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Research overview
My main scientific focus concerns understanding the processes by which solar systems and planets form. Primarily, I develop new analytical techniques to measure elemental and isotopic compositions in terrestrial samples, meteorites and their components. I examine the processing of presolar material in the early Solar System on its journey to become the planets and asteroids we know today.
Teaching activity
ES5032 Analytical Sciences, Module Coordinator
ES5050 Earth's Greatest Hits
ES5014 The Chemistry of the Solar System
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Overcoming polyatomic interferences in sulfur isotope analysis using MC-ICP-MS
Yu, Y., Sugden, P., Steele, R. C. J., Nuruzzama, M. & Burke, A., 6 Oct 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research. Early View, 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Pulses of ocean acidification at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary
Trudgill, M., Rae, J. W. B., Whiteford, R., Adloff, M., Crumpton-Banks, J., Van Mourik, M., Burke, A., Cuperus, M., Corsetti, F., Doherty, D., Gray, W., Greenop, R., Hong, W.-L., Lepland, A., McIntyre, A., Neiroukh, N., Rose, C. V., Ruhl, M., Saunders, D. & Siri, M. M. F. R. & 5 others, , 14 Jul 2025, In: Nature Communications. 16, 11 p., 6471.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A rapid, simple, and low-blank pumped ion-exchange column chromatography technique for boron purification from carbonate and seawater matrices
Xu, C., Jurikova, H., Nuber, S., Steele, R. C. J., Trudgill, M. D., Barker, S., Lear, C. H., Burke, A. & Rae, J. W. B., 29 Jan 2024, In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 25, 2, 13 p., e2023GC011228.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A simple, low-blank batch purification method for high-precision boron isotope analysis
Trudgill, M. D., Nuber, S., Block, H., Crumpton-Banks, J., Jurikova, H., Littley, E., Shankle, M., Xu, C., Steele, R. C. J. & Rae, J. W. B., 15 Mar 2024, In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 25, 3, e2023GC011350.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The formation and aqueous alteration of CM2 chondrites and their relationship to CO3 chondrites: A fresh isotopic (O, Cd, Cr, Si, Te, Ti, and Zn) perspective from the Winchcombe CM2 fall
Greenwood, R. C., Findlay, R., Martins, R., Steele, R. C. J., Shaw, K. M. M., Morton, E., Savage, P. S., Murphy, M. E., Rehkämper, M., Franchi, I. A., Elliott, T., Suttle, M. D., King, A. J., Anand, M., Malley, J., Howard, K. T., Zhao, X., Johnson, D., Liu, M. ‐. & McCain, K. A. & 1 others, , 15 May 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Meteoritics & Planetary Science. Early View, 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Overcoming polyatomic interferences in sulfur isotope measurement using MC-ICP-MS (dataset)
Yu, Y. (Creator), Sugden, P. (Creator), Steele, R. (Creator), Nuruzzama, M. (Creator) & Burke, A. (Creator), University of St Andrews, 21 Oct 2025
DOI: 10.17630/ebb03f23-f30a-416a-8220-cfb889c7a804
Dataset
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A simple, low-blank batch purification method for high-precision boron isotope analysis- supporting dataset
Trudgill, M. D. (Creator), Nuber, S. (Creator), Block, H. (Creator), Crumpton-Banks, J. G. M. (Creator), Jurikova, H. (Creator), Littley, E. (Creator), Shankle, M. (Creator), Xu, C. (Creator), Steele, R. C. J. (Creator) & Rae, J. W. B. (Creator), University of St Andrews, 17 Mar 2024
DOI: 10.17630/bb69c2f8-03fc-4b91-82b1-300bac07ac42
Dataset
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High-resolution sulfur isotopic composition measurements of volcanic sulfate from Toba candidate eruptions preserved in EDML and EDC Antarctic ice cores
Crick, L. (Contributor), Burke, A. (Contributor), Hutchison, W. (Contributor), Kohno, M. (Contributor), Moore, K. A. (Contributor), Savarino, J. (Contributor), Doyle, E. A. (Contributor), Mahony, S. H. (Contributor), Kipfstuhl, S. (Contributor), Rae, J. W. B. (Contributor), Steele, R. C. J. (Contributor), Sparks, R. S. J. (Contributor) & Wolff, E. W. (Contributor), PANGAEA, 1 Jul 2021
Dataset
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Boron based geochemical reconstructions of ocean pH and atmospheric CO2 in the geological record (thesis dataset)
Trudgill, M. D. (Creator), Rae, J. W. B. (Supervisor), Rose, C. V. (Supervisor), Burke, A. (Supervisor) & Steele, R. C. J. (Supervisor), University of St Andrews, 12 Jan 2028
DOI: 10.17630/9070bd60-d128-42e9-9348-7db177b237b9, https://doi.org/10.17630/sta/327
Dataset: Thesis dataset
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Fire and Ice: Understanding volcanic histories from sulfur isotopes in ice cores (thesis data)
Crick, L. (Creator), Burke, A. (Supervisor), Claire, M. (Supervisor) & Steele, R. C. J. (Supervisor), University of St Andrews, 24 Apr 2028
DOI: 10.17630/99bfc16e-0003-4ac4-b058-d3f6f0f43319, https://doi.org/10.17630/sta/439
Dataset: Thesis dataset
Projects
- 2 Finished
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LA:TRACE: A New Laser Ablation–LIBS Chemical Imaging and Isotopic facility
Gardiner, N. (PI), Mikhail, S. (CoI), Rae, J. (CoI), Steele, R. (CoI), Savage, P. (CoI), Burke, A. (CoI), Bridgestock, L. (CoI), Stueeken, E. (CoI) & White, R. (CoI)
Natural Environment Research Council
11/02/25 → 20/02/26
Project: Standard
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Unlocking the record of early solar: Unlocking the record of early solar system thermal events in chondrules
Steele, R. (PI)
1/04/19 → 31/03/20
Project: Standard