Dr Helen Whelton
BSc(Kent), PhD(Bristol)
Expertise
I am an analytical chemist interested in the application of analytical chemistry and compound-specific isotope analysis to archaeology. I have expertise in the analysis of pottery lipids, coprolites and radiocarbon dating.
Current positions
Senior Research Associate
School of Chemistry
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Research interests
I am an analytical chemist interested in the application of analytical chemistry and compound-specific isotope analysis to archaeology. I have expertise in the analysis of pottery lipids, coprolites and radiocarbon dating. I manage the National Environmental Isotope Facility (NEIF) Bristol laboratory.
Publications
Recent publications
03/07/2025Characterisation of the unknown chemical composition of a commercial biodegradable agricultural plastic mulch film using complementary spectrometric and spectroscopic techniques
Analyst
Coprolites
Must Farm pile-dwelling settlement
Global carbon cycle disruption during the latest Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) evidenced by simultaneous isotopic depletion in marine and terrestrial carbon pools
Global and Planetary Change
Lipids in Archaeology
Handbook of Archaeological Sciences
Sequential biomolecular, macrofossil, and microfossil extraction from coprolites for reconstructing past behavior and environments
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Related people
Dr Lucy Cramp
Professor of Archaeology
Department of Anthropology and Archaeology
Professor Ian Bull
Professor of Analytical Chemistry
School of Chemistry
Professor Richard Evershed
Professor
School of Chemistry
Dr Melanie Roffet-Salque
Associate Professor in Environmental Chemistry
School of Chemistry
Dr Julie Dunne
Visiting Senior Research Associate
School of Chemistry