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Pronouns: she, her
Functions: SOS EDI lead, SOS Academic Integrity Officer
Room: 306 Craig Mair Phone: 01248 383819
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: ResearchGate
I am a teaching and scholarship lecturer, teaching Ocean Science predominantly on the longer timescales (Orbital to Tectonic timescales). My background in science starts with a MSc in geology, followed by a PhD (completed in 2007) in climate reconstruction, both from the Free University in Amsterdam. During my PhD, which dealt with the strength of the Indian Monsoon during glacial terminations, I used foraminifera as a palaeoenvironmental proxy. I kept working with these microfossils for several research projects to come; at the Norwegian Polar Institute in Tromsø, I used them for monitoring anthropogenic warming in the Barents Sea. In 2009 I went to the UK to reconstruct sea level changes in the North Atlantic on short (500 years) timescales at Plymouth University, and on Milankovitch timescales at the Universities of Plymouth and York. In 2014 I moved to Bangor University to reconstruct the demise of the last ice sheet on the British Isles. In 2017 I made a move to full-time teaching.
Research Areas
Teaching and Supervision
I am currently module leader on the following modules:
OSX1003 Earth, Climate and Evolution
OSX2011 Ice and Oceans
OSX3000 Dissertation module
OSX3025 Marine Geology & Applications
I also teach on the following modules:
ONC1001 Dadansoddi Data Amgylcheddol
ONS1001 Environmental data & analysis
OSX1000 Tutorial 1
OSX2000 Science Communication
OSX2004 Estuary & Shelf Sea Processes
OSX3007 Coastal Processes field study
OSX3021 Oceans, Atmosphere and Climate
OSX4008 Research Design & Planning
OSX4009 Research Project
OSX4010 Key Concepts and Techniques
OSX4015 Climate and Climate Change
OSX4016 Literature Review-Project Plan
Grant Awards and Projects
Research projects participated in:
BRITICE-CHRONO (2014-2017)
Reconstruction of the maximum extent and demise of the British-Irish Ice Sheet
iGlass (2011-2014)
Reconstruction of sea level in previous interglacials
SeaLevel500 (2009-2011)
Reconstruction of sea level in the North Atlantic realm over the past 500 years
Climate and anthropogenic impact studies on food webs connected to the benthos in the Barents Sea (2007-2009)
Education/Academic qualification
Professional, PGCertHE, Bangor University
Award Date: 1 Jun 2017
Postgraduate, PhD, History of the Indian monsoon- implications of sea surface temperatures in the Arabian Sea over Terminations I and II, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
1 Oct 2001 → 22 Dec 2006
Award Date: 25 Jun 2007
Postgraduate, MSc, Analogue modelling of fold-and-thrust belts, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Award Date: 20 Apr 2001
External positions
Casual worker, University of Sheffield
1 Dec 2016 → 31 Jan 2017
Postdoctoral Research Officer, University of York
1 Jun 2013 → 31 Mar 2014
Postdoctoral Research Officer, Plymouth University
1 Sept 2011 → 31 May 2013
Postdoctoral Research Officer, Plymouth University
24 Aug 2009 → 1 Sept 2011
Postdoctoral Research Officer, Norwegian Polar Institute
15 May 2007 → 31 May 2009
Keywords
- GC Oceanography
- foraminifera
- monsoon
- MIlankovitch cycles
- glacial-interglacial
- palaeotemperature
- stable oxygen isotopes
- micropalaeontology
- geochemistry
- QE Geology
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
- 30 Article
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Growth and retreat of the last British–Irish Ice Sheet, 31 000 to 15 000 years ago: the BRITICE‐CHRONO reconstruction.
Clark, C., Ely, J. C., Hindmarsh, R., Bradley, S. L., Ignéczi, A., Fabel, D., Ó Cofaigh, C., Chiverrell, R., Scourse, J., Benetti, S., Bradwell, T., Evans, D., Roberts, D., Burke, M., Callard, S. L., Medialdea, A., Saher, M., Small, D., Smedley, R. & Gasson, E. & 18 others, , Oct 2022, In: Boreas. 51, 4, p. 699-758Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring controls of the early and stepped deglaciation on the western margin of the British Irish Ice Sheet.
Benetti, S., Chiverrell, R. C., Ó Cofaigh, C., Burke, M., Medialdea, A., Small, D., Ballantyne, C., Bateman, M., Callard, S. L., Wilson, P., Fabel, D., Clark, C., Arosio, R., Bradley, S. L., Dunlop, P., Ely, J. C., Gales, J., Livingstone, S. J., Moreton, S. & Purcell, C. & 4 others, , Jul 2021, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 36, 5, p. 833-870Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Maximum extent and readvance dynamics of the Irish Sea Ice Stream and Irish Sea Glacier since the Last Glacial Maximum.
Scourse, J. D., Chiverrell, R. C., Smedley, R., Small, D., Burke, M. J., Saher, M., Van Landeghem, K., Duller, G. A. T., O'Cofaigh, C., Bateman, M., Benetti, S., Bradley, S. L., Callard, S. L., Evans, D., Fabel, D., Jenkins, G.T.-H., McCarron, S., Medialdea, A., Moreton, S. & Ou, X. & 4 others, , Jul 2021, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 36, 5, p. 780-804 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Pattern, style and timing of British-Irish Ice Sheet retreat: Shetland and northern North Sea sector
Bradwell, T., Small, D., Fabel, D., Smedley, R., Clark, C., Chiverrell, R., Saher, M., Callard, S. L., Burke, M., Moreton, S., Medialdea, A., Bateman, M., Golledge, N. R., Finlayson, A., Morgan, S. & O'Cofaigh, C., Jul 2021, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 36, 5, p. 681-722Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Retreat dynamics of the eastern sector of the British–Irish Ice Sheet during the last glaciation
Evans, D. J. A., Roberts, D. H., Bateman, M. D., Medialdea, A., Callard, L., Grimoldi, E., Chiverrell, R. C., Ely, J., Dove, D., Ó Cofaigh, C., Saher, M., Bradwell, T., Moreton, S. G., Fabel, D. & Bradley, S. L., 1 Jul 2021, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 36, 5, p. 723-751Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
- 1 Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
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Ogwen Valley Climate Festival
Saher, M. (Contributor)
6 Jun 2024Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition