It has long been a tradition in the Society to publish a brief report, on visits to conferences or fieldwork projects, by those supported by the Society’s Bursary Scheme.
Reports from 2017; 2016; 2015; 2014; 2013 ; 2012; 2011; 2010; 2009: 2008: 2007
2018
Beauregard Marsh
VI International Rhodolith Workshop 2018
Stefan Farsang
IMA 2018, Melbourne, Australia
2017
Marcus Duffy
Effect of Igneous intrusions on the Petroleum system
Matt Gleeson
Field sampling of magmatic cumulates found on Floreana Island, Galápagos
Binoy Sarkar
16th International Clay Conference ‘Clays from the Oceans to Space‘, Granada, Spain
(Awarded by the Clay Minerals Group)
Blaise Winnard
Clay Conference, Davos, Switzerland
(Awarded by the Clay Minerals Group)
Eliana Satiko Mano
16th International Clay Conference
(Awarded by the Clay Minerals Group)
Alastair Marsh
16th International Clay Conference
(Awarded by the Clay Minerals Group)
Nia Gray
16th International Clay Conference
(Awarded by the Clay Minerals Group)
Simon Kemp
16th International Clay Conference
(Awarded by the Clay Minerals Group)
Lisa Hart
SGA 2017 post-conference field
(Awarded by the Applied Mineralogy Group)
Jessica Hamilton
Goldschmidt Conference, Paris
(Awarded by the Applied Mineralogy Group)
Zoë Matthews
Field work in Geghama Volcanic Highland, Central Armenia
2016
Eleri Clarke
Fieldwork in Zermatt, Switzerland
Ruhaida Rusmin
Asian Clay Conference 2016, Guanghzhou, China
Bhabananda Biswas
Asian Clay Conference 2016, Guanghzhou, China
Hugh Rollinson
35th International Geological Congress, Capetown, South Africa
Anna Bidgood
Fieldwork in Ladakh, India
William Smith
Fieldwork in the Cornubian Orefield
Ellen Winstanley
9th International Conference on Nuclear and Radiochemistry – NRC9 in Helsinki, Finland
Thomas Neill
9th International Conference on Nuclear and Radiochemistry – NRC9 in Helsinki, Finland
Hannah Roberts
9th International Conference on Nuclear and Radiochemistry – NRC9 in Helsinki, Finland
Graham Kenyon
9th International Conference on Nuclear and Radiochemistry – NRC9 in Helsinki, Finland
Rosemary Hibberd
Goldschmidt, Yokohama
Matthew Grimshaw
Research Visit to CSIRO, Australia
Laura Newsome
Goldschmidt, Yokohama
Sarah Newport
AAPG, Calgary, Canada
Awarded by the Clay Minerals Group
Paulina Maziarz
Mid-European Clay Conference
Awarded by the Clay Minerals Group
Benjamin Jost
Fieldwork in Scotland
Isadora Henrichs
Metamorphic Studies Group, RiP meeting, Leeds 2016
Awarded by the Metamorphic Studies Group
Alice Macente (Edinburgh University)
EGU 2016
George Guice (University of Cardiff)
NAC+ 2016, Scotland
2015
Daniel Backhouse (Sheffield University)
Goldschmidt 2015, Prague
Colleen Mann (Sheffield University)
Goldschmidt 2015, Prague
Yang Li (Durham University)
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD
Joe Emmings (Univ. Leicester)
British Sedimentological Research Group (BSRG) 54th Annual General Meeting
Awarded by the Clay Minerals Group
Pieter Bots (Univ. Manchester)
Goldschmidt 2015, Prague
Martin Mangler (NHM, London)
IAVCEI General Assembly 2015, Prague,
Andy Nowacki (Leeds Univ.)
GeoBerlin 2015
Anna Bidgood (Univ. Oxford)
EGU 2015
Awarded by the Metamorphic Studies Group
Sebastian Fischer (St. Andrews University, UK)
Granites and Granulites conference, Windhoek, Namibia
Awarded by the Metamorphic Studies Group
Luke Hepworth (Keele University, UK)
Goldschmidt 2015
Tom Underwood (Durham University, UK)
Euroclay 2015, Edinburgh
Awarded by the Clay Minerals Group
Ayodele Oyedeji (University of Wolverhampton, UK)
Euroclay 2015, Edinburgh
Awarded by the European Clay Groups Association via the Clay Minerals Group
Argha Chakraborty (University of South Australia)
Euroclay 2015, Edinburgh
Awarded by the Clay Minerals Group
Binoy Sarkar (University of South Australia)
Euroclay 2015, Edinburgh
Awarded by the Clay Minerals Group
Angela Dumas (GET- Universite Paul Sabatier, France)
Euroclay 2015, Edinburgh
Awarded by the Clay Minerals Group
Bhabananda Biswas (University of South Australia)
Euroclay 2015, Edinburgh
Awarded by the Clay Minerals Group
Akinade Shadrach Olatunji (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)
Euroclay 2015, Edinburgh
Awarded by the Clay Minerals Group
Mara Cesarano (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy)
Euroclay 2015, Edinburgh
Awarded by the European Clay Groups Association
Elena Kuznetzova (Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway)
Euroclay 2015, Edinburgh
Awarded by the European Clay Groups Association
Romain Guilbaud (Cambridge University, UK)
Research visit to ANU, Canberra
2014
Leo Newport (Durham University)
BSRG Annual General Meeting, Nottingham, UK
Awarded by the Clay Minerals Group
Simon Martin (Liverpool University)
Fieldwork on the Isle of Skye
Adam Jeffery (Keele University)
International Workshop on Volcanic Geology (Madeira)
Munira Raji (Durham University)
AAPG 2014
Awarded by the Clay Minerals Group
Giovanni Pesce (University of Bath)
International Symposium on Archaeometry (ISA 2014)
Charlotte McLean (University of Glasgow)
Fieldwork in Iceland
Laura Newsome (University of Manchester)
Goldschmidt 2014
Madeleine Berg (University of Edinburgh)
Lab visit, Paris
Luke Faggetter (University of Leeds)
Fieldwork in NW Scotland
Adrian Band (University of Leicester)
European Geoscience Union conference
Emma Versteegh (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
European Geoscience Union conference
2013
Jacqueline Ratner (University of Oxford)
Field trip to assess volcanic hazards associated with volcanic lake Laguna Cuicocha in Ecuador
Cees-Jan de Hoog (University of Edinburgh)
Workshop for Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry, Potsdam, Germany
O. Shorttle (Cambridge University)
Fieldwork in Iceland
J. Huggett (Petroclays)
CMS 50th Annual Meeting, Champaign, IL
Awarded by the Clay Minerals Group.
D. Neave (Cambridge University)
IAVCEI Conference, Kagoshima
L. Jepson (University of Manchster)
Goldschmidt Conference
E. Hart (Portsmouth University)
Goldschmidt, Florence
R. Gertisser (Keele University)
IAVCEI Conference, Kagoshima
S. Hughes (Open University)
IAVCEI Conference, Kagoshima
J. Garforth (Nottingham University)
12th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements
L. Cramer (Open University)
Basalt 2013: Cenozoic Magmatism in Central Europe
R. Palin (Oxford University)
‘High-grade metamorphism and the generation and differentiation of Earth’s crust’ short course, University of Mainz
Awarded by the Metamorphic Studies Group
J.C. Schumacher (University of Bristol)
GSA meeting, Northeast Section
Vinod Kumar Vishwapathi (University of Central Lancashire)
Nia Blackwell (Aberystwyth University)
Iron Biogeochemistry – from Molecular Processes to Global Cycles
2012
Richard Bevins (Museum of Wales)
GAC-MAC 2012
Diana Brookshaw (University of Manchester)
Goldschmidt 2012
Jo-Anne Wartho (University of Arizona)
75th Meteoritical Society Conference, Cairns, Australia
Robert Macdonald (Bangor University), awarded by the Clay Minerals Group
BSRG Annual Meeting, Dublin
Sven Koenitzer (University of Leicester), awarded by the Clay Minerals Group
BSRG Annual Meeting, Dublin
Cees-Jan De Hoog (University of Edinburgh)
Collaborative visit to the University of Ottawa and travel to the EMC-2012 meeting in Frankfurt
Janet Sherwin (University of Leicester), awarded by the Clay Minerals Group
BSRG Annual Meeting, Dublin
O. Weller (Oxford University), awarded by the Metamorphic Studies Group
EMC-2012 meeting, Frankfurt
R. Palin (Oxford University), awarded by the Metamorphic Studies Group
EMC-2012 meeting, Frankfurt
Feargus Abernethy (Open University)
Meteoritical Society meeting, Cairns, Australia
Phil Leat (British Antarctic Survey)
Comparison of silicic volcanoes in the Izu-Bonin and South Sandwich arcs
Nick Pearce (Aberystwyth University)
Fieldwork in Washington State, USA
Tim Marshall (Leeds University)
Goldschmidt Conference, Montreal
Richard Taylor (University of St. Andrews and Diamond Light Source, UK), awarded by the Mineral Physics Group
Goldschmidt Conference, Montreal
Rochelle Taylor (University of Manchester, UK)
‘Rock deformation from field studies, experiments and theory’: a meeting in honour of the work of Prof. E.H. Rutter
O. Weller (Oxford University, UK)
SHRIMP dating, Geological Survey of Canada
J. Barnes (Open University, UK)
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Houston, Texas
A. Forbes (Open University, UK)
EGU, Vienna
K.H. McDermott (Open University, UK)
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Houston, Texas
2011
E.S. Jennings, awarded by the Metamorphic Studies Group
Goldschmidt Meeting, Prague, August 2011
Lizzie Derbyshire (Keele University), awarded by the Metamorphic Studies Group
Mineral Deposits Studies Group Annual Meeting, January 2012
Alexandra Quas-Cohen (University of Manchester), awarded by the Metamorphic Studies Group
International Eclogite Conference, Prague
Mike Brown (University of Maryland)
International Eclogite Conference, Prague
Lizzie Derbyshire (Keele University)
Fieldwork in the Lizard Complex, Cornwall, UK
Liam Bullock (Keele University)
Fieldwork in the Aeolian Arc, Italy
Rachael Ellen (University of Glasgow)
EGU, Vienna
Katy Preece (University of East Anglia)
IUGG meeting, Brisbane
Lucy Greenwood (Open University)
26th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop
John Wheeler (Liverpool University)
Goldschmidt 2011
2010
Wafa Al Lawati (University of Manchester)
The Third International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment Taiwan, May 2010
Andreas Enggist (University of Alberta)
Goldschmidt Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee
Melanie Sapsford (Durham University)
Goldschmidt Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee
Clare Torney (University of Glasgow)
International Palaeontological Congress
Tom Sizmur (University of Reading)
20th Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Europe Annual Meeting
James Byrne (University of Manchester)
Advanced Light Source, Berkeley, USA, 23rd June – 3rd July
N. Jordan (University of Leicester)
Evolution of a strongly peralkaline caldera volcano: chemical and eruptive history of Pantelleria, South of Sicily
R.W. Tarff (Birkbeck University of London)
Field season on Cova de Paúl Volcano, Santa Antao, The Cape Verde Islands
Alan Woolley
International Mineralogical Association (Budapest)
Ralf Gertisser (Keele University)
6th Cities on Volcanoes Conference, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Maggie Cusack (University of Glasgow)
IMA, 2010
Kathryn Goodenough
Colloquium on African Geology
2009
Brian O’Driscoll (Keele University)
Fieldwork in the Shetland Isles, UK
Hugh Rollinson, (University of Derby)
International discussion meeting on Continental Geology and Tectonics, Xi’an China, September 2009
Pieter Bots (University of Leeds)
Goldschmidt 2009
James Darling (University of Bristol)
2009 Joint Assembly – The Meeting of The Americas, Toronto, 2009
Susan Lawther (University of Glasgow)
EGU meeting, Vienna, 2009
Catherine Breheny (NUI, Galway)
Research visit to Camborne School of Mines, 2009
Laura Duthie (University of Glasgow)
EGU meeting, Vienna, 2009
2008
Paul Dalbeck (University of Glasgow)
Gordon Research Conference on Biomineralization 2008
Hilary Downes (Birkbeck College, London)
Field work in Cape Verdes
Sally Gibson (University of Cambridge)
Fieldwork in the Galapagos Islands
Andrew Kerr (University of Cardiff)
Fall AGU, December 2008
John Schumacher (University of Bristol)
Geology of the Aegean 2008
Matthew De Paoli (University of Sydney)
IGC fieldtrip 2008
Eleanor Donoghue (Trinity College Dublin)
IAVCEI 2008
Ben Ellis
IAVCEI 2008
Liliana Ferreira Goncalves (University of Cambridge)
Fall 2007 AGU
Judith Kelly (Birkbeck College, London)
Field work in Cape Verdes
Matthew Minifie
Goldschmidt 2008
Aldo Ramos Rosique (University of Kingston)
Research at the ANU LA-ICP-MS facility
Katharine Saunders (University of Wellington)
Goldschmidt 2008
Rebecca Williams (University of Leicester)
IAVCEI 2008
2007
Alberto Pérez-Huerta (University of Glasgow)
Poster presented at Frontiers in Mineral Sciences 2007
Ping Luo (University of Nottingham)
Talk presented at the 3rd International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology 2007
Rob Hough (CSIRO Exploration and Mining)
Present talks and posters at the Frontiers in Mineral Sciences 2007 and at the IAGS meeting in Oviedo, Spain
Victoria Vry (Imperial College, London)
Talk presented at SGA 2007, held in Dublin: ‘Microanalysis of ore forming fluids at El Teniente, Chile‘
Ralf Gertisser (Keele University)
Report from fieldwork at Merapi Volcano, Indonesia
Hong Phuc Vu (Leeds University)
Report from Frontiers in Mineral Sciences 2007 meeting, Cambridge
Professor Stephen Self (Open University)
Report on attendance at a workshop in Arizona on Explosive Volcanism
Sally Morgan (Leeds University)
Report from the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2007 – Vienna, Austria.
Charlotte Vye (Open University)
Report on a field season to the Columbia River Basalt Province, USA.
Mark Pearce (University of Liverpool)
Report from the Gordon Research Conference: Rock Deformation 3-8 September 2006
Michael Mawby (University of Durham)
Report on field season to the Gobobseb Mountains of Namibia