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Professor Carter's career-long contribution to the field and community of thermochronometry is recognised by this award.
The awards ceremony honoured research work from Birkbeck academics and PhD researchers that is finding a wider audience.
International study reveals role of oxygen depletion in global warming.
Birkbeck’s Simon Drake, Andy Beard, Hilary Downes and Jergus Baca were part of a team of geologists who discovered the meteorite impact on the Isle of Skye, including mineral forms never before reported on Earth.
An international team, including Birkbeck’s Professor Andy Carter, uncovered new evidence on the rise and fall of the Indus Civilisation.
Finer analysis of magnesium isotope ratios gives insight into the link between the physical and chemical composition of planets in our solar system.
Research from the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences’ Dr Philip Pogge von Strandmann found the Earth’s ‘natural thermostat’ could enable recovery from climate change – but this would take hundreds of thousands of years.
Ian has long been a leading figure in planetary sciences and astrobiology, and has made many major contributions to his field.
It is the first time that Birkbeck has appeared in the ranking, following the establishment of full-time undergraduate degree programmes
Nearly a thousand graduates will celebrate achieving a qualification