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Dr Adam Woodhouse
(he/him)
BSc (Hons) MSc PhD
Lecturer in Past Climates and Earth System Change
Overview
I am a palaeobiological oceanographer and Earth system scientist focussed on understanding the nature of biodiversity on a changing planet. My research focusses on the collection and collation of data to create holistic datasets which can be leveraged to understand the processes and patterns of evolution and climate change throughout geological time.
My primary tool for addressing such topics is the marine plankton, which represent the most complete biological archive for understanding past Earth system changes known to science. With such a complete fossil and phylogentic record, the marine plankton are the ideal tool for bridging the knowledge gap between the fossil and living records.
Publication
2025
- Shorrock, A. E. et al. 2025. Coeval transverse and axial sediment delivery to the northern Hikurangi Trough during the late quaternary. Basin Research 37(1), article number: e70019. (10.1111/bre.70019)
- Woodhouse, A. 2025. Palaeobiology: Emergence of the Southern Ocean. Current Biology 35(3), pp. 104-107. (10.1016/j.cub.2024.12.035)
Articles
- Shorrock, A. E. et al. 2025. Coeval transverse and axial sediment delivery to the northern Hikurangi Trough during the late quaternary. Basin Research 37(1), article number: e70019. (10.1111/bre.70019)
- Woodhouse, A. 2025. Palaeobiology: Emergence of the Southern Ocean. Current Biology 35(3), pp. 104-107. (10.1016/j.cub.2024.12.035)
Biography
Lecturer in Past Climates and Earth System Change, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University - Nov 2024-Present
Lecturer in Palaeontology, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol - Jul 2023-Oct 2024
UTIG Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, J.J. Pickle Research Campus - Sep 2021-Aug 2023
Foraminiferal biostratigrapher (lab leader), International Ocean Discovery Program, Expedition 398: Hellenic Arc Volcanism - Dec 2022-Feb 2023
Research Assistant, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds. UKIODP Post cruise research grant – Hikurangi Trough late Pleistocene palaeoceanography, biostratigraphy, and Cretaceous Ocean Anoxia Events (OAEs) - May-Nov 2018
Foraminiferal biostratigrapher, International Ocean Discovery Program, Expedition 375: Hikurangi Subduction Margin - Mar-May 2018
Honours and awards
University of Texas Institute for Geophysics Outstanding Postdoc Award - 2023
Professional memberships
• The Micropalaeontological Society
• Craven and Pendle Geological Society
• The UK Paleoclimate Society
• Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research
• The Palaeontological Society
• The Geological Society of America
• The Challenger Society
Committees and reviewing
- Conference Organizing Committee - Microfossils V: Problem Solving with Microfossils (Upcoming, 2026)
- Scientific Committee – The Micropalaeontological Society-Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research Foram Spring Meeting 2024 (May 2024)
- Session Convener - Marine Nutrients, Productivity, and Food Web Dynamics across the Cenozoic (American Geophysical Union 2023)
- Conference Organizing Committee - Progressive Palaeontology 2020 (Jun 11-13, 2020)
- Conference Organizing Committee - The Micropalaeontological Society AGM (Nov 14-15,
2018) - Conference Organizing Committee - Crossing the Palaeontological-Ecological Gap (Aug 30-31, 2018)
- TIMES Working Group – Member – 2024 (ongoing)
- TIMES Working Group – Databases/Web interface Group – 2024- (ongoing)
- TIMES Working Group – Age Model assessment and data processing Group – 2024- (ongoing)
- TIMES Working Group – Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Group – 2024- (ongoing)
- TIMES Working Group – Training of the next generation Group – 2024- (ongoing)
- Subcommission on Neogene Stratigraphy – Voting Member – 2024-28 (ongoing)
- The Micropalaeontological Society – Society Secretary – 2024-27 (ongoing)
- Micropaleoecology Working Group (Co-lead) - 2023-24 (ongoing)
- Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research - ECR Board Member – 2021-23
- Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research – DEI Committee – 2021-2024 (ongoing)
- Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research – Social Media Committee – 2021-24 (ongoing)
- Neogene/Quaternary Planktonic Foraminiferal Working Group (Founding Member) – 2018-24 (ongoing)
- The Micropalaeontological Society Brady Medal Subcommittee – 2024
- The Micropalaeontological Society Angelina Messina Grant Subcommittee - 2024
- The Micropalaeontological Society Alan Higgins Award Subcommittee - 2024
- Bristol Palaeontology Discussion Group – Organiser – 2023-24
- Yorkshire Geological Fearnsides Award Committee - 2023
- University of Texas Institute for Geophysics Student Award Committee – 2023
- Peer review Journals: Nature, Nature Geoscience, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Current Biology, Global Ecology and Biogeography, Biogeosciences, Paleobiology,, Palaeoceanography and Palaeoclimatology, Geosciences, Geology, Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Journal of African Earth Sciences, Journal of Foraminiferal Research, Journal of Biogeography, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
- Peer review Programs: NSF Arctic Sciences Section’s Research Support and Logistics (RSL) Program, U.S. Science Support Program Pre-Drilling Activities, National Science Centre Poland, International Ocean Discovery Program
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- Biogeography and phylogeography
- Biogeochemistry
- Biological network analysis
- Palaeoceanography
- Palaeoecology