The Team

Dr Jon Telling

  • Primary Supervisor
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  • Telephone: +44 (191) 208 7893
  • Jon is a geochemist/geomicrobiologist with research interests in the cryosphere, geomicrobiology, and planetary science

Background

After graduating as a geologist (Durham University), I completed an M.Sc. in Geochemistry (University of Leeds) followed by a Ph.D. on the geomicrobiology of metal deposits in the deep ocean (University of Bristol). This was followed by a postdoctoral position at the University of Toronto (affiliated to the NASA Astrobiology Initiative) examining sources of gases in ancient fluids trapped within Canadian Precambrian Shield rocks. I then returned to the UK to join the Bristol Glaciology Centre (University of Bristol), where I carried out research in Greenland, Antarctica, and Svalbard on how life on and below glaciers and ice sheets impact local and regional biogeochemical cycles. Following a temporary lectureship at the University of Bristol in 2015, I started my current position as Lecturer in Geochemistry/Geomicrobiology at Newcastle University in August 2016.

Memberships

Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society

Member of American Geophysical Union

Member of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain

Member of the Astrobiology Society of Britain

 

Links

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jon_Telling

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=T6E8YAUAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8180-0979