The Geochemistry Group
@geochemgroup.bsky.social
A group of geochemists, promoting geochemistry and early career geochemists. Special interest group of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and The Geological Society of London.
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Our list of Geochemistry related PhD projects is live! Please share with prospective PhD students!
Our list of Geochemistry related PhD projects is live! Please share with prospective PhD students!
Geochemistry PhDs 2025/2026 (Responses)
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October 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Our list of Geochemistry related PhD projects is live! Please share with prospective PhD students!
Join us to celebrate 150 years of the Mineralogical Society!
Mineralogical Society's 150th Anniversary Meeting: Past Discoveries and Future Frontiers. minsoc-150.org 23-25 June 2026, University of Manchester
October 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Join us to celebrate 150 years of the Mineralogical Society!
The deadline for mentees and mentors to sign up for the Geochemistry Group mentorship scheme is the 10th of October! Both sign up forms can be found at geochemistry.group/ggms/
Geochemistry Group Mentor Scheme (GGMS)
The objective of the Geochemistry Group Mentor Scheme (GGMS) is to connect early career researchers (ECRs) and PhD students with more established geochemists, people they might not normally have th…
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October 7, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The deadline for mentees and mentors to sign up for the Geochemistry Group mentorship scheme is the 10th of October! Both sign up forms can be found at geochemistry.group/ggms/
We are excited to launch our Mentorship Scheme for 2025/2026 (geochemistry.group/ggms/). If you are interested in taking part, please register your interest here: forms.office.com/e/EpbhASsBzd
Geochemistry Group Mentor Scheme (GGMS)
The objective of the Geochemistry Group Mentor Scheme (GGMS) is to connect early career researchers (ECRs) and PhD students with more established geochemists, people they might not normally have th…
geochemistry.group
September 5, 2025 at 11:04 AM
We are excited to launch our Mentorship Scheme for 2025/2026 (geochemistry.group/ggms/). If you are interested in taking part, please register your interest here: forms.office.com/e/EpbhASsBzd
We are launching our Mentorship Scheme again this year geochemistry.group/ggms/. For 2025, we are opening up Mentorship positions to the community. Fill out this form if you are interested in joining: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... It is a fantastic way to support the community and our ECRs!
Geochemistry Group Mentor Scheme (GGMS)
The objective of the Geochemistry Group Mentor Scheme (GGMS) is to connect early career researchers (ECRs) and PhD students with more established geochemists, people they might not normally have th…
geochemistry.group
August 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
We are launching our Mentorship Scheme again this year geochemistry.group/ggms/. For 2025, we are opening up Mentorship positions to the community. Fill out this form if you are interested in joining: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... It is a fantastic way to support the community and our ECRs!
Plans for GGRiP 2026 in Bristol are taking shape! We are planning a free technical staff workshop covering lab techniques and lab management. More details to follow soon!
a person in a lab coat with the word let 's do this
ALT: a person in a lab coat with the word let 's do this
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August 29, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Plans for GGRiP 2026 in Bristol are taking shape! We are planning a free technical staff workshop covering lab techniques and lab management. More details to follow soon!
Last but not least, we have an entry from Changhai Hou 'A spectacular display of geothermal activity at Mount Io, Japan'
July 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Last but not least, we have an entry from Changhai Hou 'A spectacular display of geothermal activity at Mount Io, Japan'
Happy hump day. Our next entry is from Patthapong Chaisenwang 'First Time Learning Lake Sediment Sampling'
July 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Happy hump day. Our next entry is from Patthapong Chaisenwang 'First Time Learning Lake Sediment Sampling'
Next up we have our second winner, a stunning photo from Kerys Meredew 'Fuego at dusk'
'A pulse of eruptive activity from Fuego Volcano, Guatemala. This photo was taken whilst camping on the neighbouring Acentanago Volcano. Shot using a Minolta AF-E II camera on 35 mm film, February 2024.'
'A pulse of eruptive activity from Fuego Volcano, Guatemala. This photo was taken whilst camping on the neighbouring Acentanago Volcano. Shot using a Minolta AF-E II camera on 35 mm film, February 2024.'
June 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Next up we have our second winner, a stunning photo from Kerys Meredew 'Fuego at dusk'
'A pulse of eruptive activity from Fuego Volcano, Guatemala. This photo was taken whilst camping on the neighbouring Acentanago Volcano. Shot using a Minolta AF-E II camera on 35 mm film, February 2024.'
'A pulse of eruptive activity from Fuego Volcano, Guatemala. This photo was taken whilst camping on the neighbouring Acentanago Volcano. Shot using a Minolta AF-E II camera on 35 mm film, February 2024.'
Happy Monday! Our next image is from Pam Vervoort, 'Cross-bedding in the Navajo Sandstone'.
'Meter-scale cross-bedding of the Navajo Sandstone taken in Zion National Park, Utah (February 2025)'
'Meter-scale cross-bedding of the Navajo Sandstone taken in Zion National Park, Utah (February 2025)'
June 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Happy Monday! Our next image is from Pam Vervoort, 'Cross-bedding in the Navajo Sandstone'.
'Meter-scale cross-bedding of the Navajo Sandstone taken in Zion National Park, Utah (February 2025)'
'Meter-scale cross-bedding of the Navajo Sandstone taken in Zion National Park, Utah (February 2025)'
A cool image for a hot Friday! Our next entry is 'a peaceful break' by Gemma Baker 'Finding a peaceful moment in next to a tranquil pond in Sapporo during a long day of labwork generating compound-specific stable isotope data (October 2024)'
June 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
A cool image for a hot Friday! Our next entry is 'a peaceful break' by Gemma Baker 'Finding a peaceful moment in next to a tranquil pond in Sapporo during a long day of labwork generating compound-specific stable isotope data (October 2024)'
The next entry in our series is 'At the Cave Shrine of the Goddess Eileithyia' by @drbendlej.bsky.social.
'This photograph, taken by my collaborator Dr. Mark Kasumovic, shows our team inspecting an ancient shrine discovered in a remote cave (Dragolaki) high in the White Mountains of Crete'
'This photograph, taken by my collaborator Dr. Mark Kasumovic, shows our team inspecting an ancient shrine discovered in a remote cave (Dragolaki) high in the White Mountains of Crete'
June 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The next entry in our series is 'At the Cave Shrine of the Goddess Eileithyia' by @drbendlej.bsky.social.
'This photograph, taken by my collaborator Dr. Mark Kasumovic, shows our team inspecting an ancient shrine discovered in a remote cave (Dragolaki) high in the White Mountains of Crete'
'This photograph, taken by my collaborator Dr. Mark Kasumovic, shows our team inspecting an ancient shrine discovered in a remote cave (Dragolaki) high in the White Mountains of Crete'
We continue with our fabulous art & photography entries. Today we have our first of two winners! 'Sunny days on the Assynt field trip' by Elaine Gao, a PhD student at Imperial.
June 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
We continue with our fabulous art & photography entries. Today we have our first of two winners! 'Sunny days on the Assynt field trip' by Elaine Gao, a PhD student at Imperial.
The third entry to our Art & Photography competition is this amazing image from @emmahanson19.bsky.social !
'Nannofossils along for the ride'
'Nannofossils along for the ride'
June 6, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The third entry to our Art & Photography competition is this amazing image from @emmahanson19.bsky.social !
'Nannofossils along for the ride'
'Nannofossils along for the ride'
Great to hear about @rockbertson.bsky.social trip to #EGU25! We love being able to support our student community with meeting attendance bursaries. Our next round is due by the 15th October, so please consider applying!
A big thank you to @geochemgroup.bsky.social, who made my trip to #EGU25 possible through their travel bursary 🙌 I wrote a wee ditty about what *some* of that week entailed and can be found here geochemistry.group/travel-bursa... (second one down)
Travel Bursary Reports
Emily Fearns-Nicol – EGU 2025 I recently attended the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly for the first time, supported by a travel bursary from the Geochemistry Group. It was a…
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June 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Great to hear about @rockbertson.bsky.social trip to #EGU25! We love being able to support our student community with meeting attendance bursaries. Our next round is due by the 15th October, so please consider applying!
Next up we have a fantastic art entry from Matthew Allison who produced 'a cartoon series on mass specs from when I was learning about the machines during my PhD'
check out more of Matthews cartoons here: matthewsallison.wordpress.com/phd-cartoons/
check out more of Matthews cartoons here: matthewsallison.wordpress.com/phd-cartoons/
June 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Next up we have a fantastic art entry from Matthew Allison who produced 'a cartoon series on mass specs from when I was learning about the machines during my PhD'
check out more of Matthews cartoons here: matthewsallison.wordpress.com/phd-cartoons/
check out more of Matthews cartoons here: matthewsallison.wordpress.com/phd-cartoons/
Potential job opportunity for geochemists!
We at @es-ucl.bsky.social are hiring a Lecturer! Research area is broadly defined within the climate crisis, hydrogeology, sustainable resources, the energy transition, natural hazards, and planetary science.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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June 2, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Potential job opportunity for geochemists!
At our GGRiP meeting this year, we held an art & photography competition. Over the next few weeks we will be sharing our entries here.
First up is a stunning photo by Thomas Marquand @tommarquand.bsky.social titled 'The start of the field day on the Ouse Washes'
First up is a stunning photo by Thomas Marquand @tommarquand.bsky.social titled 'The start of the field day on the Ouse Washes'
June 2, 2025 at 7:53 AM
At our GGRiP meeting this year, we held an art & photography competition. Over the next few weeks we will be sharing our entries here.
First up is a stunning photo by Thomas Marquand @tommarquand.bsky.social titled 'The start of the field day on the Ouse Washes'
First up is a stunning photo by Thomas Marquand @tommarquand.bsky.social titled 'The start of the field day on the Ouse Washes'
Brilliant! 😂
![[Person with ponytail wearing lab coat hands balloon to another person in front of a springboard, a magnet hanging from above, and then a target] PERSON WITH PONYTAIL to Person 2: Rub this balloon against your head, then go jump past that magnet toward the target on the wall. [caption] Before the bathroom scale was invented, the only way to weigh people was mass spectrometry.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreid7lnvd7afmasx3nxi6anxmyhbatpaw54za3kiw3eaoclrf722faq@jpeg)
May 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Brilliant! 😂
The Geochemistry Group has some great resources for ECRs! You can watch all our past series of 'ECR Skills for Geochemists' and 'Out of Academia: Into Science' on our YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/@geochemistr...
www.youtube.com/@geochemistr...
Geochemistry Group
Official channel for the Geochemistry Group - a special interest group (SIG) of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Geological Society of London.
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May 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The Geochemistry Group has some great resources for ECRs! You can watch all our past series of 'ECR Skills for Geochemists' and 'Out of Academia: Into Science' on our YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/@geochemistr...
www.youtube.com/@geochemistr...
GGRiP 2026 – SAVE THE DATE!
We are excited to announce that the next Geochemistry Group Research in Progress (GGRiP) meeting will take place in Bristol on the 24th-26th March 2026. Watch this space (and website) for more information soon!
We are excited to announce that the next Geochemistry Group Research in Progress (GGRiP) meeting will take place in Bristol on the 24th-26th March 2026. Watch this space (and website) for more information soon!
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May 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
GGRiP 2026 – SAVE THE DATE!
We are excited to announce that the next Geochemistry Group Research in Progress (GGRiP) meeting will take place in Bristol on the 24th-26th March 2026. Watch this space (and website) for more information soon!
We are excited to announce that the next Geochemistry Group Research in Progress (GGRiP) meeting will take place in Bristol on the 24th-26th March 2026. Watch this space (and website) for more information soon!
Job opportunity! Postdoctoral Research Assistant in The Security of Carbon Dioxide Drawdown During Enhanced Rock Weathering.
Job alert: #postdoc in the Security of Carbon Dioxide Drawdown During Enhanced Rock Weathering, University of Oxford (UK). Apply by 12 June. More info: buff.ly/BBAlEwT
May 21, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Job opportunity! Postdoctoral Research Assistant in The Security of Carbon Dioxide Drawdown During Enhanced Rock Weathering.
We are looking for new committee members! Please see our website for more information: geochemistry.group/blog/
Geochemistry Group
A special interest group (SIG) of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Geological Society of London.
geochemistry.group
March 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
We are looking for new committee members! Please see our website for more information: geochemistry.group/blog/
A FINAL REMINDER that the abstract deadline for The Geochemistry Group Research in Progress meeting (GGRiP) is MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. This will be a great meeting! Visit ggrip2025.co.uk for more information and to submit your abstracts.
GGRiP 2025
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March 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
A FINAL REMINDER that the abstract deadline for The Geochemistry Group Research in Progress meeting (GGRiP) is MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. This will be a great meeting! Visit ggrip2025.co.uk for more information and to submit your abstracts.
LAST CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - DON'T MISS OUT!!
Make that Monday 17th, So still time so get those abstracts in!
March 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
LAST CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - DON'T MISS OUT!!