Jack Humby
Ice Chemistry Lab Manager
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Jack Humby
Ice Chemistry Lab Manager
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
Hoffmann, Helene, Day, Jason, Rhodes, Rachael H., Grieman, Mackenzie, Humby, Jack ORCID record for Jack Humby, Rowell, Isobel, Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph, Mulvaney, Robert ORCID 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. ORCID record for Thomas K. Bauska, Muschitiello, Francesco, Vladimirova, Diana O. ORCID record for Diana O. Vladimirova, Tetzner, Dieter R. ORCID record for Dieter R. Tetzner, Humby, Jack ORCID record for Jack Humby, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID 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. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Humby, Jack D. ORCID 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 ORCID record for Robert Mulvaney, Wolff, Eric W., Grieman, Mackenzie M., Hoffmann, Helene H., Humby, Jack D. ORCID 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.. ORCID record for Elizabeth R.. Thomas, Vladimirova, Diana O. ORCID record for Diana O. Vladimirova, Tetzner, Dieter R. ORCID record for Dieter R. Tetzner, Emanuelsson, Daniel B. ORCID record for Daniel B. Emanuelsson, Humby, Jack ORCID 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 ORCID record for B. Daniel Emanuelsson, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Humby, Jack D. ORCID record for Jack D. Humby, Vladimirova, Diana O. ORCID 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. ORCID record for Amy C.F. King, Epifanio, Jenna A., Martin, Kaden, Vladimirova, Diana, Pryer, Helena, Doyle, Emily, Schmidt, Axel, Humby, Jack D. ORCID record for Jack D. Humby, Rowell, Isobel F., Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Mulvaney, Robert ORCID 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 ORCID record for B. Daniel Emanuelsson, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Tetzner, Dieter R. ORCID record for Dieter R. Tetzner, Humby, Jack D. ORCID record for Jack D. Humby, Vladimirova, Diana O. ORCID 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. ORCID record for Jack D. Humby, Mulvaney, Robert ORCID record for Robert Mulvaney, Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph, Rix, Julius ORCID record for Julius Rix, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Tuckwell, Rebecca ORCID 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. ORCID 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
2015
Ice core aquisition and analysis
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