skip to content

Department of Earth Sciences

 

My research explores the behaviour of lithium within magmatic and hydrothermal systems, with a view to understanding how lithium becomes enriched within granitic rocks and associated subsurface brines. This is crucial for targeting new lithium deposits, as well as better understanding existing lithium reserves, to help meet the rapidly growing lithium demand with the green energy transition.

I am currently in collaboration with Cornish Lithium, a lithium exploration company based in Cornwall, UK.

Biography

Education

2022-present: PhD in Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge (C-CLEAR DTP) (Principal Supervisor: Professor Marie Edmonds)

2021-2022: MASt in Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge (Supervisors: Professor Sally Gibson and Dr Malcolm Hole)

2018-2021: BSc Geology, University of Birmingham

Publications

Key publications: 

Hole, M.J., Gibson, S.A., and Morris, M.C., 2023, Slab window–related magmatism as a probe for pyroxenite heterogeneities in the upper mantle: Geology, https://doi.org/10.1130/G50687.1

 

If you are interested in lithium extraction and/or environmentally-friendly mining, you can read my article from 2022 published in Bluesci here: Eco-Mining for the Future: The Changing Face of Lithium Extraction

PhD Student

Contact Details

Email address: 
M08
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Cambridge
Downing Street, Cambridge
CB2 3EQ