
Dr Josh Dean
BSc, PhD
Expertise
Joshua's research is at the intersection of hydrology and elemental biogeochemistry. He works to quantify the source, transformation and flow of carbon through the land-to-ocean aquatic continuum, with a focus on methane.
Current positions
Future Leaders Fellow and Proleptic Senior Lecturer
School of Geographical Sciences
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Biography
Joshua Dean is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and Senior Lecturer in the School of Geographical Sciences at the University of Bristol, UK. Prior to this, he was a Lecturer in Biogeochemical Cycles at the University of Liverpool. His research is at the intersection of hydrology and elemental biogeochemistry. His work combines isotopes, biogeochemical and hydrological fluxes, and microbial community characterisation to quantify the source, transformation and flow of carbon through the land-freshwater-atmosphere continuum. His current main research focus is methane cycling and the application of radiocarbon as an unconventional tracer in the global carbon cycle. Originally from New Zealand, Joshua has enjoyed working in many fieldwork locations including the East Siberian Arctic, Northwest Canadian Arctic, the Yucatán Peninsula, southeast Australia, and across the UK and Europe. Joshua received his BSc (Hons) in Geography from Massey University in New Zealand, and his PhD in Hydrogeology from La Trobe University in Australia.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Microbes, Microplastics and Man
Principal Investigator
Description
Microbes, Microplastics and Man takes as its starting point the role of diatomic life in the carbon cycle. We are interested in the complex interface between diatoms, the carbon cycle…Managing organisational unit
School of Geographical SciencesDates
01/03/2022 to 31/07/2022
Publications
0 01/05/2022 06/04/2021 01/09/2020 02/04/2020 View all publications
Recent publications
20/02/2022Amsterdam urban canals contain novel niches for methane‐cycling microorganisms
Environmental Microbiology
Presence of nanoplastics in rural and remote surface waters
Environmental Research Letters
Porewater δ13CDOC indicates variable extent of degradation in different talik layers of coastal Alaskan thermokarst lakes
Biogeosciences
Assessing the Potential for Mobilization of Old Soil Carbon After Permafrost Thaw: A Synthesis of 14 C Measurements From the Northern Permafrost Region
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
East Siberian Arctic inland waters emit mostly contemporary carbon
Nature Communications