Dr Caitlyn Witkowski
MSc, BSc, PhD
Expertise
My research focuses on untangling complex Earth systems, particularly as related to CO2, temperature, and biodiversity, as reconstructed using tools in organic geochemistry and stable isotope geochemistry.
Current positions
Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow
School of Earth Sciences
Contact
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Enhanced Research Expenses - RS DHF
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Earth SciencesDates
01/01/2023 to 31/12/2027
Spark for Paleozoic mass extinctions and radical environmental change
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Earth SciencesDates
01/01/2023 to 31/12/2027
Spark for Paleozoic mass extinctions and radical environmental change
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Earth SciencesDates
01/01/2023 to 31/12/2027
Climate Archive: Earth's climate at your fingertips
Principal Investigator
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
Development of a web application to visualise and analyse paleoclimate data with particular focus on better accessability across the disciplines and the wider public.Managing organisational unit
School of Geographical SciencesDates
01/01/2021 to 30/06/2021
Publications
Recent publications
14/04/2025A phytol εp-based core-top calibration to reconstruct past changes in atmospheric CO2
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Continuous sterane and phytane δ13C record reveals a substantial pCO2 decline since the mid-Miocene
Nature Communications
Gene-centered metagenome analysis of Vulcano Island soil (Aeolian archipelago, Italy) reveals diverse microbial key players in methane, hydrogen and sulfur cycles
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Orbital-paced silicate weathering intensity and climate evolution across the Eocene-Oligocene transition in the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau
Global and Planetary Change
The progressive co-evolutionary development of the Pan-Tibetan Highlands, the Asian monsoon system and Asian biodiversity
Geological Society, London, Special Publications
Related people
Professor Paul Valdes
Professor of Physical Geography
School of Geographical Sciences
Professor Dan Lunt
Professor of Climate Science
School of Geographical Sciences
Professor Rich Pancost
Professor of Biogeochemistry
School of Earth Sciences
Dr Alexander Farnsworth
Senior Research Associate
School of Geographical Sciences
Dr David Naafs
Associate Professor in Organic Chemistry
School of Chemistry