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Dr Fiona Gill

  • Position: Lecturer in Palaeontology and Geochemistry
  • Areas of expertise: organic geochemistry; palaeontology; coprolites; hydrocarbon seeps
  • Email: F.Gill@leeds.ac.uk
  • Phone: +44(0)113 343 5225
  • Location: 9.128 School of Earth and Environment

Responsibilities

  • Deputy postgraduate research tutor for wellbeing
  • Women@Leeds Network co-chair

Research interests

My research interests lie at the boundary between geochemistry and palaeontology. I am interested in using geochemistry to understand the ecology of extinct animals, particularly those thought to have lived in symbiosis with distinctive microbial populations. My work on this area has two main strands: 1) chemosymbiosis in hydrocarbon seep communities and 2) diet, digestive processes and methane emmissions in herbivores.  

<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Some research projects I'm currently working on, or have worked on, will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>

Qualifications

  • PhD in Palaeontology, University of Leeds,
  • MSc Palynology, University of Sheffield
  • BSc Environmental Geology, University of Sheffield

Research groups and institutes

  • Earth Surface Science Institute
  • Palaeo@Leeds
<h4>Postgraduate research opportunities</h4> <p>We welcome enquiries from motivated and qualified applicants from all around the world who are interested in PhD study. Our <a href="https://phd.leeds.ac.uk">research opportunities</a> allow you to search for projects and scholarships.</p>