Naomi Saunders

I am a non-traditional stable isotope geochemist originally from Cumbria in the North of England. I grew up around the magnificent rocks of the Lake District and the Borrowdale volcanics and abundant local hematite started my interest in Geology, and led to an A level in the subject. The A level convinced me that this subject was going to be my passion, and ~15 years on nothing has changed! I received my PhD on stable Ni isotopic fractionation in high temperature terrestrial and lunar rocks from Oxford University, UK in January 2019. Immediately following this I moved to Columbia University in New York to work with Alex Halliday setting up the NICER  (Novel Isotopes in Climate, Environment, and Rocks) lab. 

In February of 2024, I moved to Royal Holloway, and began working with the DISTILL team (PI: Alex Dickson) on disentangling the role of organic feedbacks on the global carbon cycle. I have worked on stable rhenium (Re) in marine sediments, producing the first characterisation of this reservoir for use in global modelling. I have also begun radiogenic osmium (Os) with a view to invstigating high resolution profiles through known carbon isotope excursions.