It was fantastic to welcome the audience to our London Quaternary Lectures RHULGeography. This year, Danielle Schreve presented insights into palaeo-diets of Ice Age carnivores, whilst Neil Glasser discussed the latest cosmo data from fieldwork in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica 👏

We congratulate Alex Mattin on receiving the Philippa Holmes memorial prize for an outstanding MSc dissertation in sedimentology & stratigraphy & wish Alex the best of luck as he embarks on his PhD WellingtonUni with Simon Barker and Dr Holly Winton, funded by Marsden Fund 🎉👏

Well done Alex Mattin! Looking forward to having you join our team to investigate the climatic and environmental impacts of New Zealand supereruptions. 🌋 Marsden Fund WellingtonUni

🎉🎓 Congratulations to the Postgraduate Class of 2022 🎓🎉 Fantastic to celebrate with our Masters cohorts and PhD students, hear how they are doing and what their next steps are. We wish you the best for your next stages, keep in touch! More pics at facebook.com/RHULGeography

Anyone know of any geochemistry lab tech positions available from April onwards? Just finishing my MSc by Research at Leeds and looking to put the lab skills I’ve learnt to use in a new job!

Pleased to say I finally arrived in Wellington last weekend and am now looking forward to starting my PhD here in NZ with the #iavcei2023 conference next week! 🌋

We have loved having you all here with us at #iavcei2023 in Rotorua! As we start going our separate ways, whether your attending post-conference workshops or fieldtrips, doing some sightseeing, or making your way home, Haere tū atu, hoki tū mai (have a safe trip)!

Had an amazing time at #iavcei2023 the past week. 🌋 Looking forward to collaborating with those I met in the near future!

📣 New paper out looking at the surprisingly subtle impacts of the youngest supereruption on Earth using distal pollen records. Proud supervisor with Stephen Piva producing the first of many from his PhD ⁦⁦Marsden Fund⁩ ⁦Supervolcanoes⁩ 🌋 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jq…

📢Are you interested in studying the impacts of some of the largest volcanic eruptions on Earth? Thanks to Marsden Fund we have funding for a PhD project WellingtonUni to look at how three supereruptions changed NZ's landscape & environment. More details: simonjbarker.com/opportunities.…

Go check out my friend Jacqueline Grech Licari interview about her amazing PhD work on Tūhua! Cant wait to see what you find!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼

Great article in the NZ Herald today about Stephen Piva's recent manuscript and the initial findings of our Marsden Fund research. Next step is to look in more detail at ice core records to see how this supereruption impacted global climate and the Southern Ocean.

I was thrilled on being awarded the 2023 President’s Award for Best PhD Thesis by the New Zealand Geographical Society. I could not achieve this without my amazing supervisors @GIShaun Kevin Norton and Andrew Mackintosh ❄️ and many others for all the support I've received along the way 🙏💟

Paper by Jiamei Lin et al. using polar ice-cores🧊: "The estimated stratospheric sulfate loading of the proposed Toba (YTT) eruption is 535 ± 96 Tg, which is [only] 6 times that of Tambora in 1815". sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #supereruption #Toba #VolcanicWinter European Research Council (ERC)🌋

CQR have arrived INQUARoma2023! Ready for a week of Quaternary Science. Stay tuned…we will be showcasing our highlights from our department RHULGeography on this account #INQUARoma2023 🦣

Eeeek! Just had a brilliant hour talking to some amazing people about my PhD and my poster! Thank you to everyone who came to talk to me! Looking forward to all the talks and posters to come over the next few days! CQR RHUL INQUARoma2023 #PhD #conference #INQUARoma2023

Hope everyone is enjoying #INQUARoma2023 so far! While I am not here in person, my supervisors will be presenting a poster on my PhD project this afternoon so please go and have a look if you’re interested in New Zealand volcanic eruptions captured in Antarctic ice cores 🌋❄️

What a fantastic week INQUARoma2023 presenting the great work of Alex Mattin on locating the Oruanui supereruption signature in Antarctic ice cores. A bit ironic presenting ice core research in 43 degree heat! Marsden Fund

Super proud of Stephen Piva for just passing his doctoral exam with flying colours and defending his PhD thesis: “Environmental and Climatic Responses to Two Large Explosive Eruptions from Taupō Volcano, New Zealand”. A huge effort and great piece of work. Well done Dr Piva!