Researcher

Dr Zoe Thomas

My Expertise

Palaeoclimate, abrupt climate change, tipping points, westerly winds, radiocarbon

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Biography

I am an ARC DECRA Research Fellow based at the University of New South Wales, Australia. I have broad research interests in palaeoclimate and contemporary/future climates. My current work involves the understanding of tipping points and positive feedbacks within the Earth System, and determining the timing, teleconnections, and impacts of past atmospheric circulation change. I have extensive fieldwork experience in the southern mid- to...view more

I am an ARC DECRA Research Fellow based at the University of New South Wales, Australia. I have broad research interests in palaeoclimate and contemporary/future climates. My current work involves the understanding of tipping points and positive feedbacks within the Earth System, and determining the timing, teleconnections, and impacts of past atmospheric circulation change. I have extensive fieldwork experience in the southern mid- to high-latitudes and use a range of laboratory-based techniques to understand the operation of the Earth System during periods of past change.

I am Associate Director of the Chronos 14Carbon-Cycle Facility at UNSW, housing the first Mini Carbon Dating System (MICADAS) Accelerator Mass Spectrometer in the Southern Hemisphere, which automates the high-precision measurement of radiocarbon. 


My Grants

Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA): $426,715. Project title: Investigating the synchroneity of global atmospheric shifts in the Holocene.


My Qualifications

PhD, University of Exeter, United Kingdom, Sep 2010 - Aug 2014

BA (Hons.), University of Oxford, United Kingdom, Sep 2007 - Jun 2010


My Research Supervision


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My Teaching

Environmental Change - GEOS3761

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Location

Room 539
Hilmer Building
UNSW, Kensington, 2052

Videos

Drone flying over the New Zealand sub-Antarctics
New Zealand Subantarctic Islands Expedition of 2014
Drone flying over the New Zealand subantarctics
New Zealand Subantarctic Islands Expedition of 2014