Research highlights 

Selection of research highlights

Publications 

Smedley, R.K., Fenn, K., Stanistreet, I.G., Stollhofen, H., Njau, J.K., Schick, K., Toth, N. (2024). Age-depth model for uppermost Ndutu Beds constrains Middle Stone Age technology and climate-induced paleoenvironmental changes at Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania). Journal of Human Evolution, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2023.103465.  

Spater, M.R., Montufar, R., Luzuriaga, C.X., Cañellas-Boltá, N., del Carmen Trapote, M., Smedley, R.K., Marchant, R., Montoya, E. (2024). Vegetation response to Holocene hydroclimatic variability in the aseasonal forests of the north-western Amazon. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 649, 112303.  

Grants 

NERC Highlight Topic 2024-2028 £2.7 million (£277,301.15 to UoL). Gravel barrier resilience in a changing climate (#gravelbeach). NE/Y50323X/1. UoL PI R. Smedley, Co-Is C. Lyddon (Work Package lead), A. Plater. 

NERC Standard Grant 2022-2025 £792,646 (£62,556.00 to UoL). When and Why does it Rain in the Desert? Utilising unique stalagmite and dust records on the northern edge of the Sahara. NE/W00075X/1 (UoL PI R. Smedley, Collaborator K. Fenn).