Dr George Cooper
Royal Society University Research Fellow
- cooperg3@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 4336
- Room 2.23C, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
My research focuses on crystal specific studies (in particular, in-situ microanalytical approaches) to determine the conditions and magmatic processes operating in volcanic plumbing systems. I use a range of microanalytical techniques; SEM, Electron Microprobe (EPMA), Laser Ablation (LA-ICPMS), Ion Microprobe (SIMS), MicroMilling and isotopic analyses by TIMS and MC-ICPMS. I am currently working on the project 'Crystal-scale isotope constraints on crustal melt evolution (CSI:Subduction)'.
Biography
- 2023-Present: Royal Society University Research Fellow. "Crystal-scale isotope constraints on crustal melt evolution (CSI:Subduction)"
- 2020-2023: NERC Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cardiff University, UK. “HiDe- A Highly Heterogeneous Depleted Mantle?’ (PI: Dr. C.J. Lissenberg)
- 2016-2019: NERC Postdoctoral Research Associate, Durham University/University of Bristol, UK. “Volatile Recycling at the Lesser Antilles Arc: Processes and Consequences (VoiLA)” (PI’s: Prof. C. G. Macpherson & Prof. J. D. Blundy)
- 2013-2016: NERC Postdoctoral Research Associate, Durham University, UK “How does crust form at arcs? - a Multidisciplinary Study of the Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc” (PI: Prof. J. P. Davidson)
- 2009-2013: PhD in volcanology, SGEES, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ. Title: Insights into the dynamics of supervolcanoes from crystal specific studies: case studies from Mangakino volcano, New Zealand (Supervisors: Prof. C. J. N. Wilson, Prof. J. A. Baker).
- 2005-2009: Masters of Geology (MGeol), first class honours, University of Leeds, UK. Included a 1 year exchange program at Victoria University of Wellington
Publications
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Past projects
- Co-Supervisor for Josh Brown (Durham University) - Magma Chemical Evolution in the Lesser Antilles Arc Crust: Insights from Plutonic Xenoliths (awarded 2023)