Dr Mark Grosvenor
Research Technician
Profile
Mark is currently working in the wildFIRE Lab within the Earth System Science Research Group where he splits his time between managing the lab, and undertaking research on the ERC funded ECOFLAM Project.
Mark’s background is in palaeoenvironmental studies, in particular the identification of human impact upon past landscapes. During his PhD within Geography at the University of Exeter, he focussed on the analysis of pollen and charcoal preserved in lake sediments to identify changes to the vegetation structure of the English Lake District during the Mesolithic and Neolithic.
Mark has a wide range of laboratory and fieldwork skills. His field experience has ranged from lake sediment coring in China, to controlled forest fires in the USA. In the laboratory, Mark has a very broad range of skills including flammability testing of natural fuels, acid-processing of rock/sediment samples, microscopic analysis.
Broad research interests
- Reconstructing past environments
- Human impact on the landscape
- Palaeoclimate
- Flammability of plants and wildfires
Qualifications
2009-2014
PhD (Physical Geography), University of Exeter
Mid-Holocene landscape change and human impact in Cumbria
Funded by University of Exeter and Sir John Fisher Foundation (supervisors: Richard T Jones, Dan J Charman, Chris S M Turney)
2009
BSc (Hons) Geography, University of Exeter
Quaternary Research Association Undergraduate Dissertation Prize winner
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Contact details
| Internal tel | 5324 |
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| Tel | +44 (0) 1392 725324 |
| Address | Hatherly Building University of Exeter Prince of Wales Road Exeter EX4 4PS UK |
| Office | Room 440 (Laver)/ B6 (Hatherly |
