Biography
I am a PGR based in the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds working with Prof. Caroline L. Peacock, Dr. Will Homoky, Dr. Christian März and Dr. Bhoopesh Mishra, investigating the marine biogeochemical cycle of nickel. I previously completed my MSci in Geology at Imperial College London. I enjoy reading and hosting book clubs in my spare time.
Qualifications
2015 – 2019: MSci in Geology from Imperial College
Research Interests
- Mineralogy
- Experimental Geochemistry
- Isotope Geochemistry
- Marine Biogeochemistry
Project Title
Marine Micronutrient Cycling between Sediments and Seawater: What controls the concentration and isotopic composition of micronutrient trace metals in the global oceans?
Supervisors
Prof. Caroline Peacock, Dr. Will Homoky, Dr. Christian März and Dr. Bhoopesh Mishra
Funding
Panorama NERC DTP, 2019
Project outline
Micronutrient trace metals are delivered to the oceans and end up being deposited into a number of sinks, including marine sediments. For many metals, marine sediments provide the most important sink, and sediment minerals provide the most important sedimentary hosts. In particular iron and manganese oxides are able to scavenge metals from the overlying water column and from sediment pore-waters and lock up metals over long timescales. Over shorter timescales iron and manganese oxides can age and transform, and new research shows that during transformation these minerals can release some of their metal inventory.
My project looks specifically at how the micronutrient Nickel behaves during the sorption and aging, transformation of manganese minerals.