Charlie Rex
NERC IAPETUS2 PhD Student
Email: c.rex.1@research.gla.ac.uk
Address:
SUERC,
Rankine Avenue,
Scottish Enterprise Technology Park,
East Kilbride,
G75 0QF
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2068-4836
Research title: High resolution palaeoenvironmental reconstruction from Lake Suigetsu, Japan (IAP2-18-54)
Research Summary
My research examines changes to the East Asian palaeomonsoon across periods of dramatic warming using the varved sediments from Lake Suigetsu, Japan. The focus of my work is detecting changes in monsoon intensity across glacial terminations I (22-10 ka BP) and II (135-120 ka BP). I aim to produce records of East Asian Summer Monsoon and East Asian Winter Monsoon intensity by using isotopes of hydrogen (from biomarkers) and oxygen (from diatoms). Alongside this work, I am involved in monitoring modern water isotopes at Lake Suigetsu and developing an OSL (optically stimulated luminescence) chronology for the cores.
Supervisors
Grants
School of Geographical and Earth Science Conference Support Grant- £200
NEIF Panel C full support for diatom oxygen analysis from Lake Suigetsu- £59,325 (grant-in-kind)
Conference
Quaternary Research Association (QRA) Annual Discussion Meeting (Jan 2019)
Delegate
Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society (SAGES) Global Climate Challenges for a Blue Green Economy (Dec 2019)
Delegate
Quaternary Research Association (QRA) Annual Discussion Meeting (Jan 2020)
Poster Presentation entitled "Tracing State Shifts in the Cheshire Basin over the Last Glacial-Interglacial Cycle"
Lake Suigetsu Varves Discussion Meeting (Jan 2020)
Oral Presentation entitled "Tracing State Shifts in the Cheshire Basin over the Last Glacial-Interglacial Cycle"
European Geoscience Union (EGU) General Assembly (May 2020)
Delegate
This UofG PhD Life (Jan 2021)
Oral Presentation entitled "Lab and Field: Data Collection Pre- and Post- Pandemic"
Teaching
2020-2021
Lab Demonstrator for Earth Science 1 (EARTH1001)
Lab Leader for Earth Science 1 (EARTH1001)
Physical Geography Tutor for Geography 2 (GEOG2001)
Additional Information
Memberships:
Quaternary Research Association (QRA)
Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society (SAGES)
Committees:
Science and Engineering Graduate School Student Liason Committee (2020-2021)
Geographical and Earth Sciences Equality and Diversity Committee (2020)
Other Roles:
PGR Office Intern 2020-2021 (Research and Innovation Services, University of Glasgow)
Blogs:
Going Global: Collaborating Internationally During Your PhD
