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Malaysia

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A specialist in using sediments to assess anthropogenic impacts on aquatic environments and reconstruct past climate.

Profile Summary

I am dedicated freelance Earth Scientist currently involved in projects at both the University of Southampton, UK, and School of Biological Science at the Universiti Sains Malaysia. My current projects and general research interest centre on the investigation of sediments to reconstruct climate change, paleoseismicity and anthropocentric impacts using geochemical, physical and organic proxies. I have previously worked with both marine and lacustrine sediments at leading institutes using a range of techniques including: scanning electron/ optical microscopy, geochemical analysis (XRF, EDS), pollen and chironomids analysis, and radionuclide, stable isotope and tephra based chronology.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Geochemistry
• ★ Sedimentology
• ★ Archaeology
• ☆ Marine Chemistry
• ☆ Pollen & Spores
• ☆ Microscopy
• ☆ Geography & Cartography
• ☆ Lakes/Limnology
• ☆ Oceanography & Marine Science
• ☆ Climate Science
• ☆ Environmental Science
• ☆ Water Pollution
• ☆ Environmental Remediation
• ☆ Environmental Chemistry
• ☆ Environmental History

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing, Copywriting, Newswriting

Research Market Research, Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization

Product Development Formulation

Work Experience

Visiting Scientist

University of Southampton

September 2020 - Present

Environmental Processes Technician

University of Southampton

May 2019 - August 2020

Postdoctoral researcher

Universidade de São Paulo

March 2019 - May 2019

Scientific officer

University of Portsmouth

September 2018 - March 2019

Teaching Assistant

National Oceanography Centre

September 2013 - September 2018

Curatorial assistant

Natural Environment Research Council

September 2017 - December 2017

Environmental monitoring assistant

SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK

April 2012 - November 2012

Education

PhD Earth and Ocean Science

University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre

November 2013 - November 2017

MSc Environmental Dynamics and Climate Change

Swansea University

September 2012 - October 2013

1st class BSc Honors Degree in Environmental studies with Industrial Placement

Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

September 2007 - June 2011

Certifications

• Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA)

  Cambridge Assessment

  https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/teaching-english/teaching-qualifications/celta/

  January 2021 - February 2021

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Fielding, J.J., Croudace, I.W., Kemp, A.E.S., Pearce, R.B., Cotterill, C.J., Langdon, P., Avery, R.(2020). Tracing lake pollution, eutrophication and partial recovery from the sediments of Windermere, UK, using geochemistry and sediment microfabrics . Science of the Total Environment. 722.

Avery, R.S., Kemp, A.E.S., Bull, J.M., Pearce, R.B., Vardy, M.E., Fielding, J.J., Cotterill, C.J.(2019). A new varve sequence from Windermere, UK, records rapid ice retreat prior to the Lateglacial Interstadial (GI-1) . Quaternary Science Reviews. 225.

Fielding, J.J., Kemp, A.E.S., Bull, J.M., Cotterill, C.J., Pearce, R.B., Avery, R.S., Langdon, P.G., Croudace, I.W.(2018). Palaeoseismology from microfabric and geochemical analysis of lacustrine sediments, windermere, UK . Journal of the Geological Society. 175. (6). p. 903-914.

Avery, R.S., Xuan, C., Kemp, A.E.S., Bull, J.M., Cotterill, C.J., Fielding, J.J., Pearce, R.B., Croudace, I.W.(2017). A new Holocene record of geomagnetic secular variation from Windermere, UK . Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 477. p. 108-122.