2020 (Jan): Tenerife soil sampling and instrumentation for 3-OH-FA proxy development (PI).
2019 (Jan): NSF funded campaign (PIs: Dr Kathleen Johnson – UC Irvine; Dr Mick Griffiths – William Patterson University) to survey and sample cave and karst systems in Vietnam and Laos (Co-I).
2018 (July to August): Leading a team of 5 workers collecting soil and lake samples for 3-OH-FA proxy development, USA (PI).
2017 (Nov) Tenerife soil sampling for 3-OH-FA proxy development (PI).
2015 (April – June) Organic Geochemist on IODP Expedition 355 Arabian Sea Monsoon and lead coordinator of post-cruise organic geochemical analysis.
2013 Coring and biogeochemical measurements on lakes in Hokkaido, Japan (PI).
2012 Bi-weekly sediment trap and water column sampling of marine Loch Sunart, NW Scotland (PI).
2011 Coring and biogeochemical measurements on lakes in Hokkaido, Japan (PI).
2011 Weekly water column sampling, coring, Loch Sunart, NW Scotland.
2010 (October) Collecting short cores, surface sediments and vegetation from lakes in central China.
2010 (Jan – March) Organic Geochemist on IODP Expedition 318 Wilkes Land, Antarctica and lead coordinator of post-cruise organic geochemical analysis.
2009 (July) Leading four people, to core Lake Toyoni, Japan (PI).
2008 (August) RRS James Clark Ross Chasing the Ice cruise to Svalbard and the Arctic (PSO Prof. Ray Leakey). Collecting particulate organic matter, mega cores and sea ice cores.
2008 (June) Leading a team of 5 workers using small boats to collect short sediment cores/grabs and water samples from eight lakes in Hokkaido, Japan (PI).
2007 Participated in the RRS James Cook cruise “JR15” to the NE Atlantic and Scottish Sea Lochs. Collected gravity, vibro and rock cores.
2004 International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) core project: Mega Cities – Tokyo.
2002 N.W. Scottish coastal isolation basins, collected sediment samples and hydrographic data by small boat and by hand for analysis during Ph.D.
2000 Participated in the RRS James Clark Ross ARCICE 2000 cruise to the Nordic Seas (PSO Prof. Julian Dowdeswell). Collected samples of filtrated particulate organic matter, gravity cores and XBT probe data for analysis during Ph.D.