Profile

Heiko Pälike is a Reader (similar to Associate Professor) at the University of Southampton, in the School of Ocean and Earth Science within the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton. His research interests are focussing on the interaction of mostly marine geological archives and the climate history of the Earth, using stable isotope measurements, and time series analysis to decipher the imprint of Earth's orbital variations on glacial cycles and climate.
This is the fifth seagoing expedition for Heiko, and the third for ODP/IODP, including a really memorable one in 2004 to the Arctic Ocean with an armada of ice-breakers. Heiko has been to the PEAT part of the equatorial Pacific three times, first during ODP Leg 199, then on the Roger Revelle on a site survey cruise for the PEAT expeditions, and now as one of four co-chief scientists for Expeditions 320 and 321.
Heiko graduated from the University of Cambridge with a BA in Natural Sciences in 1997, and then did an M.Sc. in Hydrogeology at University College, London in 1998. He received a Ph.D. from the Department of Earth Sciences in Cambridge in 2002. He then moved to Stockholm, Sweden, as a postdoc between 2002 and 2004. Since 2004 he has been at the University of Southampton.
Blog Contributors
- Adam Klaus
- Andy Fisher
- Becky Robinson
- Bejonty Richardson
- Beth Caissie
- Brandon Murphy
- Brigitte Thiberge
- Cheryl L. Hammons
- Chris Beveridge
- Christian Marz
- Cynthia L. Fong
- Dan Murphy
- David Kemp
- David Murphy
- Debbie Thomas
- Dinah Bowman
- Doug LaVigne
- Dr. Mark Leckie
- Dudley Friskopp
- Eddie Cohen
- Elena Colmenero-Hidalgo
- Elizabeth Abernathy
- Flat Stanley
- Heather Barnes
- Heather Renyck
- Heiko Paelike
- Helder Pereira
- Helen Lever
- Howie Scher
- Jackie Kane
- James Bendle
- Jean Marie Gautier
- Jean-Luc Berenguer
- Jerry Bode
- Joe Monaco
- Julie Pollard
- Katie Inderbitzen
- Katrine Husum
- Kelsie Dadd
- Kevin Kurtz
- Leslie Peart
- Louise Anderson
- Malinda Burk
- Matt Niemitz
- Michelle Kominz
- Mike Storms
- Nasseer Idrisi
- Patricia Cleary
- Ron Grout
- sager
- Sev Kender
- Sharon Katz-Cooper
- Simon George
- Stacie Blair
- Stephanie Carr
- Stephanie Keske
- Stephen Pekar
- Steve Hovan
- Tatsuhiko Sakamoto
- Thomas Gorgas
- Tominaga
- Travis Hayden
- Uchio
- Wiki the Kiwi
- William Hurd Finnegan
- Zuzanna Stroynowski
Heiko Paelike's blog
Plate Tectonics Works
We have just arrived at the last coring Site for this Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition ("PEAT-6C", from today also know as Site U1335), with three more planned as part of this science programme for our colleagues on the next Expedition.
From Planning to Reality - II
From Planning to Reality Continued... One needs to spend a lot of research time to then figure out the best possible strategy, and eventually the best possible location, to answer the questions we came up with; and the next couple of years were spent with detailed reconstructions of plate tectonic movements and water depths.
From Planning to Reality - I
From the Top! The beginning of each expedition is always a very busy and stressful time, as everyone gets used to the new environment, scientifically, to the new lab equipment and software, but also personally, to folks from many different backgrounds and to the life on The JR. Hiroshi Nishi (Hokkaido University, Japan) and myself (Universi









