Jack Humby

Ice Chemistry Lab Manager

Jack Humby

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Jack Humby

Biography

I joined BAS in 2019 following a career in industry as an R&D Chemist to develop materials for applications including laser marking and flame retardants. Previous to that I completed my PhD in Materials Chemistry (University of Manchester) – which focussed on the selective adsorption and separation of greenhouse gases using microporous metal-organic framework (MOF) materials. I have an M.Sci. in Chemistry (University of Nottingham) – which involved a research project on developing greener synthetic routes to drug molecules.

At BAS my main responsibilities involve looking after our precious ice core samples and maintaining and developing our ice analysis laboratories including our bespoke continuous flow analysis (CFA) system.

Research interests

Collaborations

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2024

Hartz, William F., Björnsdotter, Maria K., Yeung, Leo W. Y., Humby, Jack D. ORCIDORCID record for Jack D. Humby, Eckhardt, Sabine, Evangeliou, Nikolaos, Ericson Jogsten, Ingrid, Kärrman, Anna, Kallenborn, Roland. (2024) Sources and Seasonal Variations of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Surface Snow in the Arctic. Environmental Science & Technology, 58 (). 12 pp. 10.1021/acs.est.4c08854

Hoffmann, Helene, Day, Jason, Rhodes, Rachael H., Grieman, Mackenzie, Humby, Jack ORCIDORCID record for Jack Humby, Rowell, Isobel, Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph, Mulvaney, Robert ORCIDORCID record for Robert Mulvaney, Gibson, Sally, Wolff, Eric. (2024) Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry measurements for high-resolution chemical ice core analyses with a first application to an ice core from Skytrain Ice Rise (Antarctica). The Cryosphere, 18 (). pp. 10.5194/tc-18-4993-2024

Strawson, Ivo, Faïn, Xavier, Bauska, Thomas K. ORCIDORCID record for Thomas K. Bauska, Muschitiello, Francesco, Vladimirova, Diana O. ORCIDORCID record for Diana O. Vladimirova, Tetzner, Dieter R. ORCIDORCID record for Dieter R. Tetzner, Humby, Jack ORCIDORCID record for Jack Humby, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCIDORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Liu, Pengfei, Zhang, Bingqing, Grilli, Roberto, Rhodes, Rachael H.. (2024) Historical Southern Hemisphere biomass burning variability inferred from ice core carbon monoxide records. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121 (). pp. 10.1073/pnas.2402868121

2023

Hartz, William F., Björnsdotter, Maria K., Yeung, Leo W.Y., Hodson, Andrew, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCIDORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Humby, Jack D. ORCIDORCID record for Jack D. Humby, Day, Chris, Jogsten, Ingrid Ericson, Kärrman, Anna, Kallenborn, Roland. (2023) Levels and distribution profiles of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in a high Arctic Svalbard ice core. Science of the Total Environment, 871 (). 12 pp. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161830

Mulvaney, Robert ORCIDORCID record for Robert Mulvaney, Wolff, Eric W., Grieman, Mackenzie M., Hoffmann, Helene H., Humby, Jack D. ORCIDORCID record for Jack D. Humby, Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph, Rhodes, Rachael H., Rowell, Isobel F., Parrenin, Frédéric, Schmidely, Loïc, Fischer, Hubertus, Stocker, Thomas F., Christl, Marcus, Muscheler, Raimund, Landais, Amaelle, Prié, Frédéric. (2023) The ST22 chronology for the Skytrain Ice Rise ice core – Part 2: An age model to the last interglacial and disturbed deep stratigraphy. Climate of the Past, 19 (). pp. 10.5194/cp-19-851-2023

Thomas, Elizabeth R.. ORCIDORCID record for Elizabeth R.. Thomas, Vladimirova, Diana O. ORCIDORCID record for Diana O. Vladimirova, Tetzner, Dieter R. ORCIDORCID record for Dieter R. Tetzner, Emanuelsson, Daniel B. ORCIDORCID record for Daniel B. Emanuelsson, Humby, Jack ORCIDORCID record for Jack Humby, Turner, Simon D., Rose, Neil L., Roberts, Sarah L., Gaca, Pawel, Cundy, Andrew B.. (2023) The Palmer ice core as a candidate Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the Anthropocene series. The Anthropocene Review, 10 (). 30 pp. 10.1177/20530196231155191

2022

Emanuelsson, B. Daniel ORCIDORCID record for B. Daniel Emanuelsson, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCIDORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Humby, Jack D. ORCIDORCID record for Jack D. Humby, Vladimirova, Diana O. ORCIDORCID record for Diana O. Vladimirova. (2022) Decadal Scale Variability of Larsen Ice Shelf Melt Captured by Antarctic Peninsula Ice Core. Geosciences, 12 (). 12 pp. 10.3390/geosciences12090344

Hoffmann, Helene M., Grieman, Mackenzie M., King, Amy C.F. ORCIDORCID record for Amy C.F. King, Epifanio, Jenna A., Martin, Kaden, Vladimirova, Diana, Pryer, Helena, Doyle, Emily, Schmidt, Axel, Humby, Jack D. ORCIDORCID record for Jack D. Humby, Rowell, Isobel F., Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCIDORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Mulvaney, Robert ORCIDORCID record for Robert Mulvaney, Wolff, Eric W.. (2022) The ST22 chronology for the Skytrain Ice Rise ice core – Part 1: A stratigraphic chronology of the last 2000 years. Climate of the Past, 18 (). 17 pp. 10.5194/cp-18-1831-2022

Emanuelsson, B. Daniel ORCIDORCID record for B. Daniel Emanuelsson, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCIDORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Tetzner, Dieter R. ORCIDORCID record for Dieter R. Tetzner, Humby, Jack D. ORCIDORCID record for Jack D. Humby, Vladimirova, Diana O. ORCIDORCID record for Diana O. Vladimirova. (2022) Ice core chronologies from the Antarctic Peninsula: The Palmer, Jurassic, and Rendezvous age-scales. Geosciences, 12 (). pp. 10.3390/geosciences12020087

Grieman, Mackenzie M., Hoffmann, Helene M., Humby, Jack D. ORCIDORCID record for Jack D. Humby, Mulvaney, Robert ORCIDORCID record for Robert Mulvaney, Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph, Rix, Julius ORCIDORCID record for Julius Rix, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCIDORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Tuckwell, Rebecca ORCIDORCID record for Rebecca Tuckwell, Wolff, Eric W.. (2022) Continuous flow analysis methods for sodium, magnesium and calcium detection in the Skytrain ice core. Journal of Glaciology, 68 (). pp. 10.1017/jog.2021.75

2021

Björnsdotter, M.K., Hartz, W.F., Kallenborn, R., Yeung, L.W.Y., Humby, J.D. ORCIDORCID record for J.D. Humby, Kärrman, A., Jogsten, I.E.. (2021) Levels and seasonal trends of C1-C4 perfluoroalkyl acids and the discovery of trifluoromethane sulfonic acid in surface snow in the Arctic. Environmental Science and Technology, 55 (). 9 pp. 10.1021/acs.est.1c04776