John Maclennan
- Professor
- Director of Studies, Natural Sciences (Physical), Emmanuel College
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Originally from Glasgow, his interests in Physics and Geology have taken him to degrees and jobs in Cambridge, Paris and Edinburgh. His approach combines robust fieldwork, leading-edge microanalysis and computational techniques to provide a quantitative understanding of magmatic processes. Iceland has provided a natural focus for much of this work and provides a platform for a global view of magmatism at spreading ridges, ocean islands and large igneous provinces.
A recent CV.
Research
- Diffusion chronometry of magmatic processes: Tracking pre-eruptive magma ascent and storage timescales
- Petrological records of magma storage and transport: Melt inclusions, volatiles and thermobarometry
- Carbon and other volatiles in the Earth's mantle: Constraining budgets and understanding volcanism as an environmental agent.
Forcing and feedbacks between magmatism, mantle melting and climate change
MSci supervision: 15 as lead supervisor, 3 as co-supervisor. 5 papers directly from student projects. 4 of these students now hold permanent/tenure track positions at leading universities in UK/US.
PhD supervision: 8 as lead supervisor, 11 as co-supervisor. >25 papers from student projects. 5 of these students now hold permanent/tenure-track positions at leading universities in UK/US, 3 hold academic-related roles at UK universities, 3 are post-docs.