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Personal Information:
Name: Ricardo De Pol-Holz
Citizenship: Chilean-Italian
Date of Birth: 27-October-1973
Academic Information:
Bs. in Marine Biology at the University of Concepcion, Chile. 1998
Professional Degree Marine Biologist, University of Concepcion. 1999
Thesis title: 'A one-dimensional physical-biological model for the
upwelling area off central Chile'. Thesis advisor: Dr. Osvaldo Ulloa
Ph. D. in Oceanography at the University of Concepcion. 2006.
Cooperative Institue for Climate and Ocean Research Postdoctoral
Scholar. 2006
Academic Experience:
Research Student at the Department of Atmosphere and Ocean Physics,
University of Concepcion. 1999.
Research co-Investigator EULA center. project title: 'A thermic
model for the waste zone of the Laja industrial plant in the Bio-Bio
river', 1999.
Research Interests:
Ocean biogeochemical processes and cycles and their interaction with
climate.
Nitrogen Isotope biogeochemistry.
Paleoceanography.
Publications Peer-Review:
- Atkinson, L., A. Valle-Levinson, D. Figueroa, R. De Pol-Holz,
V.A. Gallardo, W. Schneider, J. L. Blanco and M. Schmidt. Oceanographic
observations in Chilean coastal waters between Valdivia and Concepcion.
2002. Journal of Geophysical Research
(Oceans) 107(7)
110.1029/2001JC000991. REPRINT
- R. De Pol-Holz, O. Ulloa,
L. Dezileau, J. Kaiser, F. Lamy and D. Hebbeln. Melting of the
Patagonian Ice Sheet and deglacial pertubations of the nitrogen cycle
in the eastern South Pacific. 2006.
Geophysical
Research Letters, 33(4), L04704, doi:10.1029/2005GL024477.
REPRINT
- R. De Pol-Holz,
O. Ulloa, F. Lamy, L. Dezileau, P. Sabatierr, D. Hebbeln. Late
Quaternary variability of sedimentary
nitrogen isotopes in the eastern South Pacific Ocean. Accepted in Paleoceanography.
Publications Submitted or in Preparation:
- R. De Pol-Holz, R.
Robinson, D. Hebbeln, D. M. Sigman and O. Ulloa. The effect of
the Oxygen Minimum Zone in the nitrogen
isotopic composition of NO3 and surface sediments off
Chile. In Preparation.
Publications Other:
- Ulloa, O. & R. De Pol-Holz.
Zonas de Mínimo de Oxígeno. In Werlinger, C. (Ed) 2004.
Biología Marina y Oceanografía: Conceptos y Procesos.
Consejo Nacional del Libro y la Lectura - Universidad de
Concepción. Trama Impresores S. A., Chile. 700 pp.
Works presented in Scientific Meetings
- Atkinson, L. P., A. Valle-Levinson, D. Figueroa, R. De Pol-Holz,
V.A. Gallardo, W. Schneider. Oceanographic observations in Chilean
coastal waters between Valdivia and Concepcion, presented at the 6th
International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and
Oceanography. April 2000. Organized by the American Meteorological
Society., Santiago, Chile.
- De Pol-Holz, R. and J.
Ribbe. The Water-mass distribution in the
eastern South Pacific Ocean, presented at the XX Chilean Conference of
Marine Sciences. May 2000. Concepcion, Chile
- Navarro, E., D. Figueroa, R. De
Pol-Holz, L. Atkinson and A.
Valle-Levinson. Circulation on the Concepcion Bay inferred by ADCP
data:
Surface gyre and topographic influence, presented at the XX Chilean
Conference of Marine Sciences. May 2000. Concepcion, Chile .
- De Pol-Holz, R., G.
Shaffer, H. Hundahl, M-B. Kronborg and O.
Ulloa, TRAMP: a new autonomous profiler and its contribution to the
MinOx expedition off northern Chile, presented at the XXI Chilean
Conference in Marine Sciences. May 2001. Viña del Mar, Chile.
- R. De Pol-Holz, L. P.
Atkinson, A. Valle-Levinson, D. Figueroa,
V.A. Gallardo, W. Schneider, J. L. Blanco and M. Schmidt. Oceanographic
observations in Chilean Coastal waters, presented at the XXII Chilean
Conference of Marine Sciences. May 2002. Valdivia, Chile.
- R. De Pol-Holz, R.
Robinson, D. Sigman, A. Montecinos, G. Lavik and O. Ulloa. Influence of
the Peru-Chile undercurrent in the nitrogen isotope biogeochemistry in
the Chilean continental boundary, presented at the XXIV Chilean
Conference of Marine Sciences. May 2004. Coquimbo, Chile.
- Karstensen, J.,
Schneider, B.; De Pol-Holz, R.;
Oschlies, A.; Schlitzer, R.; Sabine, C.
Comparison of two methods to determine the oceans uptake of
anthropogenic carbon EGU-1st General Assembly , Geophysical
Research Abstracts,
Vol. 6, 2004.
- R. De Pol-Holz, O. Ulloa,
D. Hebbeln. High-Resolution variability of
Marine Denitrification in the eastern South Pacific during the last 65
kyr. Bjerknes Centenary 2004. Climate Change in High Latitudes.
September 2004. Bergen, Norway.
- R. De Pol-Holz, O. Ulloa,
D. Hebbeln. High-Resolution variability of Marine Denitrification in
the eastern South Pacific during the last 65 kyr. 8th International
Conference on Paleoceanography. September 2004. Biarritz, France.
International Courses
- Fisrt Latin American School in Climate and Ocean Modelling.
October 2000. Dichato, Chile.
- Physics of Climate, Hillerød, Denmark. September 2001.
Organized by the Nordita Institute of the Niels Bohr Institute of
Physics, Astrophysics and Geophysics of the University of Copenhagen.
- Physical oceanographic data analysis with emphasis in the Soth
Pacific Ocean; Numerical Techniques for oceanography in the 2nd Austral
Summer Institute. Universidad de Concepción. January 2002.
Dichato, Chile.
- Observing the Large-Scale Ocean; Introduction to Ocean Modelling
and Data assimilation. 3rd Austral Summer Institute. Universidad de
Concepción. January 2003. Dichato, Chile.
- Organic Compounds as Tracers for Paleoclimate; Marine
Productivity and Seasonality: Responses of Microbenthos in Oxygen-poor
Environments, Past and Present; Topics in Quaternary Ocean and Climate
Change; Isotope Biogeochemistry; Molecular Organic Geochemistry;
Quaternary Ocean and Climate History from Laminated Marine Sediments;
Air-sea Interactions and the Global C Cycle: A Paleoclimate Perspective
from the Tropics to the Poles in the 4th Austral Summer Institute.
Universidad de Concepción. January 2004. Dichato, Chile.
International Conferences
- EURESCO conference on "Achieving Climte Predictability using
Paleoclimate Data" held at il Ciocco, Castelvecchio Pascoli, Italy,
10-15 Novembre 2001.
Training Courses
- Mass Spectrometer IRMS
Service Training Course, Isomass Scientific INC., University of Ottawa,
Canada. October 2002
- Elemental Analyzer Continuous-Flow IRMS Service training course,
Isomass Scientific INC., University of Ottawa, Canada. October 2002
- Gas Cromatography Continuous-Flow IRMS Service training course,
Isomass Scientific INC., University of Ottawa, Canada. October 2002
Scholarships and Awards
- 1992. Academic excellency scholarship , University of Chile,
Santiago Chile.
- 2000. University Award for best graduating student. University of
Concepcion.
- 2000. Fundacion Andes Doctoral Scholarship.
- 2002. Chilean Science Councyl (CONICYT) Doctoral
Scholarship.
- 2004. MECESUP UCO/2002 Doctoral Scholarship.
- 2006. Woods Hole Postdoctoral Fellowship
Languages:
- Spanish, written and spoken
- English, written and spoken
- Italian, written and spoken
- German, basic