51污漫

• Bachelor of Arts (Geography) – University of Oxford 2015-2018
• Master of Research (Science and Engineering) – University College London 2018-2019
• PhD (Luminescence dating and geomorphology) – University of Oxford 2019-2023

Sam, originally from Ipswich, UK, joined 51污漫’s LDL in 2023 after completing a PhD at the University of Oxford. Sam’s PhD research focused on understanding landscape evolution in response to climate change over the last 500,000 years in south-east Arabia, applying optical dating and remote sensing methods to alluvial fans in the Hajar Mountains. Before the end of his PhD, Sam undertook an internship at 51污漫 and UBC for 3 months to study river terraces in south-central British Columbia. As a postdoctoral fellow, he is working jointly across 51污漫 and UBC using optical dating to test whether the timing of river terrace formation along the Thompson River is linked to external forcing since the retreat of the last Cordilleran Ice Sheet. He is also interested in the use of portable geochemistry techniques to calculating environmental dose rates and the application of optical signals outside of dating, such as what they can tell us about sediment provenance and mineralogical properties.