lauber, Julius ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8410-0134; Darelius, Elin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3060-0317; Wåhlin, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1799-6476; Middleton, Leo; Castagno, Pasquale; Budillon, Giorgio ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1756-2221; Heywood, Karen J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9859-0026; Graham, Jennifer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1950-5266; Dye, Stephen; Hirano, Daisuke ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8047-1544; Miller, Una Kim.
2025
The OCEAN ICE mooring compilation: a standardised, pan-Antarctic database of ocean hydrography and current time series [Data description paper].
Earth System Science Data, 17 (10).
5693-5706.
10.5194/essd-17-5693-2025
2025
Article
Wang, Xingchi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0401-4915; Silvano, Alessandro ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6441-1496; Firing, Yvonne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3640-3974; Fernández Castro, Bieito ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7797-854X; Spingys, Carl P.; Dotto, Tiago S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0565-6941; Clement, Louis ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6935-9455; Holland, Paul R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8370-289X; Naveira Garabato, Alberto C..
2025
Turbulent vertical heat flux under Antarctic on-shelf sea ice intensified by the Amundsen Sea Undercurrent.
Communications Earth & Environment, 6, 613.
12, pp.
10.1038/s43247-025-02598-2
2025
Article
Dotto, Tiago S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0565-6941; Holliday, N. Penny ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9733-8002; Fraser, Neil ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2171-9060; Moat, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8676-7779; Firing, Yvonne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3640-3974; Burmeister, Kristin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3881-0298; Rayner, Darren ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2283-4140; Cunningham, Stuart ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9439-5442; Worthington, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6444-6461; Johns, William E..
2025
Dynamics and Temporal Variability of the North Atlantic Current in the Iceland Basin (2014–2022).
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 130 (6).
10.1029/2024JC021836
2025
Article
Dotto, Tiago S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0565-6941; Sheehan, Peter M. F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4906-5724; Zheng, Yixi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3136-1311; Hall, Rob A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3665-6322; Damerell, Gillian M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5808-0822; Heywood, Karen J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9859-0026.
2025
Heterogeneous mixing processes observed in the Dotson Ice Shelf outflow, Antarctica.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 130 (5).
10.1029/2024JC022051
2025
Article
Damini, Brendon Yuri ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4792-6057; Brum, André L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7676-737X; Hall, Rob A.; Dotto, Tiago S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0565-6941; Azevedo, José Luiz L.; Heywood, Karen J.; Mata, Mauricio M.; Garcia, Carlos A.E.; Kerr, Rodrigo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2632-3137.
2025
Summer circulation and water masses transport in Bransfield Strait, Antarctica: An evaluation of their response to combined effects of Southern Annular Mode and El Niño–Southern Oscillation.
Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 222, 104516.
1, pp.
10.1016/j.dsr.2025.104516
2025
Article
Wild, Christian T.; Kachuck, Samuel B.; Luckman, Adrian; Alley, Karen E.; Sharp, Meghan A.; Smith, Haylee; Tyler, Scott W.; Kratt, Christopher; Dotto, Tiago S.; Price, Daniel; Nicholls, Keith W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2188-4509; Bevan, Suzanne L.; Collao-Barrios, Gabriela; Muto, Atsuhiro; Truffer, Martin; Scambos, Ted A.; Heywood, Karen J.; Pettit, Erin C..
2024
Rift propagation signals the last act of the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf despite low basal melt rates.
Journal of Glaciology, 70, e21.
18, pp.
10.1017/jog.2024.64
2024
Article
Wåhlin, Anna; Alley, Karen E.; Begeman, Carolyn; Hegrenæs, Øyvind; Yuan, Xiaohan; Graham, Alastair G.C.; Hogan, Kelly ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1256-8010; Davis, Peter E.D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6471-6310; Dotto, Tiago S.; Eayrs, Clare; Hall, Robert A.; Holland, David M.; Kim, Tae Wan; Larter, Robert D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8414-7389; Ling, Li; Muto, Atsuhiro; Pettit, Erin C.; Schmidt, Britney E.; Snow, Tasha; Stedt, Filip; Washam, Peter M.; Wahlgren, Stina; Wild, Christian; Wellner, Julia; Zheng, Yixi; Heywood, Karen J..
2024
Swirls and scoops: Ice base melt revealed by multibeam imagery of an Antarctic ice shelf.
Science Advances, 10 (31).
14, pp.
10.1126/sciadv.adn9188
2024
Article
Azaneu, Marina; Webber, Benjamin; Heywood, Karen J.; Assmann, Karen M.; Dotto, Tiago S.; Abrahamsen, E. Povl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5924-5350.
2023
Influence of shelf break processes on the transport of
warm waters onto the eastern Amundsen Sea continental shelf.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 128 (5), e2022JC019535.
19, pp.
10.1029/2022JC019535
2023
Article