| (he/him) |
| University of Leeds |
| Current Position | Professor of Biogeochemistry and Earth History |
| [email protected] | |
| Department(s) | School of Earth and Environment |
| ECR | No |
| YES.DTN Core Themes | Dynamic Earth, Natural Hazards & Earth Processes |
| Profile(s) | Simon Poulton (0000-0001-7621-189X) – ORCID |
Key Research Interests
- Chemical Evolution of the Earth’s Biosphere
- Nutrient Availability Through Time
- Modern Redox Sensitive Environments
Recent Key Papers
- Li S, Wignall PB, Poulton SW (2025) Co-application of rhenium, vanadium, uranium and molybdenum as paleo-redox proxies: Insight from modern and ancient environments. Chemical Geology, 674, 10.1016 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.122565).
- Song Y, Bowyer FT, Mills BJW, Merdith AS, Wignall PB, Peakall J, Zhang S, Wang X, Wang H, Canfield DE, Shields GA, Poulton SW (2023) Dynamic redox and nutrient cycling response to climate forcing in the Mesoproterozoic ocean. Nature Communications, 10.1038 (doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41901-7).
- Poulton SW, Bekker A, Cumming VM, Zerkle AL, Canfield DE, Johnston DT (2021) A 200-million-year delay in permanent atmospheric oxygenation. Nature, 592, 232-236 (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03393-7).