Kimberley Marshall-Mills
(hi/ei)
Arddangoswr Graddedig
Ysgol Gwyddorau'r Ddaear a'r Amgylchedd
- MillsK3@caerdydd.ac.uk
- Y Prif Adeilad, Plas y Parc, Caerdydd, CF10 3AT
Trosolwyg
Fel gwyddonydd mewn biomineralization morol a phaleooceanography, rwy'n damcaniaethu wrth ddefnyddio technegau fel sganio microsgopeg electron (SEM), diffreithiant backscatter electron (EBSD) a microddadansoddiad chwiliedydd electron (EPMA) i ddeall mecanweithiau twf a biomineralization organebau cyfrifo morol. Ar hyn o bryd rwy'n gweithio ar organebau riffiau cwrel, gan arbenigo mewn cregyn dwygragennog clam enfawr, yn Ysgol Gwyddorau'r Ddaear a'r Amgylchedd, gan weithio ar y cyd â'r Amgueddfa Hanes Natur, Llundain. Mae gen i ddiddordeb mewn sut mae deinameg biomineralization yn cyfieithu i reoli morol a chadwraeth riffiau cwrel Borneaidd. Yn benodol, rwy'n llawn cyffro gan y posibilrwydd o ddefnyddio riffiau cwrel tyrbid, y rhai â mewnbwn gwaddod uchel, i gysgodi cwrelau ac organebau riffiau eraill rhag cannu, a deall gwydnwch organebau ar riffiau tyrbau sy'n symud ymlaen yn wyneb cefnfor sy'n newid yn gyflym.
Mae gen i ddiddordeb hefyd yn y defnydd o dechnegau dadansoddi data arloesol a datblygu meddalwedd i gyfrannu at wyddoniaeth ffynhonnell agored. Ar hyn o bryd, rydw i hefyd yn gweithio ar brosiect MioOcean, sy'n cyfuno cofnodion o dymheredd arwyneb y môr o gyfnod Miocene. Nod allweddol ar gyfer y gwaith hwn yw creu cymhwysiad ar-lein ffynhonnell agored, lle gall gwyddonwyr gyrchu a dadansoddi cofnodion o'r fath ar gyfer eu hymchwil eu hunain.
Cyn fy addysg ôl-raddedig, graddiais o Brifysgol Caerdydd yn 2019 gyda BSc Gwyddorau Biolegol (Sŵoleg), gan ennill Gwobr Edith Shepard am y Myfyriwr Blwyddyn Olaf Gorau mewn Sŵoleg a'r Wobr Blwyddyn Hyfforddiant Proffesiynol. Trwy gydol fy BSc, cynhaliais nifer o brosiectau ymchwil yn canolbwyntio ar infertebratau morol. Yn benodol, ymchwilio i baramedrau ecolegol, morffoleg ac ymddygiad bryfed brithyllod morol (Polychaeta) mewn cydweithrediad ag Amgueddfa Cymru — Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Cymru (NMW). Yn dilyn hyn, gweithiais ar grant ymchwil a ddyfarnwyd gan Gymdeithas Hanes Natur Porcupine ar ail-ddisgrifio mwydod pen rhaw (Magelona spp.) ac yna fel cynorthwyydd curadurol morol yn NMW, gan guradu casgliadau molysgiaid ac infertebratau morol eraill o arolygon monitro Cymreig Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru (CNC).
Cyhoeddiad
2024
- Mills, K. et al. 2024. Microstructure and crystallographic texture data in modern giant clam shells (Tridacna squamosa and Hippopus hippopus). Data in Brief 52, article number: 109947. (10.1016/j.dib.2023.109947)
2023
- Mills, K. and Mortimer, K. 2023. Impact of historic sediment characterisation on predicting polychaete distributions: a case study of so-called muddy habitat shovelhead worms (Annelida: Magelonidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 103, article number: E92. (10.1017/S0025315423000826)
- Mills, K., John, E. H., Muir, D. D., Santodomingo, N., Johnson, K. G., Hussein, M. A. S. and Sosdian, S. 2023. Growth responses of mixotrophic giant clams on nearshore turbid coral reefs. Coral Reefs 42, pp. 593-608. (10.1007/s00338-023-02366-8)
2022
- Mills, K. 2022. Understanding shell growth in giant clams with EBSD. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 3, article number: 424. (10.1038/s43017-022-00311-x)
- Mortimer, K., Mills, K. and Gil, J. 2022. Re-evaluation of Rostraria bierii Tokioka, 1970 (Annelida) from Seto, Japan as a magelonid, with a review of the Magelonidae of the western Pacific. Acta Oceanologica Sinica 41(3), pp. 61–69. (10.1007/s13131-021-1824-0)
2020
- Mortimer, K. and Marshall-Mills, K. 2020. Case 3804 - Magelona minuta Eliason, 1962 (Annelida, Magelonidae): proposed conservation by suppression of Magelona filiformis minuta Wilson, 1959. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 77(1), pp. 115-123. (10.21805/bzn.v77.a039)
- Mortimer, K., Marshall-Mills, K., Jordana, E., Pinedo, S. and Gil, J. 2020. A further review of European Magelonidae (Annelida), including descriptions of Magelona equilamellae and Magelona filiformis. Zootaxa 4767(1), article number: 89. (10.11646/zootaxa.4767.1.4)
2019
- Marshall-Mills, K. and Mortimer, K. 2019. Observations on the tubicolous annelidMagelona alleni(Magelonidae), with discussions on the relationship between morphology and behaviour of European magelonids. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 99(4), pp. 715-727. (10.1017/S0025315418000784)
2018
- Marshall-Mills, K. and Mortimer, K. 2018. Redescription of Magelona minuta Eliason, 1962 (Annelida), with discussions on the validity of Magelona filiformis minuta. Zootaxa 4527(4), article number: 541. (10.11646/zootaxa.4527.4.5)
Articles
- Mills, K. et al. 2024. Microstructure and crystallographic texture data in modern giant clam shells (Tridacna squamosa and Hippopus hippopus). Data in Brief 52, article number: 109947. (10.1016/j.dib.2023.109947)
- Mills, K. and Mortimer, K. 2023. Impact of historic sediment characterisation on predicting polychaete distributions: a case study of so-called muddy habitat shovelhead worms (Annelida: Magelonidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 103, article number: E92. (10.1017/S0025315423000826)
- Mills, K., John, E. H., Muir, D. D., Santodomingo, N., Johnson, K. G., Hussein, M. A. S. and Sosdian, S. 2023. Growth responses of mixotrophic giant clams on nearshore turbid coral reefs. Coral Reefs 42, pp. 593-608. (10.1007/s00338-023-02366-8)
- Mills, K. 2022. Understanding shell growth in giant clams with EBSD. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 3, article number: 424. (10.1038/s43017-022-00311-x)
- Mortimer, K., Mills, K. and Gil, J. 2022. Re-evaluation of Rostraria bierii Tokioka, 1970 (Annelida) from Seto, Japan as a magelonid, with a review of the Magelonidae of the western Pacific. Acta Oceanologica Sinica 41(3), pp. 61–69. (10.1007/s13131-021-1824-0)
- Mortimer, K. and Marshall-Mills, K. 2020. Case 3804 - Magelona minuta Eliason, 1962 (Annelida, Magelonidae): proposed conservation by suppression of Magelona filiformis minuta Wilson, 1959. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 77(1), pp. 115-123. (10.21805/bzn.v77.a039)
- Mortimer, K., Marshall-Mills, K., Jordana, E., Pinedo, S. and Gil, J. 2020. A further review of European Magelonidae (Annelida), including descriptions of Magelona equilamellae and Magelona filiformis. Zootaxa 4767(1), article number: 89. (10.11646/zootaxa.4767.1.4)
- Marshall-Mills, K. and Mortimer, K. 2019. Observations on the tubicolous annelidMagelona alleni(Magelonidae), with discussions on the relationship between morphology and behaviour of European magelonids. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 99(4), pp. 715-727. (10.1017/S0025315418000784)
- Marshall-Mills, K. and Mortimer, K. 2018. Redescription of Magelona minuta Eliason, 1962 (Annelida), with discussions on the validity of Magelona filiformis minuta. Zootaxa 4527(4), article number: 541. (10.11646/zootaxa.4527.4.5)
Ymchwil
- Sclerocronoleg
- Molluscs
- Biomineralization
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- Paleoclimatoleg
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