Staff
Oscar Kennedy-Blundell
Lecturer in Physical Geography
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Amory
Amory Building, University of Exeter, Rennes Drive, Exeter, EX4 4RJ , UK
Office hours: Amory C364A (for now…) 10:30 - 11:30 Wednesday 13:30 - 14:30 Thursday
Overview
Qualifications
- 2016 – 2020 University of Manchester
PhD Physical Geography. Viva passed with minor corrections (Aii), PhD award confirmed 2021. Pyrogenic carbon characteristics and short-term degradation trends in UK peatland catchments.
- 2013 – 2014 University of Manchester:
MSc Environmental Monitoring Modelling and Reconstruction. Final mark: Distinction (70) with a ‘highly commended’ dissertation (80). Post fire charcoal degradation in UK upland environments.
- 2011 – 2013 University of Manchester:
BSc (Hons) Geography. Final mark: 2.1 (66). Mid-Holocene Lake District landscape instability and vegetation change, Keskadale
- 2008 – 2010 Shrewsbury Sixth Form College
- 2003 – 2008 Belvidere School
Research
Research interests
carbon cycling, peatlands, pyrogenic carbon/biochar, wildfires/prescribed burning
Research projects
Publications
- Elliott, J., Ritson, J., Reed, M. and Kennedy-Blundell, O., 2022. The opportunities of agri-carbon markets: policy and practice. In Green Alliance and WWF.
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Ritson, J.P., Kennedy-Blundell, O., Croft, J., Templeton, M.R., Hawkins, C.E, Clark, J.M., Evans, M.G., Brazier, R.E., Smith, D, Graham, N.J.D., 2022. High frequency UV-Vis sensors estimate error in riverine dissolved organic carbon load estimates from grab sampling. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment.
Planned submissions
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Kennedy-Blundell, O., Clay, G.D., Shuttleworth, E.L. and Rothwell, J. Pyrogenic Carbon undergoes degradation and stabilisation in UK peatlands. International Journal of Wildland Fire.
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Kennedy-Blundell, O., Clay, G.D. and Bishop, T. Chemometric analysis of laboratory and field derived pyrogenic carbon. Intended for submission to Frontiers in Earth Science.
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‘Characteristics of pyrogenic carbon from peatland vegetation fires differ across burn severities’ Kennedy-Blundell, O., Clay, G.D., Shuttleworth, E.L. and Rothwell, J. Intended for submission to Frontiers in Earth Science.
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‘Fresh peatland pyrogenic carbon undergoes rapid fluvial transformations’ Kennedy-Blundell, O., Clay, G.D., Shuttleworth, E.L. and Rothwell, J. Intended for submission to Journal of Hydrology.