Research projects

Find out more about our research into greenhouse gas removal, climate change, volcanology and others.

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Research project

Does developmental plasticity influence speciation?

Lead researchers:
Professor Tom Ezard
Other researchers:
Professor Ian Sinclair,
Professor Richard Watson,
Emeritus Professor Mark Nixon,
Professor Paul Wilson,
Professor Clive Trueman,
Professor Gavin Foster
Status:
Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Tom Ezard

Associate Dean (Education)

Research interests

The bridge from micro- to macroevolution.
Scaling ecological dynamics across individuals, populations and ecosystems.
Demography for conservation and life history evolution.

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Email: T.Ezard@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Ian Sinclair

Professor of Engineering Materials

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Email: I.Sinclair@soton.ac.uk

Professor Richard Watson

Professor

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Email: R.A.Watson@soton.ac.uk

Emeritus Professor Mark Nixon

Research interests

My research interests are in image processing and computer vision.
I have helped to develop new techniques for static and moving shape extraction (both parametr…

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Email: msn@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Professor Paul Wilson

Professor

Research interests

Greenhouse climates
Ice sheet instability
Monsoons and Rainfall Deserts and Aridity

Connect with Paul

Email: paw2@soton.ac.uk

Professor Clive Trueman

Professor

Research interests

Stable isotope ecology in marine settings
Ecophysiology (fishes)
Sclerochronology

Connect with Clive

Email: trueman@soton.ac.uk

Professor Gavin Foster

Professor of Isotope Geochemistry

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Email: G.L.Foster@soton.ac.uk

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Emerging contaminant sources, fluxes and risk management across the Pearl River Estuary and South China Sea.

Lead researchers:
Professor Andrew Cundy
Other researchers:
Professor Phillip Warwick
Status:
Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Andrew Cundy

Chair in Environmental Radiochemistry

Research interests

Environmental radioactivity and radiochemistry
Environmental geology
Contaminated land, wastes and water management

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Email: A.Cundy@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Phillip Warwick

Associate Dean (Enterprise)

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Email: pew2@soton.ac.uk

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Enhanced Rock Weathering Field Trial At The Barro Alto Mining Complex, Brazil

Lead researchers:
Professor Rachael James
Status:
Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Rachael James

Professor of Geochemistry

Research interests

Enhanced rock weathering and other techniques for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphe…
Novel isotopic signatures of biogeochemical cycling, including iron, chromium, lithium and …
Exploration for new sources of metals and elements critical for emerging green technologies…

Connect with Rachael

Email: R.H.James@soton.ac.uk

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Research project

Environmental tipping points during supercontinent breakup

Lead researchers:
Professor Thomas Gernon
Other researchers:
Professor Martin Palmer
Status:
Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Thomas Gernon

Professorial Fellow (Research)

Research interests

Solid Earth drivers of Earth's climate state
Earth surface processes
Influence of global tectonics on geochemical cycles through geologic time

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Email: T.M.Gernon@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Martin Palmer

Professor of Geochemistry

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Email: M.R.Palmer@soton.ac.uk

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Research project

EPSRC Core Equipment 2020

Lead researchers:
Professor Mark Spearing
Other researchers:
Professor Phillip Warwick,
Dr Mark Light,
Professor Blair Thornton,
Professor Hendrik Ulbricht,
Dr Ioannis Zeimpekis
Status:
Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Mark Spearing

Vice-President (Research & Enterprise)

Connect with Mark

Email: S.M.Spearing@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Phillip Warwick

Associate Dean (Enterprise)

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Email: pew2@soton.ac.uk

Dr Mark Light

Associate Professor

Research interests

Single crystal X-ray diffraction
Powder and materials X-ray diffraction
Total scattering and pair distribution function analysis

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Email: M.E.Light@soton.ac.uk

Professor Blair Thornton

Professor of Marine Autonomy

Research interests

seafloor 3D visual reconstruction: development of deep-sea imaging hardware and processing pi…
automated interpretation of data: development of AI methods for rapid scalable interpretation…
robotics: development of low-cost, long endurance seafloor imaging floats and highly intellig…

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Email: B.Thornton@soton.ac.uk

Professor Hendrik Ulbricht

Professor of Physics

Research interests

Hendrik's main research interests concern experimental tests of fundamental theories of Natur…
The Ulbricht group performs quantum experimental research on the preparation and analysis of …

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Email: H.Ulbricht@soton.ac.uk

Dr Ioannis Zeimpekis

Associate Professor

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Email: izk@soton.ac.uk

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Research project

NERC Capital call

Lead researchers:
Professor Gavin Foster
Other researchers:
Professor Stephen Roberts,
Professor J. Andy Milton,
Professor Pete Langdon,
Professor Mark Moore,
Professor Martin Palmer,
Professor Damon Teagle,
Professor Alistair Pike,
Professor Juerg Matter,
Professor Matthew Loxham,
Professor Rachael James,
Professor Tiina Roose,
Professor Maeve Lohan,
Professor Andrew Cundy
Status:
Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Gavin Foster

Professor of Isotope Geochemistry

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Email: G.L.Foster@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Stephen Roberts

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Email: sr2@soton.ac.uk

Professor J. Andy Milton

Professor of Analytical Geochemistry

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Email: jam1@soton.ac.uk

Professor Pete Langdon

Associate Dean

Research interests

Climate-environment-human interactions
Freshwater ecosystem resilience and functioning
Tipping points in the environment

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Email: P.G.Langdon@soton.ac.uk

Professor Mark Moore

Professor of Oceanography

Research interests

Marine Biogeochemistry
Oceanic nutrient and carbon cycling
Phytoplankton photosynthesis

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Email: C.M.Moore@soton.ac.uk

Professor Martin Palmer

Professor of Geochemistry

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Email: M.R.Palmer@soton.ac.uk

Professor Damon Teagle

Professor of Geochemistry

Research interests

formation and evolution of the ocean crust
fluid-rock interactions and Ore mineralisation
geochemical analysis

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Email: Damon.Teagle@southampton.ac.uk

Professor Alistair Pike

Professor of Archaeological Science

Research interests

U-Th dating
Radiocarbon dating
Reconstruction of mobility using Sr and O isotopes, including time resolved measurements by l…

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Email: A.W.Pike@soton.ac.uk

Professor Juerg Matter

Professor of Geoengineering & Carbon Management

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Email: J.Matter@southampton.ac.uk

Professor Matthew Loxham

Professor

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Email: M.Loxham@soton.ac.uk

Professor Rachael James

Professor of Geochemistry

Research interests

Enhanced rock weathering and other techniques for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphe…
Novel isotopic signatures of biogeochemical cycling, including iron, chromium, lithium and …
Exploration for new sources of metals and elements critical for emerging green technologies…

Connect with Rachael

Email: R.H.James@soton.ac.uk

Professor Tiina Roose

Professor of Biological & Environmental Modelling

Connect with Tiina

Email: T.Roose@soton.ac.uk

Professor Maeve Lohan

Professor of Marine Chemistry

Connect with Maeve

Email: M.Lohan@soton.ac.uk

Professor Andrew Cundy

Chair in Environmental Radiochemistry

Research interests

Environmental radioactivity and radiochemistry
Environmental geology
Contaminated land, wastes and water management

Connect with Andrew

Email: A.Cundy@soton.ac.uk

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Research project

Greenhouse Gas Removal via Enhanced Rock Weathering

Lead researchers:
Professor Rachael James
:
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/uk-enhanced-weathering
Status:
Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Rachael James

Professor of Geochemistry

Research interests

Enhanced rock weathering and other techniques for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphe…
Novel isotopic signatures of biogeochemical cycling, including iron, chromium, lithium and …
Exploration for new sources of metals and elements critical for emerging green technologies…

Connect with Rachael

Email: R.H.James@soton.ac.uk

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Research project

IODP Cruise time, February 2012 - Martin Palmer - NERC

Lead researchers:
Professor Martin Palmer
Status:
Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Martin Palmer

Professor of Geochemistry

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Email: M.R.Palmer@soton.ac.uk

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Research project

Laboratory testng of mineral carbonation kinetics - Phase 1

Lead researchers:
Professor Juerg Matter
Other researchers:
Professor Damon Teagle,
Professor Rachael James
Status:
Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Juerg Matter

Professor of Geoengineering & Carbon Management

Connect with Juerg

Email: J.Matter@southampton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Damon Teagle

Professor of Geochemistry

Research interests

formation and evolution of the ocean crust
fluid-rock interactions and Ore mineralisation
geochemical analysis

Connect with Damon

Email: Damon.Teagle@southampton.ac.uk

Professor Rachael James

Professor of Geochemistry

Research interests

Enhanced rock weathering and other techniques for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphe…
Novel isotopic signatures of biogeochemical cycling, including iron, chromium, lithium and …
Exploration for new sources of metals and elements critical for emerging green technologies…

Connect with Rachael

Email: R.H.James@soton.ac.uk

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Research project

Lithium for Future Technology - LiFT

Lead researchers:
Professor Martin Palmer
Other researchers:
Professor Rachael James
Status:
Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Martin Palmer

Professor of Geochemistry

Connect with Martin

Email: M.R.Palmer@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Rachael James

Professor of Geochemistry

Research interests

Enhanced rock weathering and other techniques for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphe…
Novel isotopic signatures of biogeochemical cycling, including iron, chromium, lithium and …
Exploration for new sources of metals and elements critical for emerging green technologies…

Connect with Rachael

Email: R.H.James@soton.ac.uk