Joe PrebbleSurface Geosciences Manager

Biography
Joe’s research activities include drivers and expression of past climate change recorded in Antarctic and Southern Ocean, and New Zealand lake sediments, and organic sedimentation and palynofacies of near shore and deep ocean depositional settings. As Manager of the Surface Geosciences Department, he leads groundwater, environmental change, carbon cycle, land stability, and geological mapping research areas. These researchers work alongside key stakeholders to help New Zealanders adapt to climate change, mitigate emissions, improve freshwater security, and manage the risks of living in our dynamic landscapes. An experienced research and people leader, Joe is passionate about developing and supporting teams that deliver needed research for New Zealand.
Qualifications
- BSc(Hons), Geology
- PhD, Geology
- BSc, Botany and Geology
- MSc, Geology
Areas of expertise
- Paleoclimate: Paleoenvironmental reconstruction
- Paleontology: Palynology
Publications
Selection of major publications
- Toward a novel multi-century archive of tree mast using pollen from lake sediments, The Holocene 32(11): p. 1184-1192. DOI: 10.1177/09596836221114292. p. 1184-1192
- A 100 million year composite pollen record from New Zealand shows maximum angiosperm abundance delayed until Eocene, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 566: paper 110207. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.110207. paper 110207
- Terrestrial climate evolution in the Southwest Pacific over the past 30 million years, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 459: p. 136-144. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.11.006. p. 136-144
- Evidence for a Holocene climatic optimum in the Southwest Pacific : a multiproxy study, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 32(8): p. 763-779. DOI: 10.1002/2016PA003065. p. 763-779
- An expanded modern dinoflagellate cyst dataset for the Southwest Pacific and Southern Hemisphere with environmental associations, Marine Micropaleontology 101: p. 33-48. DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2013.04.004. p. 33-48
- Vegetation and climate from two Oligocene glacioeustatic sedimentary cycles (31 and 24 Ma) cored by the Cape Roberts Project, Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 231(1/2): p. 41-57. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.07.025. Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences contribution 3373 p. 41-57