Dr Iain Neill

  • Lecturer in Magmatic Processes (School of Geographical & Earth Sciences)

telephone: 01413 305477
email: Iain.Neill@glasgow.ac.uk

Molema Building, University Avenue, G12 8QQ

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4168-3931

Biography

BSc, Geoscience, University of St Andrews 2003-2007

PhD, "Tectono-magmatic evolution of the SE Caribbean Plate", Cardiff University 2007-2011

PDRA, "Orogenic Plateau Magmatism", Durham University 2011-2014

University Teacher, University of Glasgow 2014-2016

Lecturer, University of Glasgow 2016-2018

PgCAP, University of Glasgow 2018

Lecturer in Magmatic Processes, University of Glasgow 2018-

Research interests

As a 'jack of all trades' I generate field, petrographic, geochemical and geochronological data largely from igneous, metamorphic and faulted rocks. I synthesise these and other diverse datasets to solve geological problems of relevance to society, including energy generation, resource exploration, and infrastructure development. Though my interests are global, I have a particular focus on the future of the Highlands of Scotland where was born.

I began my research career at Cardiff University as a NERC-funded PhD student, re-evaluating the origin and tectonic evolution of the Caribbean Plate. At the University of Durham, as a NERC-funded PDRA, I used fieldwork and whole-rock geochemistry to refine our models of how mantle-derived magmatism operates during continental collision, which introduced me to the geology of Iran and Armenia and to the integration of analogue data with geodynamic models.

After two years as a University Teacher at Glasgow (2014-2016), I maintained my regional research interests and started broadening their application into areas of economic or societal importance. These include 1) fundamental connections between magma genesis, plate tectonics and the generation of geological resources, 2) hazards posed by tectonic and volcanic activity in collision settings, 3) low and high temperature geothermal energy sources, 4) the impact of the basement of the Caribbean Plate on modern subduction and 5) the use of Scotland's bedrock in resource generation, infrastructure, and rural development.

On a human level I am keen to work with those interested in economics, politics, and rural development, on the impact that geology may have in Scotland's future. In particular, if you are from or work in the Highlands of Scotland and have an interest in rocks, give me a shout!

Publications

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2025

Stubbs, A. R., Khudhur, F. W.K. , Power, I. M., McDade, L., Friel, M., Neill, I. and MacDonald, J. (2025) Optimizing the management of quarry fines for on-site carbon removal: Implications of grain size and mineralogy on CO2 mineralization. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 143, 104344. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2025.104344)

Gemmell, C. A.R., Neill, I. , Wildman, M. , MacRae, C., Currie, D. and Einsle, J. F. (2025) New integrations of U-Pb zircon data from Caledonian intrusions in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. Lithos, 494-95, 107941. (doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2024.107941)

2024

Stubbs, A., MacDonald, J. and Neill, I. (2024) Mechanisms of secondary carbonate precipitation on felsic, intermediate and mafic igneous rocks: a case study for NW Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, 60(2), (doi: 10.1144/sjg2024-003)

2023

Milne, E. J. M., Neill, I. , Bird, A. C., Millar, I. L., McDonald, I., Dempsey, E. D., Olive, V. , Odling, N. and Waters, E. C. (2023) Caledonian hot zone magmatism in the “Newer Granites”: insight from the Cluanie and Clunes plutons, Northern Scottish Highlands. Journal of the Geological Society, 180(2), jgs2022-076. (doi: 10.1144/jgs2022-076)

2022

van Mesdag, S., MacDonald, J. , Neill, I. and Jump, A. (2022) Anthropogenic Biodiversity and Geodiversity - Can Legacy Industrial Waste Help Offset Falling Global Biodiversity? EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-1352)

2021

Meliksetian, K., Neill, I. , Barfod, D. N. , Milne, E. J.M., Waters, E. C., Navasardyan, G., Grigoryan, E., Olive, V. , Odling, N. and Karakhanian, A. (2021) Pleistocene - Holocene volcanism at the Karkar geothermal prospect, Armenia. Quaternary Geochronology, 66, 101201. (doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2021.101201)

Brown, J.R., Cooper, G.F., Nowell, G.M., Macpherson, C.G., Neill, I. and Prytulak, J. (2021) Isotopic compositions of plagioclase from plutonic xenoliths reveal crustal assimilation below Martinique, Lesser Antilles arc. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, 682583. (doi: 10.3389/feart.2021.682583)

2020

Kheirkhah, M., Neill, I. , Allen, M. B., Emami, M. H. and Shahraki Ghadimi, A. (2020) Distinct sources for high-K and adakitic magmatism in SE Iran. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 196, 104355. (doi: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2020.104355)

Eskandari, A., Deevsalar, R., De Rosa, R., Shinjo, R., Donato, P. and Neill, I. (2020) Geochemical and isotopic constraints on the evolution of magma plumbing system at Damavand Volcano, N Iran. Lithos, 354-55, 105274. (doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2019.105274)

2019

Yeganehfar, H., Deevsalar, R., Ahadnejad, V., Shinjo, R. and Neill, I. (2019) Biotite compositional variations – a physicochemical approach to investigate crustal involvement and ore potential in Middle Jurassic plutonic rocks from the Malayer-Boroujerd Plutonic complex, W Iran. Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 196(1), pp. 19-42. (doi: 10.1127/njma/2019/0131)

2018

Deevsalar, R., Shinjo, R., Wang, K.-L., Yaganehfar, H. and Neill, I. (2018) Gabbroic-dioritic dykes from the Sanadaj-Sirjan Zone: windows on Jurassic and Eocene geodynamic processes in the Zagros Orogen, western Iran. Journal of the Geological Society, 175(6), pp. 915-933. (doi: 10.1144/jgs2017-156)

Deevsalar, R., Shinjo, R., Liégeois, J. P., Valizadeh, M. V., Ahmadian, J., Yeganehfar, H. and Neill, I. (2018) Subduction-related mafic to felsic magmatism in the Malayer-Boroujerd plutonic complex, western Iran. Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 111(1-2), pp. 269-293. (doi: 10.1007/s00015-017-0287-y)

2017

Deevsalar, R., Shinjo, R., Ghaderi, M., Murata, M., Hoskin, P.W.O., Oshiro, S., Wang, K.-L., Lee, H. Y. and Neill, I. (2017) Mesozoic-Cenozoic mafic magmatism in Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone, Zagros Orogen (Western Iran): geochemical and isotopic inferences from Middle Jurassic and Late Eocene gabbros. Lithos, 284-85, pp. 588-607. (doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2017.05.009)

2015

Zhange, J., Davidson, J.P., Humphreys, M.C.S., Macpherson, C.G. and Neill, I. (2015) Magmatic enclaves and andesitic lavas from Mt. Lamington, Papua New Guinea: Implications for recycling of earlier-fractionated minerals through magma recharge. Journal of Petrology, 56(11), pp. 2223-2256. (doi: 10.1093/petrology/egv071)

Hastie, A.R., Fitton, J.G., Mitchell, S.F., Neill, I. , Nowell, G.M. and Millar, I.L. (2015) Can fractional crystallization, mixing and assimilation processes be responsible for jamaican-type adakites? Implications for generating eoarchaean continental crust. Journal of Petrology, 56(7), pp. 1251-1284. (doi: 10.1093/petrology/egv029)

Kheirkhah, M., Neill, I. and Allen, M.B. (2015) Petrogenesis of OIB-like volcanic rocks in a continental collision zone: Late Cenozoic magmatism of eastern Iran. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 106(1), pp. 19-33. (doi: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2015.02.027)

Neill, I. , Meliksetian, K., Allen, M. B., Navasardyan, G. and Kuiper, K. (2015) Petrogenesis of mafic collision zone magmatism: the Armenian sector of the Turkish-Iranian Plateau. Chemical Geology, 403, pp. 24-41. (doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.03.013)

2014

Neill, I. , Kerr, A. C., Chamberlain, K. R., Schmitt, A. K., Urbani, F., Hastie, A. R., Pindell, J. L., Barry, T. L. and Millar, I. L. (2014) Vestiges of the proto-Caribbean seaway: origin of the San Souci Volcanic Group, Trinidad. Tectonophysics, 626, pp. 170-185. (doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2014.04.019)

Kaislaniemi, L., van Hunen, J., Allen, M. B. and Neill, I. (2014) Sublithospheric small-scale convection: a mechanism for collision zone magmatism. Geology, 42(4), pp. 291-294. (doi: 10.1130/G35193.1)

2013

Neill, I. , Meliksetian, K., Allen, M.B., Navarsardyan, G. and Karapetyan, S. (2013) Pliocene–Quaternary volcanic rocks of NW Armenia: magmatism and lithospheric dynamics within an active orogenic plateau. Lithos, 180-18, pp. 200-215. (doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2013.05.005)

Kheirkhah, M., Neill, I. , Allen, M.B. and Ajdari, K. (2013) Small-volume melts of lithospheric mantle during continental collision: Late Cenozoic lavas of Mahabad, NW Iran. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 74, pp. 37-49. (doi: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.06.002)

Neill, I. , Kerr, A. C., Hastie, A. R., Pindell, J. L. and Millar, I. L. (2013) The Albian-Turonian Island arc rocks of Tobago, West Indies: geochemistry, petrogenesis, and Caribbean plate tectonics. Journal of Petrology, 54(8), pp. 1607-1639. (doi: 10.1093/petrology/egt025)

Allen, M. B., Kheirkhah, M., Neill, I. , Emami, M. H. and Mcleod, C. L. (2013) Generation of arc and within-plate chemical signatures in collision zone magmatism: quaternary lavas from Kurdistan Province, Iran. Journal of Petrology, 54(5), pp. 887-911. (doi: 10.1093/petrology/egs090)

Hastie, A. R., Mitchell, S. F., Treloar, P. J., Kerr, A. C., Neill, I. and Barfod, D. N. (2013) Geochemical components in a Cretaceous island arc: The Th/La–(Ce/Ce*)Nd diagram and implications for subduction initiation in the inter-American region. Lithos, 162-63, pp. 57-69. (doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.12.001)

2012

Neill, I. , Kerr, A. C., Hastie, A. R., Pindell, J. L., Millar, I. L. and Atkinson, N. (2012) Age and petrogenesis of the Lower Cretaceous North Coast Schist of Tobago, a fragment of the Proto–Greater Antilles Inter-American arc system. Journal of Geology, 120(4), pp. 367-384. (doi: 10.1086/665798)

2011

Neill, I. , Kerr, A. C., Hastie, A. R., Stanek, K.-P. and Millar, I. L. (2011) Origin of the Aves Ridge and Dutch-Venezuelan Antilles: interaction of the Cretaceous 'Great Arc' and Caribbean-Colombian Oceanic Plateau? Journal of the Geological Society, 168(2), pp. 333-348. (doi: 10.1144/0016-76492010-067)

2010

Neill, I. , Gibbs, J. A., Hastie, A. R. and Kerr, A. C. (2010) Origin of the volcanic complexes of La Désirade, Lesser Antilles: implications for tectonic reconstruction of the Late Jurassic to Cretaceous Pacific-proto Caribbean margin. Lithos, 120(3-4), pp. 407-420. (doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.08.026)

2009

Neill, I. and Stephens, W. E. (2009) The Cluanie granodiorite, NW Highlands of Scotland: a late Caledonian pluton of trondhjemitic affinity. Scottish Journal of Geology, 45(2), pp. 117-130. (doi: 10.1144/0036-9276/01-373)

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Articles

Stubbs, A. R., Khudhur, F. W.K. , Power, I. M., McDade, L., Friel, M., Neill, I. and MacDonald, J. (2025) Optimizing the management of quarry fines for on-site carbon removal: Implications of grain size and mineralogy on CO2 mineralization. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 143, 104344. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2025.104344)

Gemmell, C. A.R., Neill, I. , Wildman, M. , MacRae, C., Currie, D. and Einsle, J. F. (2025) New integrations of U-Pb zircon data from Caledonian intrusions in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. Lithos, 494-95, 107941. (doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2024.107941)

Stubbs, A., MacDonald, J. and Neill, I. (2024) Mechanisms of secondary carbonate precipitation on felsic, intermediate and mafic igneous rocks: a case study for NW Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, 60(2), (doi: 10.1144/sjg2024-003)

Milne, E. J. M., Neill, I. , Bird, A. C., Millar, I. L., McDonald, I., Dempsey, E. D., Olive, V. , Odling, N. and Waters, E. C. (2023) Caledonian hot zone magmatism in the “Newer Granites”: insight from the Cluanie and Clunes plutons, Northern Scottish Highlands. Journal of the Geological Society, 180(2), jgs2022-076. (doi: 10.1144/jgs2022-076)

Meliksetian, K., Neill, I. , Barfod, D. N. , Milne, E. J.M., Waters, E. C., Navasardyan, G., Grigoryan, E., Olive, V. , Odling, N. and Karakhanian, A. (2021) Pleistocene - Holocene volcanism at the Karkar geothermal prospect, Armenia. Quaternary Geochronology, 66, 101201. (doi: 10.1016/j.quageo.2021.101201)

Brown, J.R., Cooper, G.F., Nowell, G.M., Macpherson, C.G., Neill, I. and Prytulak, J. (2021) Isotopic compositions of plagioclase from plutonic xenoliths reveal crustal assimilation below Martinique, Lesser Antilles arc. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, 682583. (doi: 10.3389/feart.2021.682583)

Kheirkhah, M., Neill, I. , Allen, M. B., Emami, M. H. and Shahraki Ghadimi, A. (2020) Distinct sources for high-K and adakitic magmatism in SE Iran. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 196, 104355. (doi: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2020.104355)

Eskandari, A., Deevsalar, R., De Rosa, R., Shinjo, R., Donato, P. and Neill, I. (2020) Geochemical and isotopic constraints on the evolution of magma plumbing system at Damavand Volcano, N Iran. Lithos, 354-55, 105274. (doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2019.105274)

Yeganehfar, H., Deevsalar, R., Ahadnejad, V., Shinjo, R. and Neill, I. (2019) Biotite compositional variations – a physicochemical approach to investigate crustal involvement and ore potential in Middle Jurassic plutonic rocks from the Malayer-Boroujerd Plutonic complex, W Iran. Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 196(1), pp. 19-42. (doi: 10.1127/njma/2019/0131)

Deevsalar, R., Shinjo, R., Wang, K.-L., Yaganehfar, H. and Neill, I. (2018) Gabbroic-dioritic dykes from the Sanadaj-Sirjan Zone: windows on Jurassic and Eocene geodynamic processes in the Zagros Orogen, western Iran. Journal of the Geological Society, 175(6), pp. 915-933. (doi: 10.1144/jgs2017-156)

Deevsalar, R., Shinjo, R., Liégeois, J. P., Valizadeh, M. V., Ahmadian, J., Yeganehfar, H. and Neill, I. (2018) Subduction-related mafic to felsic magmatism in the Malayer-Boroujerd plutonic complex, western Iran. Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 111(1-2), pp. 269-293. (doi: 10.1007/s00015-017-0287-y)

Deevsalar, R., Shinjo, R., Ghaderi, M., Murata, M., Hoskin, P.W.O., Oshiro, S., Wang, K.-L., Lee, H. Y. and Neill, I. (2017) Mesozoic-Cenozoic mafic magmatism in Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone, Zagros Orogen (Western Iran): geochemical and isotopic inferences from Middle Jurassic and Late Eocene gabbros. Lithos, 284-85, pp. 588-607. (doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2017.05.009)

Zhange, J., Davidson, J.P., Humphreys, M.C.S., Macpherson, C.G. and Neill, I. (2015) Magmatic enclaves and andesitic lavas from Mt. Lamington, Papua New Guinea: Implications for recycling of earlier-fractionated minerals through magma recharge. Journal of Petrology, 56(11), pp. 2223-2256. (doi: 10.1093/petrology/egv071)

Hastie, A.R., Fitton, J.G., Mitchell, S.F., Neill, I. , Nowell, G.M. and Millar, I.L. (2015) Can fractional crystallization, mixing and assimilation processes be responsible for jamaican-type adakites? Implications for generating eoarchaean continental crust. Journal of Petrology, 56(7), pp. 1251-1284. (doi: 10.1093/petrology/egv029)

Kheirkhah, M., Neill, I. and Allen, M.B. (2015) Petrogenesis of OIB-like volcanic rocks in a continental collision zone: Late Cenozoic magmatism of eastern Iran. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 106(1), pp. 19-33. (doi: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2015.02.027)

Neill, I. , Meliksetian, K., Allen, M. B., Navasardyan, G. and Kuiper, K. (2015) Petrogenesis of mafic collision zone magmatism: the Armenian sector of the Turkish-Iranian Plateau. Chemical Geology, 403, pp. 24-41. (doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.03.013)

Neill, I. , Kerr, A. C., Chamberlain, K. R., Schmitt, A. K., Urbani, F., Hastie, A. R., Pindell, J. L., Barry, T. L. and Millar, I. L. (2014) Vestiges of the proto-Caribbean seaway: origin of the San Souci Volcanic Group, Trinidad. Tectonophysics, 626, pp. 170-185. (doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2014.04.019)

Kaislaniemi, L., van Hunen, J., Allen, M. B. and Neill, I. (2014) Sublithospheric small-scale convection: a mechanism for collision zone magmatism. Geology, 42(4), pp. 291-294. (doi: 10.1130/G35193.1)

Neill, I. , Meliksetian, K., Allen, M.B., Navarsardyan, G. and Karapetyan, S. (2013) Pliocene–Quaternary volcanic rocks of NW Armenia: magmatism and lithospheric dynamics within an active orogenic plateau. Lithos, 180-18, pp. 200-215. (doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2013.05.005)

Kheirkhah, M., Neill, I. , Allen, M.B. and Ajdari, K. (2013) Small-volume melts of lithospheric mantle during continental collision: Late Cenozoic lavas of Mahabad, NW Iran. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 74, pp. 37-49. (doi: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.06.002)

Neill, I. , Kerr, A. C., Hastie, A. R., Pindell, J. L. and Millar, I. L. (2013) The Albian-Turonian Island arc rocks of Tobago, West Indies: geochemistry, petrogenesis, and Caribbean plate tectonics. Journal of Petrology, 54(8), pp. 1607-1639. (doi: 10.1093/petrology/egt025)

Allen, M. B., Kheirkhah, M., Neill, I. , Emami, M. H. and Mcleod, C. L. (2013) Generation of arc and within-plate chemical signatures in collision zone magmatism: quaternary lavas from Kurdistan Province, Iran. Journal of Petrology, 54(5), pp. 887-911. (doi: 10.1093/petrology/egs090)

Hastie, A. R., Mitchell, S. F., Treloar, P. J., Kerr, A. C., Neill, I. and Barfod, D. N. (2013) Geochemical components in a Cretaceous island arc: The Th/La–(Ce/Ce*)Nd diagram and implications for subduction initiation in the inter-American region. Lithos, 162-63, pp. 57-69. (doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.12.001)

Neill, I. , Kerr, A. C., Hastie, A. R., Pindell, J. L., Millar, I. L. and Atkinson, N. (2012) Age and petrogenesis of the Lower Cretaceous North Coast Schist of Tobago, a fragment of the Proto–Greater Antilles Inter-American arc system. Journal of Geology, 120(4), pp. 367-384. (doi: 10.1086/665798)

Neill, I. , Kerr, A. C., Hastie, A. R., Stanek, K.-P. and Millar, I. L. (2011) Origin of the Aves Ridge and Dutch-Venezuelan Antilles: interaction of the Cretaceous 'Great Arc' and Caribbean-Colombian Oceanic Plateau? Journal of the Geological Society, 168(2), pp. 333-348. (doi: 10.1144/0016-76492010-067)

Neill, I. , Gibbs, J. A., Hastie, A. R. and Kerr, A. C. (2010) Origin of the volcanic complexes of La Désirade, Lesser Antilles: implications for tectonic reconstruction of the Late Jurassic to Cretaceous Pacific-proto Caribbean margin. Lithos, 120(3-4), pp. 407-420. (doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.08.026)

Neill, I. and Stephens, W. E. (2009) The Cluanie granodiorite, NW Highlands of Scotland: a late Caledonian pluton of trondhjemitic affinity. Scottish Journal of Geology, 45(2), pp. 117-130. (doi: 10.1144/0036-9276/01-373)

Conference or Workshop Item

van Mesdag, S., MacDonald, J. , Neill, I. and Jump, A. (2022) Anthropogenic Biodiversity and Geodiversity - Can Legacy Industrial Waste Help Offset Falling Global Biodiversity? EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-1352)

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Grants

PI: EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account 2024: The geothermal potential of Inner Moray Firth granites: a community-grounded approach. £5000.

PI: NERC Isotope Facilities grant-in-kind, with Prof Rob Strachan (Portsmouth) and Nick Roberts and Dan Condon (British Geological Survey) 2024: What's in a Date? A systematic approach to improving the geological interpretation of zircon U-Pb studies. £66,675.

PI: NERC Isotope Facilities grant-in-kind, with Prof Javier Escuder Viruete (Instituto Geológico y Minero de España) and Prof Julie Prytulak (University of Durham) 2023: Testing a two-arc model of Caribbean Plate evolution using mantle source forensics. £19,950.

Co-I: Carnegie Trust 2023 and 2024 with Paul Eizenhofer and Antoniette Greta Grima on i) zircon dating and geochemistry with respect to landscape evolution in northern Asia and ii) geodynamic modelling of flat slab scenarios. £30,000.

Co-I: NERC, with University of Hull 2023-2024: Barcoding magmas: Applying machine learning in zircon geochemistry to increase provenance accuracy. £80,764.

Co-I: Oil and Gas Innovation Centre, with Getech 2018: Predicting the presence of weathered fractured granite basement reservoirs. £71,000.

Co-I: National Academy of Sciences of Armenia (foreign collaborator) for fieldwork in 2016 and 2017: Archaeovolcanological and achaeoseismological studies in Armenia applying 14C, Ar-Ar and 3He isotope age estimates. €2500.

PI: Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland Research Incentive Grant 2016: Fire and shaking in the South Caucasus: connecting geo-archaeology and hazards in Armenia. £7459.

PI: Geological Society of London Elspeth Matthews Fund 2016: Fire and Shaking in the South Caucasus: carbon dating Armenia's recent geological past. £1930.

Supervision

Current students:

Mmapula Phesodi, "The cratonic mantle beneath Botswana using kimberlite xenocrystic records as lithospheric probes: a comparative study", in revision, Eleanor Emory PhD scholarship.

Nathan Brammer, Revised stratigraphy of the Devonian of Kintyre, MSc by Research

Victor Hundeboll, Tectonomagmatic evolution of Kintyre, MSc by Research

Co-I, PhD: Sam Bright (Leicester, CENTA), Tong Chai (China Scholarship Council), Amanda Stubbs (IAPETUS)

Co-I, MSc by Research: Ciara Fallon, Kimberley Pentland

Available supervision:

PhD: State-funded PhD projects are available on topics of interest. Note any prospective student must arrange to have funds in place from a sponsor to cover tuition, living costs and the cost of research itself. Research costs should be a minimum of £10,000 for a PhD project.

MSc by Research: Self-funded MSc by Research projects are available to start each October (https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/geology/). I would like students to focus on fieldwork, petrography and geochronology on Scottish rocks, with a raft of ideas to suit different tastes available by discussion. The research component lasts for one year with a further year to hand in a thesis. The cost is 1 x year of tuition (can be covered by a state loan) plus a compulsory bench fee of at least £1000. The fee covers basic analytical expenses so any prospective student must be willing to cover field studies if included. We would work to augment a project beyond the basic premise if further funding is available.

  • Chai, Tong
    Economic eruptions: modelling the formation of MtAp deposits
  • Fallon, Ciara
    The Impact of Glacial Retreat on the Geomorphology of the Black Sea Region
  • MacRae, Careen
    The Geochronology of Plutonism Associated with the Great Glen Fault, Northern Scottish Highlands
  • Stubbs, Amanda Rebecca
    Investigating Natural Analogues for Carbon Dioxide Removal in Scottish Rock Formations: Insights for Scaling CDR Technologies
  • Swan, Shona
    2D modelling of shallow crustal magma chambers

PI, MSc by Research: Careen MacRae "The Geochronology of Plutonism
Associated with the Great Glen Fault, Northern Scottish Highlands", 2024. Destination: PhD research, Edinburgh. Chloe Gemmell "Timing and distribution of post-subduction magmatism in the Southern Uplands of Scotland: New insights from U-Pb zircon data of Caledonian igneous bodies", 2024: Destination: PhD research, Aberdeen. Euan McIntosh "Economic mineralisation of the Loch Maree Group and Tectonic Correlation of the Lewisianoid inliers of Scardroy and Orrin", 2021. Destination: Exploration Geologist, Western Gold. Eilidh Milne "The Great Glen Caledonian Igneous Suite", 2020. Destination: Ecological Consultancy, Highland Ecology and Development Ltd. (all Glasgow).

Co-I, PhD: Joshua Brown (Durham, IAPETUS), Jose del Angel Lozano (Glasgow), Savana van Mesdag (Glasgow, IAPETUS).

Co-I, MSc by Research: Ryan Mooney, Shona Swan, Andrew Hattie, Christopher Holdsworth (all Glasgow).

Teaching

Level 3 Geology BSc

  • Igneous and Metamorphic Geology
  • Geological Skills
  • Leader of day field courses
  • Leader of Northern Highlands Terrane residential field course

Level 4 Geology BSc

  • Independent Research Dissertation supervision (2015-)

Past

  • Level 1 Earth Science laboratories, minerals and resource geology
  • Level 2 Earth Science materials and igneous geology
  • Level 2 Arran residential field trip
  • Level 3 Tenerife residential field trip
  • Level 3 Oban, Mull, Ullapool, Fort William residential trips
  • Level 3 Igneous Geochemistry and Metamorphic geology
  • Level 4 Earth Science Independent Laboratory Research Projects
  • Level 3/4 Geological Synthesis and Application
  • Level 5 Analytical Methods
  • MSc Academic and Professional Skills
  • MSc Earth Futures: critical metals, Great Glen trip, research methods

Research datasets

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2024

Gemmell, C., Neill, I. , Wildman, M. , Spruzeniece, L. and MacRae, C. (2024) Timing and distribution of post-subduction magmatism in the Southern Uplands of Scotland: New insights from U-Pb zircon data of Caledonian igneous bodies in the Southern Uplands Terrane – Appendices B, C, D and E. [Data Collection]

MacRae, C., Neill, I. , Gemmell, C., Spruzeniece, L. and Wildman, M. (2024) The Geochronology of Plutonism Associated with the Great Glen Fault, Northern Scottish Highlands – Appendices B and D. [Data Collection]

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I am available for new collaborations and potentially consultancy work, particularly related to Scottish geology. Please contact by e-mail in the first instance.

Senior Adviser of Studies for Geology and Environmental Geoscience (2022)

Learning and Teaching Enhancement Officer for Geographical and Earth Sciences (2019-2023).

Co-ordinator for the Earth Systems Research Group MSc by Research degree in GES (2020-).

Co-ordinator for Honours Geology (2022-2023).

Careers and Further Education co-ordinator for Level 4-5 Geology and Environmental Geoscience (2019-).

Advisor of Studies in Geology or Environmental Geoscience (2016-).

Mental health first aid-trained (2016-).

Nominee for 'Best Thesis Supervisor' at the SRC Teaching Awards, 2017, for 'Best Feedback', 2018 and for 'Outstanding Contribution', 2022.

Associate Editor for Scottish Journal of Geology (2023-) and Results in Earth Sciences (2023-2025).

Member of the Editorial Board for Lithos (2016-).

NERC Exploring the Frontiers Panel (2023).

Overseas reviewer for the Government of Ireland scholarship and fellowship schemes (2021).

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=uNqMLsoAAAAJ&hl=en.

TV: Great Coastal Railway Journeys, Freemantle Media for the BBC, Season 1, Episode 17, Broadcast 15th February 2022 (Contributer).

Community Talks: NW Highlands Geopark Geoheritage Festival Talk Series: Geothermal potentials in the N of Scotland: https://vimeo.com/1047446268.

Written media: Atlas Obscura on the use of slate for the World stone skimming championships https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/stone-skimming-championship-spaceship-studies.


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