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Palaeoceanography and Palaeoclimate
Palaeoceanography and Palaeoclimate

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Emeritus Professor Alan Kemp

Research interests

  • Diatom ecology and palaeoecology and the role of diatoms in biogeochmical cycling
  • High resolution records of palaeoclimatic and environmental change, especially from laminated sediments
  • Interannual to decadal scale climate variability

Email: aesk@soton.ac.uk

Address: National Oceanography Centre, Waterfront Campus European Way, SO14 3ZH

Dr Alexandra Auderset

Senior Research Fellow

Accepting applications from PhD students

Miss Alice Booth

Research interests

  • Climate Sensitivity
  • Earth System Dynamics
  • Earth System Modelling

Dr Alison Cribb

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Evolution of marine ecosystem engineering
  • Response of ecosystem engineers to climate-related stress
  • Marine ecosystem recovery after mass extinctions

Dr Anya Crocker

Research Fellow in Palaeoclimatology

Research interests

  • Hydroclimate variability in North Africa and the Middle East through the Neogene.Millennial and orbital-scale variability in ocean circulation.Using radiogenic isotopes to fingerprint dust from source to sink.Exploring climatic influences on evolutionary outcomes of life on land.

Mr Bastian Hambach MSc, BSc

Stable Isotope Laboratory Manager

Research interests

  • stable isotope geochemistry
  • marine biogeochemistry
  • marine and freshwater ecotoxicology

Miss Becky Hopkins

Research interests

  • Antarctic palaeoclimate
  • Relative palaeointensity and age model development
  • Environmental reconstruction

Ms Chloe Jones

Dr Chuang Xuan

Associate Professor

Accepting applications from PhD students

Miss Deana Vella