Anna Nele Meckler is a professor of Earth Sciences at the

University of Bergen The University of Bergen () is a public university, public research university in Bergen, Norway. As of 2021, the university had over 4,000 employees and 19,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 1946 consolidating several sci ...

, and is also affiliated with the

Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research The Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research is a climate research centre in Bergen, Norway. The centres key areas of research is natural variability in the Earth system and man-made climate change. The centre combines observations with theoretical and ...

. She specialises in paleoceanography and paleoclimatology, and leads multiple grants to develop new techniques to reconstruct past temperatures, most importantly clumped isotope thermometry. By analysing

speleothem A speleothem (; ) is a geological formation made by mineral deposits that accumulate over time in natural caves. Speleothems most commonly form in calcareous caves due to carbonate dissolution reactions. They can take a variety of forms, depen ...

s Meckler's team can identify how past levels of in the atmosphere correlate with temperature changes, which gives essential knowledge for predicting future climate change.

Education and career

Following her Master of Geoecology at the

University of Bayreuth The University of Bayreuth (German: Universität Bayreuth) is a public research university located in Bayreuth, Germany. It is one of the youngest German universities. It is broadly organized into seven undergraduate and graduate faculties, with ...

, Meckler completed her PhD dissertation in paleo-oceanography in 2006 at

ETH Zurich ETH Zurich (; ) is a public university in Zurich, Switzerland. Founded in 1854 with the stated mission to educate engineers and scientists, the university focuses primarily on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. ETH Zurich ran ...

, with Gerald Haug and Daniel Sigman as her supervisors. She continued to work there as a postdoctoral researcher, and then spent two years at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at

California Institute of Technology The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech) is a private research university in Pasadena, California, United States. The university is responsible for many modern scientific advancements and is among a small group of institutes ...

, followed by a year as a guest researcher at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Europe, oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick Univ ...

, and a second period at

, where she held a

Marie Heim-Vögtlin Marie Heim-Vögtlin (7October 18457November 1916) was the first female Swiss physician, a writer and a co-founder of the first Swiss gynaecological hospital. Education Born as the daughter of the pastor of Bözen, Vögtlin benefited from a pr ...

grant from the

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. In 2015, Meckler won an

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and moved to the

, where she has been since, first as a researcher, then as an Associate Professor and Full Professor. She currently holds both an ERC Consolidator and a Norwegian Research Council grant to further her research. In 2022 she was inducted into the

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick University in Christiania was establis ...

Major grants and awards

* 2021–2026: DOTpaleo: Deep Ocean Temperatures in the Paleogene Greenhouse. Funded by the

Research Council of Norway The Research Council (also the Research Council of Norway; ) is a Norwegian government agency that funds research and innovation projects. On behalf of the Government, the Research Council invests NOK 11,7 billion (2022) annually. The Research ...

(12 million NOK) * 2021–2026: FluidMICS: Fluid Inclusion Microthermometry in Speleothems. Funded by the

European Research Council The European Research Council (ERC) is a public body for funding of scientific and technological research conducted within the European Union (EU). Established by the European Commission in 2007, the ERC is composed of an independent Scientific ...

(ERC Consolidator Grant, €2 million). The FluidMICS project studies "stalagmites in tropical caves, where tiny drops of water are preserved from the time when the water dripped from the cave ceiling". * 2017–2021: T-TRAC: Tropical Temperature Reconstruction Across 0.5 million years from Cave formations. Funded by the Norwegian Research Council. * 2015–2020:

. Reconstructions of past climate using ocean sediments and cave rock (''stalagmite'') as archives" * 2012–2014: Marie Heim-Vögtlin Grant. The MHV grant, from the

, allowed Meckler to spend two years at

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Meckler, Anna Nele 1977 births Living people Academic staff of the University of Bergen European Research Council grantees Norwegian climatologists Paleoceanography Paleoclimatologists Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Norwegian women academics