Lionel Alejandro Arteaga Quintero
Research Associate · Non-Tenure Track
Goddard Earth Sci & Tech Center
He/Him/His/Himself
About
Dr. Arteaga is an oceanographer and Earth scientist primarily working on ocean carbon fluxes and the connection between marine ecosystems and climate. He obtained his Masters and PhD in oceanography from the Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel (Germany). Prior to joining GMAO, Dr. Arteaga was a Postdoctoral Fellow and Associate Research Scholar in Prof. Jorge L. Sarmiento’s group at Princeton University, working primarily on Southern Ocean biogeochemical dynamics within the Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modeling (SOCCOM) project. Presently, his research centers on the development of models and data assimilation systems that support NASA’s EXPORTS and PACE missions, with particular focus on forecasting oceanic carbon fluxes and ecosystem identification from space.
Research interests
Modeling biogeochemical cycles, biological carbon export, air-sea CO2 fluxes, marine extreme events
Education
- Postdoc, Oceanography — Princeton University (2018)
- Ph D, Oceanography — University of Kiel (2015)
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MA, Marine biogeochemistry
— University of Kiel (2011) Evaluation of regional patterns of light and nutrient colimiation in the global ocean
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BA, Biology
— Universidad Simon Bolivar (2008) Description of the Venezuelan gulf upwelling system using remote sensing
Grants and Contracts
- GEOS-Carb IV: Delivering low-latency carbon flux and concentration datasets in support of NASA's Carbon Monitoring System 2021