Research themes
Archaeology and Palaeontology
- U-Th dating of teeth, bones, and speleothems
- Dietary, mobility, and trophic insights from strontium and calcium isotopes
Biomedical Applications
- Mapping metal distribution in biological tissues
- Calcium isotopes in studies of osteoporosis
- Exploring calcium isotopes in studies of kidney disease and vascular calcification
Precambrian Environments and the Evolution of Life
- Lithium isotopes as tracers of palaeo-environmental change and animal life emergence in the Neoproterozoic
- Metal stable isotopes (Li, Mg, Ca) to investigate the emergence of eukaryotic life in the mid-Proterozoic
Environmental Change in the Quaternary
- Landscape response to climate change, tectonics, and human activity
- Sedimentary uranium isotopes for erosion reconstruction
- Lithium and boron isotopes for tracking chemical weathering and pedogenesis
- Speleothem trace elements and isotopes for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction
Earth Surface Processes and Global Geochemical Cycles
- Soil formation and weathering rates using uranium-series isotopes
- Sediment transport and residence times
- Catchment-scale erosion and rock exposure ages from in-situ cosmogenic beryllium-10