Lukas Jonkers
Lukas Jonkers is a micropalaeontologist working at MARUM | Bremen University. His research combines observations on modern and past marine plankton with the aim to study changes in climate, biodiversity and their interactions. He primarily works with planktonic foraminifera, ubiquitous unicellular marine zooplankton with an exceptional fossil record. He studies their modern ecology to improve our capabilities to derive quantitative insights from the fossil record. Lukas applies this knowledge to investigate how the oceans and marine biodiversity change across a range of time scales including those that are not accessible from direct observations. He combines the generation of new data with meta-analysis and advocates open and reproducible science.
