Dr Ian Saunders

BSc Hons in Environmental Earth Science, PhD in Geochemistry

Dr Ian Saunders

Senior Laboratory Technician

Department of Geography and Earth Sciences

Contact Details

Ian came to Aberystwyth University as a mature student in 2008. After attaining a First Class BSc Honours Degree in Environmental Earth Science he completed a PhD research project entitled "Isotopic fractionation of Ni during the Mond vapometallurgical refining process: Implications for Ni contamination source investigations in the Lower Swansea Valley, South Wales".

Responsibilities

Teaching Laboratory Technician in the DGES laboratories

Research interests include stable isotope geochemistry, environmental monitoring and contamination remediation.

Lithological and geochemical characterization of ‘adinole’ artefacts from cave deposits in southwest Wales: A material of choice during the late Middle to Upper Palaeolithic. / Bevins, Richard; Walker, Elizabeth A.; Pearce, Nick et al.
In: Quaternary Environments and Humans, Vol. 3, No. 1, 100058, 01.03.2025.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

The enigmatic ‘Newall boulder’ excavated at Stonehenge in 1924: New data and correcting the record. / Bevins, Richard; Pearce, Nick; Ixer, Robert et al.
In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Vol. 66, 105303, 31.10.2025.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Soil properties across a hydrological gradient in saladas from northeast Spain: What are the implications for soil carbon stocks, CO2 efflux and microbial communities in a warming world? / Thomas, Andrew; Tooth, Stephen; Lan, Shubin et al.
In: Wetlands Ecology and Management, Vol. 30, No. 4, 01.08.2022, p. 715-735.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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