British Geological Survey staff who hold honorary positions at the University of Nottingham

Geochronology and Tracers Facility

Prof Jane Evans at the British Geological Survey and holds an Honorary Professorship in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Nottingham. Her research interests focus on the use of isotope systems to study the relationship, in the past, between people and their environment, and to develop models for the technological development and trade of artefacts such as glass and metal ware through time.

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Inorganic geochemistry group

Dr Louise Ander is an environmental geochemist and works within Inorganic Geochemistry at the British Geological Survey. She is also an Honorary Lecturer in the School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham. Louise is particularly interested in processes controlling background concentrations of elements in water and soil, and applying this to understand potential exposure to humans, crops or livestock.

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Dr Simon Chenery is an analytical geochemist within Inorganic Geochemistry, British Geological Survey. Simon’s research interests include: movement of stable and radioactive contaminant elements through the environment; growth structures of aquatic biota as tape-recorders of environmental change; the geochemical characterisation of archaeological materials (glass, flint and pottery) for provanancing their sources and understanding trading patterns.

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Dr Michael Watts is Head of Inorganic Geochemistry at the British Geological Survey. He is also an Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham. His areas of interest are in ecosystem and human health (in particular in relation to methods for assessing risk & routes of exposure to metals), specialist ICP-MS applications in elemental speciation and micronutrient deficiencies linked to food security and human health in developing countries.

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Organic geochemistry group

Dr Christopher Vane is Head of Organic Geochemistry and Team Leader for Environmental Observation and Change at the British Geological Survey. He is also an Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Geography, University of Nottingham. His focus is on the use organic compounds to solve problems in climate and environmental change, energy and pollution. For example, he has on going projects investigating the biogeochemical cycling of carbon in salt marshes and mangrove systems with projects in Russia, USA, Puerto Rico and Japan; he investigates the spatial and temporal distribution of persistent organic pollutants in urbanised estuaries (Thames, Clyde) and surface soils (London, Glasgow) and he is involved in projects which characterise organic matter in conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon systems in order to improve resource estimates.

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Soil and Landscape Processes

Dr Andrew Tye is a process geochemist in the Soils, Landscape and Climate Processes Team and an Honorary Lecturer within the School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham. Andy is interested in a diverse range of soil related topics including major nutrient cycles (N, P) in soils and waters, trace element cycling, especially in alluvial soils and the effects of land use change and time on soil properties. He has undertaken work on soil erosion, weathering and soil formation. He is also interested in the Ecosystems Services and Natural Capital concepts for soils.

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Stable Isotope Facility

Dr Angela Lamb leads stable isotope applications at the British Geological Survey and holds an Honorary Research Fellowship in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Nottingham. Her research interests focus on the use of stable isotopes to understand past diets, human and animal interactions with the environment and human and animal migration. . Angela currently works on a variety of isotope–based projects with the University of Nottingham including the recently awarded AHRC grant: Box Office Bears (PI Professor Hannah O’Regan) and PhD students Fiona Moore and David Osborne.

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