Staff
Dr.
Eleanor Nelson
Building
C,
Room
324 (Büro)
Telegrafenberg
14473
Potsdam
Function and Responsibilities:
Postdoctoral researcher on the CONTINENTAL project
Research Interests:
- Quaternary geochronology - amino acid geochronology, varve chronology, biostratigraphy
- High-resolution palaeoenvironmental records
- Temporal and spatial variability in past climate dynamics
- Analytical geochemistry techniques (IRMS, RP-HPLC and RP-UPLC)
- Human responses to past changes in climate
Career:
2026 – present (full time): Researcher (Postdoc) Continental project, GFZ, Potsdam
2024 – 2026 (full time, 19 months): Research associate (Postdoc) Seachange project, University of York, York
Education:
2021 - 2025: PhD Chemistry, University of York, York
Thesis title "Building an amino acid geochronology for Quaternary Europe". Supervisors, Prof. Kirsty Penkman.
2020 - 2021: MSc Climate Change Science and Policy, University of Bristol, Bristol
2011 - 2015: MSci Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol