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Paula Reimer
BSc Msc PhD MRIA
Prof. Paula J. Reimer is the Director of the 14CHRONO Centre for Climate, the Environment, and Chronology in the School of Natural and Built Environment at Queen’s University Belfast. She leads the international radiocarbon calibration working group (IntCal) and is actively involved in research on carbon reservoir changes and carbon sources in sediment and soils. Paula is also interested in the use of stable isotopes in palaeodietary studies as a way of understanding radiocarbon reservoir effects on the accuracy of dating humans and animals subsisting on marine or freshwater resources.
Paula Reimer
BSc Msc PhD MRIA
Prof. Paula J. Reimer is the Director of the 14CHRONO Centre for Climate, the Environment, and Chronology in the School of Natural and Built Environment at Queen’s University Belfast. She leads the international radiocarbon calibration working group (IntCal) and is actively involved in research on carbon reservoir changes and carbon sources in sediment and soils. Paula is also interested in the use of stable isotopes in palaeodietary studies as a way of understanding radiocarbon reservoir effects on the accuracy of dating humans and animals subsisting on marine or freshwater resources.
Maarten Blaauw
BSc MSc PhD
Dr Maarten Blaauw is a Reader in the School of Natural and Built Environment and Deputy Director of 14CHRONO . He has a background in palaeoecology and previously held postdoctoral positions at Trinity College Dublin (Ireland), Mathematics Research Centre CIMAT (Mexico), Uppsala University (Sweden) and Queen’s University Belfast, becoming a lecturer there in 2010. Maarten’s main interests are in numerical palaeoecology and he has almost two decades of experience in age-depth modelling and the statistical/ecological interpretation of proxy archives.
Maarten Blaauw
BSc MSc PhD
Dr Maarten Blaauw is a Reader in the School of Natural and Built Environment and Deputy Director of 14CHRONO . He has a background in palaeoecology and previously held postdoctoral positions at Trinity College Dublin (Ireland), Mathematics Research Centre CIMAT (Mexico), Uppsala University (Sweden) and Queen’s University Belfast, becoming a lecturer there in 2010. Maarten’s main interests are in numerical palaeoecology and he has almost two decades of experience in age-depth modelling and the statistical/ecological interpretation of proxy archives.
Stephen Hoper
GRSC
Mr Stephen Hoper is a Senior Technician and Laboratory Manager in the 14CHRONO Centre. He has over 30 years’ experience in the radiocarbon laboratory at QUB and is the first point of contact for queries regarding sample submissions. Stephen has a chemistry background and oversees the sample pre-treatment and graphite production laboratory. He is responsible for the refinement of graphite production protocols and quality assurance within the laboratory.
Stephen Hoper
GRSC
Mr Stephen Hoper is a Senior Technician and Laboratory Manager in the 14CHRONO Centre. He has over 30 years’ experience in the radiocarbon laboratory at QUB and is the first point of contact for queries regarding sample submissions. Stephen has a chemistry background and oversees the sample pre-treatment and graphite production laboratory. He is responsible for the refinement of graphite production protocols and quality assurance within the laboratory.
Ron Reimer
BSc MSc MEng
Mr Ron Reimer is a Research Fellow in the School of Natural and Built Environment. In addition to managing the database and software for the 14CHRONO Centre AMS facility, he has been involved in construction of the IntCal radiocarbon calibration curves since 2001 and is responsible for designing and maintaining the Marine Radiocarbon Reservoir Correction database and the CALIB and CALIBomb software.
Ron Reimer
BSc MSc MEng
Mr Ron Reimer is a Research Fellow in the School of Natural and Built Environment. In addition to managing the database and software for the 14CHRONO Centre AMS facility, he has been involved in construction of the IntCal radiocarbon calibration curves since 2001 and is responsible for designing and maintaining the Marine Radiocarbon Reservoir Correction database and the CALIB and CALIBomb software.
Gerard Barrett
BSc MSc PhD
Dr Gerard Barrett is a Research Fellow in the School of Natural and Built Environment. He is responsible for the operation, optimization and maintenance of the accelerator mass spectrometer (NEC 0.5 MeV) at 14CHRONO. Gerard has a background in experimental and atomic physics and has completed a masters and doctorate in dating and chronology. Along with continual efforts to improve the accuracy and precision of the radiocarbon dates produced at 14CHRONO, he also conducts research into dating methods for anthropogenic materials such as mortars and ceramics. He also has a keen interest in early fired clay ceramics, the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Europe, and the use and interpretation of radiocarbon dates in chronology building.
Gerard Barrett
BSc MSc PhD
Dr Gerard Barrett is a Research Fellow in the School of Natural and Built Environment. He is responsible for the operation, optimization and maintenance of the accelerator mass spectrometer (NEC 0.5 MeV) at 14CHRONO. Gerard has a background in experimental and atomic physics and has completed a masters and doctorate in dating and chronology. Along with continual efforts to improve the accuracy and precision of the radiocarbon dates produced at 14CHRONO, he also conducts research into dating methods for anthropogenic materials such as mortars and ceramics. He also has a keen interest in early fired clay ceramics, the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Europe, and the use and interpretation of radiocarbon dates in chronology building.
Evelyn Keaveney
BA MSc PhD MRSB
Dr Evelyn Keaveney is a Research Fellow at in the School of Natural and Built Environment. She completed her PhD investigating freshwater reservoir offsets in 2010 and since then has been carrying out original research involving the novel use of radiocarbon as a biomarker to analyse carbon pathways in freshwater lakes. She is interested in carbon cycles, climate change and the impact of human activity on lakes and rivers. She has recently been instrumental in the construction of a Ramped Pyrolysis Combustion facility in the 14CHRONO Centre and will be using it to partition carbon sources and refine the chronologies of bulk sediment/soil/peat samples and sequences.
Evelyn Keaveney
BA MSc PhD MRSB
Dr Evelyn Keaveney is a Research Fellow at in the School of Natural and Built Environment. She completed her PhD investigating freshwater reservoir offsets in 2010 and since then has been carrying out original research involving the novel use of radiocarbon as a biomarker to analyse carbon pathways in freshwater lakes. She is interested in carbon cycles, climate change and the impact of human activity on lakes and rivers. She has recently been instrumental in the construction of a Ramped Pyrolysis Combustion facility in the 14CHRONO Centre and will be using it to partition carbon sources and refine the chronologies of bulk sediment/soil/peat samples and sequences.
Kerry Allen
BSc PGCert
Kerry has been a Research Assistant at 14CHRONO since 2017 and is responsible for running the accelerator mass spectrometer alongside Dr Gerard Barrett. She is interested in 14C and C:N stable isotopes in marine molluscs both as indicators of anthropogenic input and for their viability as dating resources. Kerry was previously a Research Technician for 14Chrono, where she was involved in the operation and maintenance of the zinc reduction and hydrogen reduction graphite lines.
Kerry Allen
BSc PGCert
Kerry has been a Research Assistant at 14CHRONO since 2017 and is responsible for running the accelerator mass spectrometer alongside Dr Gerard Barrett. She is interested in 14C and C:N stable isotopes in marine molluscs both as indicators of anthropogenic input and for their viability as dating resources. Kerry was previously a Research Technician for 14Chrono, where she was involved in the operation and maintenance of the zinc reduction and hydrogen reduction graphite lines.
Michelle Thompson
Michelle has been a Technician in the radiocarbon laboratory since 1993. Prior to the commissioning of the accelerator mass spectrometer, she was responsible for the operation of the liquid scintillation counters. She has also been involved in large-scale research projects providing dates and data analysis. Since 2009, Michelle has been responsible for the operation and maintenance of the isotope ratio mass spectrometer (EA-IRMS) and 14CHRONO’s carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis.
Michelle Thompson
Michelle has been a Technician in the radiocarbon laboratory since 1993. Prior to the commissioning of the accelerator mass spectrometer, she was responsible for the operation of the liquid scintillation counters. She has also been involved in large-scale research projects providing dates and data analysis. Since 2009, Michelle has been responsible for the operation and maintenance of the isotope ratio mass spectrometer (EA-IRMS) and 14CHRONO’s carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis.
Jim McDonald
Jim has been a Technician in the radiocarbon laboratory since 1991, initially working with the benzene lines for liquid scintillation counting. He is responsible for sample pretreatments and separations on the zinc reduction graphite line and has been active in the selection of samples for major radiocarbon dating projects, including the FRAGSUS project.
Jim McDonald
Jim has been a Technician in the radiocarbon laboratory since 1991, initially working with the benzene lines for liquid scintillation counting. He is responsible for sample pretreatments and separations on the zinc reduction graphite line and has been active in the selection of samples for major radiocarbon dating projects, including the FRAGSUS project.
Julia Simpson
GRSC
Julia has been a Technician at QUB since 1993 and has been with 14CHRONO since 2011. She is responsible for the hydrogen reduction graphite line and FTIR analysis of cremated bone. Previously, Julia worked in the Geography department where she was responsible for the application of characterisation analysis equipment in geology and sedimentology research projects.
Julia Simpson
GRSC
Julia has been a Technician at QUB since 1993 and has been with 14CHRONO since 2011. She is responsible for the hydrogen reduction graphite line and FTIR analysis of cremated bone. Previously, Julia worked in the Geography department where she was responsible for the application of characterisation analysis equipment in geology and sedimentology research projects.
Niamh O’Neill-Munro
BSc MSc
Niamh has been a Technician in the radiocarbon laboratory at 14CHRONO since 2017. She has a background in geography and quaternary science and is responsible for sample pre-treatments and separations on the zinc reduction graphite line. Niamh has been involved in the Deep Challa project, developing pre-treatment methods for complex issues in sediment dating.
Niamh O’Neill-Munro
BSc MSc
Niamh has been a Technician in the radiocarbon laboratory at 14CHRONO since 2017. She has a background in geography and quaternary science and is responsible for sample pre-treatments and separations on the zinc reduction graphite line. Niamh has been involved in the Deep Challa project, developing pre-treatment methods for complex issues in sediment dating.
Svetlana Svyatko
MSc PhD
Dr Svetlana Svyatko is a bioarchaeologist who specializes in palaeodietary analysis as well as chronology. She received an MSc (Hons) in History (Department of History, Saint-Petersburg State University) in 2005, before coming to Queen’s University Belfast where she completed her PhD in Bioarchaeology in the School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology in 2009. She was a postdoctoral research fellow in the 14CHRONO Centre from 2010 to 2018 and is currently a postdoctoral research fellow on a Leverhulme Trust Research Grant “Migration or adaption: Emergence and development of nomadism in the Altai” 2020-2023. She has published numerous papers in both English and Russian.
Svetlana Svyatko
MSc PhD
Dr Svetlana Svyatko is a bioarchaeologist who specializes in palaeodietary analysis as well as chronology. She received an MSc (Hons) in History (Department of History, Saint-Petersburg State University) in 2005, before coming to Queen’s University Belfast where she completed her PhD in Bioarchaeology in the School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology in 2009. She was a postdoctoral research fellow in the 14CHRONO Centre from 2010 to 2018 and is currently a postdoctoral research fellow on a Leverhulme Trust Research Grant “Migration or adaption: Emergence and development of nomadism in the Altai” 2020-2023. She has published numerous papers in both English and Russian.
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The Centre provides radiocarbon (14C) dates and stable isotope analysis as well as statistical chronological...