Research Interests
Palaeoecology Palaeoclimatology Palaeontology (incl. palynology) Freshwater Ecology HydrologyMr Teye Aukes
Higher Degree by Research Candidate
School of Society and Culture
College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences
I am interested in palaeoclimatology and palaeoecology, and especially love the combination of earth sciences and biological sciences. I did my Bachelor's and Master's at the university of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. My MSc thesis looked at systems in South-America, the Netherlands and Italy using a combination of different proxies: diatoms, pollen and coprophilous fungal spores.
My research is on (hydro)climate change in south-western Western Australia, which has been experiencing a decline in winter precipitation over the last five decades. To understand how this relates to past variability and how the ecosystem responded to these shifts, I will be using diatoms and environmental DNA to reconstruct past climate and ecological change.
| Language | Competency |
|---|---|
| Dutch; Flemish | Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review |
| English | Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | University of Adelaide | Australia | PhD |
| 2022 - 2024 | University of Amsterdam | Netherlands | MSc Biological Sciences (Ecology and Evolution) |
| 2019 - 2022 | University of Amsterdam | Netherlands | BSc Future Planet Studies |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Bulian, F., Aukes, T. F. N., Vittori, C., du Plessis, J., Nascimento, M. N., Mazzini, I., . . . Sevink, J. (2026). A palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the southern sector of the Ostia palaeolagoon and its implications for the reconstruction of late Holocene Sea level variations in central Tyrrhenian Italy. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 695, 21 pages. |
| 2024 | Nascimento, M. N., Aukes, T. F. N., & McMichael, C. N. H. (2024). Indigenous and colonial influences on Amazonian forests. Plants People Planet, 6(4), 803-823. Scopus10 WoS9 |
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