Academic position:ÌýSenior Research Associate
Department:ÌýGeography
Telephone number:ÌýÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø 02076790522; mobile 07765667762
Email:Ìýucfasdt@ucl.ac.uk
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Biography:
I researchÌýthe impact of human activity on environmental systems,ÌýmainlyÌýin lakesÌýand wetlands,ÌýoverÌýthe past 150 years and the Anthropocene. I use geochemical, physical and radiometric analyses (mercury, trace metals, nitrogen and carbon isotopes, fly-ash, microplastics, organic pollutants, weapons test and natural radionuclides) toÌýrecord environmental change andÌýthe history of anthropogenic contamination and its impact onÌýfreshwaterÌýorganisms.ÌýÌý
I amÌýcurrentlyÌýcoordinating the process toÌýanalyseÌýselectedÌýstratotypesÌýtoÌýformaliseÌýthe Global Boundary Stratotype and Section Point (GSSP, or ‘golden spike’) for the Anthropocene.ÌýThis is a collaborative project involvingÌýthe Anthropocene Working Group, Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) and Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG)ÌýBerlinÌýandÌýthe international collective of research institutes,Ìýincluding Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Geography.
Research Projects:
InÌýMayÌý2022 an exhibition including a discursive and performative programme will occur at HKW, BerlinÌýas a public forum for theÌýscientific, cultural and socio-political impact of the geochronological research carried out by the international GSSP-research project on the Anthropocene. I have a key position in the concept development and communication of theÌýscientificÌýprocess and resultsÌýwithÌýartists and interdisciplinary cultural and historical researchers.
I have beenÌýworking onÌýAnthropocene timescales of environmental changeÌýsinceÌýPhD research in the late 1990s,Ìýe.g.:
- . Science Advances, 6(16), eaaw2145.
- . Journal of Paleolimnology, pp.1-14.
- . Holocene, 25(1), 226-237.Ìý
- Palaeolimnological assessment of lake acidification and environmental change in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta. Journal of Limnology, 69,Ìýp92-104.
- Cundy, A. B., Collins, P. E.,ÌýTurner, S. D.,ÌýCroudace, I. W., & Horne, D. 1998. 100 years of environmental change in a coastal wetland, Augusta Bay, southeast Sicily: evidence from geochemical and palaeoecological studies. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 139(1), 243-254.Ìý