Research Activities

For a determination of near-shore mixing rates for a nutrient budget of Ryder Bay by means of short-lived radium isotopes.

Use of radium isotopes to estimate mixing rates and trace sediment inputs to surface waters in northern Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula

To study the effect of UV exposure on the DNA of Antarctic Collembola.

Ultraviolet radiation tolerance of the Antarctic springtail, Gomphiocephalus hodgsoni

To study the North Polar Ice Cap on Mars.

Testing for flow in the north polar layered deposits of Mars using radar stratigraphy and a simple 3D ice‐flow model

To investigate whether fluorescent yellow penguin feathers are reliable indicators of fitness and health?

For testing gene flow along the Scotia Arc.

To investigate if deep sea sponges provide a record of ocean chemistry.

Silicon isotopes in Antarctic sponges: an interlaboratory comparison

To fund cosmogenic dating of rock samples from NW Alexander Island to understand glacial retreat.

The deglacial history of NW Alexander Island, Antarctica, from surface exposure dating

To undertake a phylogenetic investigation of the fish genus Trematomus.

Phylogeny of Trematomus (Notothenioidei: Nototheniidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences

To purchase electronic tags to investigate diving behaviour and foraging areas of juvenile emperor penguins.

Larger foraging range but similar habitat selection in non-breeding versus breeding sub-Antarctic penguins

To measure magnetic properties of mineral grains from the CIROS-2 core at an Italian facility.

To investigate population genetic structure and cryptic speciation in Antarctic octopus.

Closely related octopus species show different spatial genetic structures in response to the Antarctic seascape

To investigate the ecology and physiology of Antarctic inter-tidal communities.

Zonation in a cryptic Antarctic intertidal macrofaunal community

To consult on dyke emplacement in oceanic and continental large provinces, and present a paper at IAVCEI in Iceland.

Emplacement of magma at shallow depth: insights from field relationships at Allan Hills, south Victoria Land, East Antarctica

To present a paper on palaeoclimate reconstructions from the Antarctic Peninsula at ISAES in California.

To present a paper on the molecular phylogeny of Antarctic ameronothroids at Evolution 2007 in New Zealand.

Growth form and population genetic structure of Azorella selago on sub-Antarctic Marion Island

To consult on identifying palynomorphs from Seymour Island, and to present a paper at ISAES in California.

New Zealand sub-Antarctic phytoliths and their potential for past vegetation reconstruction

To purchase satellite tags for tracking foraging in albatrosses.

To visit the USA to search for the albumin gene in Antarctic fish genomics libraries.

For a study of insect herbivory in Magellanic forests in Chile to compare with Antarctic fossil records.

To take a course on dinoflagellate cyst identification in The Netherlands.