Our Team
The team combines people from across a number of GNS Science sites and departments.
Paleontology and Paleoenvironments
- Chris Clowes - marine paynology (Paleogene dinocysts and palynofacies)
- Chris Hollis - marine paleoclimate (radiolarians)
- Erica Crouch - paleoclimate (Cenozoic marine and terrestrial palynology)
- Giuseppe Cortese - marine paleoclimate (Quaternary radiolarians)
- Ian Raine - terrestrial palynology (Cretaceous-Paleogene)
- Joe Prebble - terrestrial palynology (Cretaceous-Cenozoic)
- Liz Kennedy - terrestrial paleoclimate (Cretaceous-Cenozoic paleobotany)
- Lucia Roncaglia - Head of Department, Paleontology
- Marcus Vandergoes - terrestrial paleoclimate (Quaternary palynology)
- Martin Crundwell - micropaleontology (Neogene foraminifera)
- Nick Golledge - ice sheet modelling
- Percy Strong (contractor) - micropaleontology (foraminifera)
- Richard Levy - Programme Leader, Global Change Through Time and Past Antarctic Climate and Future Implications (ANDRILL)
- Xun Li - terrestrial palynology (Recent and Quaternary)
- Marianna Terezow – Paleontology Collections Manager, Macropaleontology technician
- TBA – Micropaleontology technician
- Sonja Bermudez – Micropaleontology/palynology technician
- John Simes - Emeritus collection curator
PhD students
- Claire Shepherd - micropaleontology (Paleogene calcareous nannofossils)
Carbon Dynamics
- Jocelyn Turnbull - carbon dynamics
- Liz Keller - carbon cycle modelling
Ice Cores
- Nancy Bertler - paleoclimate (Antarctic ice cores)
- Uwe Morgenstern - paleoclimate (New Zealand ice cores)
Geomorphology and Geochronology
- Albert Zondervan - AMS dating
- David Barrell - landscape change
Agricultural Authentication and Forensics
- Dallas Mildenhall - terrestrial palynology
- Karyne Rogers - stable isotope geoscience
Please contact us with any inquiries you may have.