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Sophie Slater-Lewis
(she/her)
Teams and roles for Sophie Slater-Lewis
Professional Specialist
Professional Specialist
Overview
I am a Professional Specialist Technician based in the CELTIC geochemistry laboratory in the Cardiff University School of Earth and Environmental Sciences. I specialise in ICP-MS and ICP-OES instrumentation and preparation, for a range of applications and archives.
Publication
2025
- Yang, Z. et al. 2025. Major sea level fall during the Pliocene M2 glaciation. Nature Communications 16, article number: 7641. (10.1038/s41467-025-62446-x)
2024
- Slater-Lewis, S. 2024. Tackling the gateways-CO2 problem: New insights into Earth’s greenhouse-icehouse transition. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2023
- John, E. H., Staudigel, P. T., Buse, B., Lear, C. H., Pearson, P. N. and Slater, S. M. 2023. Revealing their true stripes: Mg/Ca banding in the Paleogene planktonic foraminifera genus Morozovella and implications for paleothermometry. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 38(9), article number: e2023PA004652. (10.1029/2023PA004652)
2019
- Reynolds, D. J., Hall, I. R. and Slater, S. M. 2019. An integrated carbon and oxygen isotope approach to reconstructing past environmental variability in the northeast Atlantic Ocean. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 523, pp. 48-62. (10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.03.005)
2018
- Reynolds, D. J. et al. 2018. Isolating and reconstructing key components of North Atlantic Ocean variability from a sclerochronological spatial network. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 33(10), pp. 1086-1098. (10.1029/2018PA003366)
Erthyglau
- Yang, Z. et al. 2025. Major sea level fall during the Pliocene M2 glaciation. Nature Communications 16, article number: 7641. (10.1038/s41467-025-62446-x)
- John, E. H., Staudigel, P. T., Buse, B., Lear, C. H., Pearson, P. N. and Slater, S. M. 2023. Revealing their true stripes: Mg/Ca banding in the Paleogene planktonic foraminifera genus Morozovella and implications for paleothermometry. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 38(9), article number: e2023PA004652. (10.1029/2023PA004652)
- Reynolds, D. J., Hall, I. R. and Slater, S. M. 2019. An integrated carbon and oxygen isotope approach to reconstructing past environmental variability in the northeast Atlantic Ocean. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 523, pp. 48-62. (10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.03.005)
- Reynolds, D. J. et al. 2018. Isolating and reconstructing key components of North Atlantic Ocean variability from a sclerochronological spatial network. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 33(10), pp. 1086-1098. (10.1029/2018PA003366)
Gosodiad
- Slater-Lewis, S. 2024. Tackling the gateways-CO2 problem: New insights into Earth’s greenhouse-icehouse transition. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Research
My interests lie in the varied ways geochemical techniques can be applied to a range of archives to reveal more about the complex ways that different components of the climate system interact with one another.
My current research looks into Enhanced Rock Weathering as a method of CO2 emissions offset, to help on the path to Net Zero.
My PhD research looked at preservation of benthic foraminifera during the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum at a range of locations with different local characteristics. To do this I combined EPMA analyses of individual foraminfera with solution-based trace element analysis by ICP-MS. I also used trace metal ratios of planktic foraminifera at the Eocene Oligocene Transition to learn about water mass changes during this globally significant climate shift.
Biography
2021-present: Specialist Technician
2018-2024: Post-graduate Research Student
2016-2018: Research Technician
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- Paleoclimates
- Geochemistry
- Isotope geochemistry
- Instruments and techniques
- Carbon dioxide removal