I am a researcher and the manager of the Chlorine Cosmogenic Nuclide Laboratory at the National Environmental Isotope Facility (NEIF). With a geomorphology background, I became interested in the dating of landforms and rates of change in the Earth’s surface. I specialise in preparing Cl-36, Be-10, and Al-26 samples for accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS).
My research uses cosmogenic nuclides to investigate the climate-glacier relationships during the Quaternary glaciations, landscape evolution, and geological hazards, notably in the British Isles, Greenland, Antarctica, Patagonia, and the Mediterranean. I contribute to high-impact studies that inform earthquake forecasting, climate change models and reservoir assessments.
I share my expertise by teaching chlorine sample preparation and analysis as part of NEIF’s cosmogenic nuclide training course, and I also deliver the content relating to sample preparation and analysis for all Cl-36 samples in the Gaea course.
