Dr Kirti Ramesh
Senior Director, Ratings Innovation
Dr Kirti Ramesh's interests
Water
Nature-Based Solutions
Blue Carbon
Enhanced Weathering
Ocean-Based Carbon Removals
Causal inference
Climate modelling
Conservation science
Environmental economics
Oceanography
Dr Kirti Ramesh is a marine ecologist whose work looks at the effects of climate change on coastal ecosystems with particular focus on ocean acidification, carbon cycling and impacts on early development of marine organisms.
Before joining BeZero, her research focused on the effects of climate change on coastal systems. Kirti holds a PhD in Natural Sciences from Kiel University and a Postdoctoral fellowship in coastal climate change from University of Gothenburg. She also holds an MRes in Marine Biology and Sciences from University of Plymouth. Kirti has been published in more than 15 papers, including leading publications such as Nature Communications and Journal of the Royal Society Interface.
Education
University of Gothenburg, Postdoctoral Fellow
GEOMAR Helmoholtz Centre for Ocean Research & Kiel University
Marie Curie Doctrate in Natural Sciences - MRes Marine Biology
Research associations
Expert Reviewer - IPCC Special Report
Member of the Categories Working Group for the ICVCM CCPs
Member of the Royal Society of Biology (MRSB title)
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