February 2026 - Geochemistry.group - Cardiff University Mailman

by George Cooper

Dear Geochemists, A FINAL reminder that the GGRIP registration and abstract submission CLOSES TODAY at 11pm! Noe that we will NOT be extending the deadline, so this is a final chance! Please do this through the GGRiP website: https://ggrip2026.co.uk/<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fggrip2026…>. All the best George

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1 day left to register for GGRiP!

by George Cooper

Dear Geochemists, A reminder that the GGRIP registration and abstract submission deadline is tomorrow (Friday 27th February)! Please do this through the GGRiP website: https://ggrip2026.co.uk/<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fggrip2026…>. All the best George

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GGRiP abstract deadline (27th Feb)

by George Cooper

Dear Geochemists, A reminder that the GGRIP registration and abstract submission deadline is this Friday (27th February)! Please do this through the GGRiP website: https://ggrip2026.co.uk/<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fggrip2026…> It is shaping up to be a great meeting! We have a fantastic set of confirmed Keynote speakers (listed below): GGRiP 2026 Keynotes: * Dr. Barbara Kunz, Open University. Barbara is a geochemist managing the LA-ICP-MS lab at The Open University. Her background is in high-grade metamorphism and anatexis of crustal rocks. Her work includes the effects of prolonged high-temperature metamorphism on isotopic and element signatures in geochronometers as well as the influence of partial melting reaction on mobilising critical elements into granitic melts. She also champions the Technician Commitment at the OU to increase the visibility, recognitions and career development of research technical professionals. * Prof. Tim Elliott, University of Bristol. Tim has spent his career making various isotope measurements of mantle derived rocks, bits of other planetary bodes and the occasional biogenic carbonate. He learned his trade amidst the concrete cows on Milton Keynes and further indulged this habit in the somewhat more uplifting environments of Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory and the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam before retuning to the UK. Over the past 25 years in Bristol, he has been pleasantly surprised by the new vistas offered by multi-collector plasma mass-spectrometry and has dabbled with the capabilities offered by adding a collision cell to such instruments. * Dr Alexandra Auderset, University of Southampton. Alexandra is a paleoclimatologist/paleooceanographer and Anniversary Fellow at the University of Southampton. Her research focuses on marine archives to investigate climate change across glacial/interglacial cycles, during the Neogene era, and warming events that occurred in the Cenozoic period, such as the Middle Miocene and Early Eocene Climate Optima. She uses various emergent proxies, including lipid biomarkers and fossil-bound nitrogen/carbon isotopes to study interactions between marine nutrients, ocean circulation, oxygen minimum zones and global climate. * Dr. Rebekah Moore, Imperial College London (The Geochemistry Group’s Early Career Researcher Prominent Lecture 2025/26). Rebekah is a Research Fellow at Imperial College London, where she has been a researcher and a member of the MAGIC isotope geochemistry group for the last twelve years. Since gaining her MSci in Geoscience in 2013 from Durham University, she has pioneered multidisciplinary research addressing critical health, food systems and environmental challenges, such as zinc deficiency, using ICP-MS, LA-ICP-MS and MC-ICP-MS. This year, she has collaborated with mycologists and social scientists on two exciting projects that aim to improve the intake of micronutrients by vulnerable populations, using ecologically-beneficial farming techniques and food production methods. * Dr. Savannah Worne, Loughborough University (The Geochemistry Group’s Early Career Researcher Prominent Lecture 2025/26). Savannah is a Research Fellow at Loughborough University. Her work spans aquatic environmental biogeoscience, with interests in algal productivity, nutrient cycling, aquatic pollution, and the impacts of climate change on ecosystem structure and function. Her current fellowship focuses on understanding how nutrient cycling and harmful algal blooms interact in managed lakes. By combining water and sediment isotope geochemistry with ecological analyses, her research takes a holistic view of ecosystem health and explores how these systems may respond to climate change and human pressures. * Dr. Lena Chen, University of Bristol (The Geochemistry Group’s Postdoctoral Medal Winner 2026). Lena is a Senior Research Associate at the University of Bristol. Her research lies between geochemistry and environmental mineralogy. Her interest in geochemistry began during her MSci in Geology at Imperial College London, where she used trace metal stable isotopes to investigate the interactions between sediment and seawater. Building on this foundation, her PhD at the University of Leeds examined how mineral transformation processes in sediments impart isotopic signals to trace metals. Her current research focuses on the durability of uranium and thorium-bearing ceramic minerals as potential hosts for immobilising radioactive waste. She investigates the mechanisms and kinetics of their dissolution in groundwater, contributing to the development of a robust safety-case for the long-term disposal of radioactive waste. See you in Bristol! George

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GGRiP Keynotes & our 2026 Postdoctoral Medal Winner

by George Cooper

Dear Geochemists, Early bird registration for GGRiP has now closed, however you still have 10 days left to register and submit your abstracts (https://ggrip2026.co.uk/<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fggrip2026…>). It is shaping up to be a great meeting! We have a fantastic set of confirmed Keynote speakers (listed below): We are also thrilled to announce that our 2026 Postdoctoral Medal winner is Dr. Lena Chen (University of Bristol), who will give a GGRiP keynote on her winning publication “Mineralogical controls of the oceanic nickel cycle”<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.natur…> in Nature Communications. This year, we had an extremely high-quality set of applications, so we also give honourable mentions to two further outstanding contributions: * Dr Paul Beguelin (Cardiff University) for the paper: “Variations in Hawaiian Plume Flux Controlled by Ancient Mantle Depletion”<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fagupubs.o…> in AGU Advances. * Dr Kun Zhang (UCL) for the paper: “Ocean deoxygenation after the Sturtian Snowball”<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.natur…> in Nature Communications. Read more about the Medal winners on our website: https://geochemistry.group/awards-and-medals/<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgeochemis…>. GGRiP 2026 Keynotes: * Dr. Barbara Kunz, Open University. Barbara is a geochemist managing the LA-ICP-MS lab at The Open University. Her background is in high-grade metamorphism and anatexis of crustal rocks. Her work includes the effects of prolonged high-temperature metamorphism on isotopic and element signatures in geochronometers as well as the influence of partial melting reaction on mobilising critical elements into granitic melts. She also champions the Technician Commitment at the OU to increase the visibility, recognitions and career development of research technical professionals. * Prof. Tim Elliott, University of Bristol. Tim has spent his career making various isotope measurements of mantle derived rocks, bits of other planetary bodes and the occasional biogenic carbonate. He learned his trade amidst the concrete cows on Milton Keynes and further indulged this habit in the somewhat more uplifting environments of Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory and the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam before retuning to the UK. Over the past 25 years in Bristol, he has been pleasantly surprised by the new vistas offered by multi-collector plasma mass-spectrometry and has dabbled with the capabilities offered by adding a collision cell to such instruments. * Dr Alexandra Auderset, University of Southampton. Alexandra is a paleoclimatologist/paleooceanographer and Anniversary Fellow at the University of Southampton. Her research focuses on marine archives to investigate climate change across glacial/interglacial cycles, during the Neogene era, and warming events that occurred in the Cenozoic period, such as the Middle Miocene and Early Eocene Climate Optima. She uses various emergent proxies, including lipid biomarkers and fossil-bound nitrogen/carbon isotopes to study interactions between marine nutrients, ocean circulation, oxygen minimum zones and global climate. * Dr. Rebekah Moore, Imperial College London (The Geochemistry Group’s Early Career Researcher Prominent Lecture 2025/26). Rebekah is a Research Fellow at Imperial College London, where she has been a researcher and a member of the MAGIC isotope geochemistry group for the last twelve years. Since gaining her MSci in Geoscience in 2013 from Durham University, she has pioneered multidisciplinary research addressing critical health, food systems and environmental challenges, such as zinc deficiency, using ICP-MS, LA-ICP-MS and MC-ICP-MS. This year, she has collaborated with mycologists and social scientists on two exciting projects that aim to improve the intake of micronutrients by vulnerable populations, using ecologically-beneficial farming techniques and food production methods. * Dr. Savannah Worne, Loughborough University (The Geochemistry Group’s Early Career Researcher Prominent Lecture 2025/26). Savannah is a Research Fellow at Loughborough University. Her work spans aquatic environmental biogeoscience, with interests in algal productivity, nutrient cycling, aquatic pollution, and the impacts of climate change on ecosystem structure and function. Her current fellowship focuses on understanding how nutrient cycling and harmful algal blooms interact in managed lakes. By combining water and sediment isotope geochemistry with ecological analyses, her research takes a holistic view of ecosystem health and explores how these systems may respond to climate change and human pressures. * Dr. Lena Chen, University of Bristol (The Geochemistry Group’s Postdoctoral Medal Winner 2026). Lena is a Senior Research Associate at the University of Bristol. Her research lies between geochemistry and environmental mineralogy. Her interest in geochemistry began during her MSci in Geology at Imperial College London, where she used trace metal stable isotopes to investigate the interactions between sediment and seawater. Building on this foundation, her PhD at the University of Leeds examined how mineral transformation processes in sediments impart isotopic signals to trace metals. Her current research focuses on the durability of uranium and thorium-bearing ceramic minerals as potential hosts for immobilising radioactive waste. She investigates the mechanisms and kinetics of their dissolution in groundwater, contributing to the development of a robust safety-case for the long-term disposal of radioactive waste. See you in Bristol! George

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3 days remaining for GGRiP early bird registration!

by George Cooper

Dear Geochemists, A reminder that early bird registration for the GGRiP meeting closes in 3 days (15th Feb). After this, prices will increase! Please visit the GGRiP website<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fggrip2026…> to register NOW. You have another two weeks until the abstract submission deadline (27th Feb). All the best George

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Geochemistry Group Bursaries

by George Cooper

Dear Geochemists, A reminder that the Geochemistry Group offers funding opportunities for Ph.D students and ECRs to attend meetings. In addition, we are pleased to announce a new Technical Staff Meeting Attendance Bursary! (details below). We can also help support scientific meetings by funding keynotes and/or early career researchers attend your meeting. To apply for these opportunities, please visit our website https://geochemistry.group/funding-opportunities/<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgeochemis…>. Details of our bursaries are below: Student and ECR Meeting Attendance Bursary We welcome applications from researchers registered at UK and Irish universities or research institutions to facilitate the presentation of their geochemistry-related research at a meeting hosted online, within the UK or internationally. The bursary is open to students regardless of funding situation, as well as to postdoctoral researchers without financial support for conference attendance. Funding for two types of expenses can be applied for through this bursary: (i) offsetting the cost of travel to conferences being attended in person (the Geochemistry Group encourages low-carbon travel modes but it is also possible to claim for carbon offsetting costs if flying is inevitable); (ii) contribution towards the costs of attending online conferences - abstract and registration fees. Full eligibility criteria are listed in the application form. The Geochemistry Group steering committee requires attendance at a previous Geochemistry Group Research in Progress meeting (GGRiP) in order to be eligible for a meeting-attendance bursary. Attendance at GGRiP can be both online or in-person. Moreover, applicants who have given a presentation (talk or poster) at a previous GGRiP will be given priority. The total amount that can be applied for is a maximum of £500 per person. There are three deadlines for Travel Bursaries each year: January 15th, May 15th, October 15th. Technical Staff Meeting Attendance Bursary We welcome applications from technical staff (laboratory technicians/managers, project officers, etc.), based at UK and Irish universities or research institutions and working in geochemistry laboratories (either on a short-term or on a permanent basis), to facilitate their attendance at meetings within the UK or internationally. Funding for the following types of expenses can be applied for through this bursary: (i) offsetting the cost of travel to, and accommodation at, conferences, workshops or training courses being attended in person (the Geochemistry Group encourages low-carbon travel modes but it is also possible to claim for carbon offsetting costs if flying is inevitable); (ii) contributions towards the cost of registration and abstract fees for both online and in-person professional meeting, or (iii) a combination of both. Full eligibility criteria are listed in the attached appendix. The maximum total amount that can be applied for is £500 per person. There is currently one round of applications per year, with a deadline of 15th May. Scientific Meeting Support Running a meeting with a geochemical theme? We can offer some financial support to help enable keynotes and/or early career researchers attend your meeting. There are three deadlines each year for the Scientific Meeting Support funding: January 15th, May 15th, October 15th. All the best George

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Geochemistry Group Updates: 'GGRiP' & 'MinSoc at 150' meetings

by George Cooper

Dear Geochemists, Register and submit your abstracts for the GGRiP meeting (Bristol, 24th-26th March 2026): Visit the GGRiP website<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fggrip2026…> to register and submit your abstract (Deadline 27th Feb). Early bird prices apply before 16th February 2026. After this, prices will increase. For GGRiP 2026, we are running 2 pre-conference workshops that will be free for attendees: * The first is a Geochemistry Laboratory Operator Workshop, covering lab techniques and lab management. Register for this workshop here<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.clo…>. * The second workshop is aimed at ECRs, covering the basics and foundations of mass spectrometry techniques. To register for this workshop, please fill in this form<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.off…>. There will be guest lecturers from across earth science/chemistry/Archaeology. Topics will include: (1) Introduction to Atoms, Molecules, Ions, Fields and Forces. (2) Inorganic Mass Spectrometry for Elemental and Isotope Ratio Determination: Quads, TOF, Sectors, (CC)-MC-ICPMS. (3) GC and LC Mass Spectrometry Techniques for Separating and Quantifying Molecules in Complex Mixtures; compound specific IRMS (C,N,H). Register for Mineralogical Society at 150: Past Discoveries and Future Frontiers: The Mineralogical Society will celebrate its sesquicentennial during 2026. The focal point of our celebrations will be a three-day meeting at the University of Manchester from 23–25 June 2026. All are welcome, from students and early-career researchers to those who have a lifetime of Society experience under their belts! The Geochemistry Group are supporting the session ‘Advances in Mineralogical Analysis - Development of techniques for 21st Century Research’ by funding two keynote speakers. Please consider submitting to our session! The scientific sessions will be held in the Schuster Building and the banquet, on the night of 23rd June, will be held at the wonderful Whitworth Hall. More information on the event webpage: https://minsoc-150.org/<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fminsoc-15…> Abstract submission deadline: 6th March 2026 Early-bird registration deadline: 20th March 2026. Flyers for both meetings are attached - please advertise to your department! [Flyer copy.jpeg][MinSoc_Flier_150th-final-copy-1503x2048.jpeg] All the best George

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