My leading research interest is to understand the evolution of phytoplankton and the process of biomineralisation over geological time. During my doctoral study at the University of Graz (Austria), I first focused on the early evolution of pelagic calcification in calcareous nannoplankton and the impact on the ocean chemistry. In September 2022, I started a three-year postdoctoral research position, and directed my research focus on the importance of biosilicification in non-obligatory silicifying phytoplankton during the Mesozoic Era. This project aims to investigate the role of Prasinophytes, a group of green algae, in the uptake of dissolved silica (dSi) and the accumulation of biogenic silica (bSi) throughout geological time scales, from the Neoproterozoic (~700 Ma) to the present.