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Ginnie Panizzo

Associate Professor in Environmental Change, Faculty of Social Sciences

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Expertise Summary

Ginnie is a freshwater ecologist and stable isotope geochemist whose work focuses on environmental change and biogeochemical cycling in aquatic ecosystems. In tandem with her research on algal proxies, she is interested in reconstructing the impact that humans and climate change have had on freshwater environments over the past c. 2000 years.

Ginnie works very closely with the British Geological Survey of which she is a Visiting Research Associate, sitting on the board of the Centre for Environmental Geochemistry. She is also the Vice Chair of the International Paleolimnological Association.

Ginnie's research focuses on:

  • Reconstructing and quantifying human impacts (pollution and nutrient enrichment) on freshwater systems
  • Understanding aquatic ecosystem functioning (diatoms and algal biomarkers) and its relationship with climate change and human disturbance
  • Constraining biogeochemical cycling of silica and carbon in freshwater ecosystems
  • Developing and applying diatom isotope geochemistry δ13C, δ15N, δ18O and δ30Si in environmental reconstructions

Teaching Summary

Ginnie's teaching reflects her research experience, being focused on disentangling human versus natural climate change impacts on freshwater ecosystems. Ginnie's teaching covers both in the field… read more

Research Summary

Current research grants:

2019-2024: Co-I on a GCRF Hub entitled "Living Deltas" (PI Newcastle). The Hub brings £1.2 million of funding to Nottingham (of a total of £15,287,248). Nottingham Lead Panizzo.

2020-2022: UKIERI-DST Partnership Development Workshop Call "Water for all: Addressing issues surrounding water quality, quantity and waste water treatment in India." c. £10,000 to Nottingham. UK PI Panizzo and Indian PI Barooah (Assam Agricultural University).

2019-2022: National Geographic Explorer Grant: The origins and history of Lake Linumunsut, Maliau Basin, Borneo ($28,853). PI Panizzo, Co-I Frings (GFZ), Suhaimi and Pounsin (Maliau Basin).

2018-2020: NERC Isotope Geosciences Facilities Steering Committee "Understanding human-driven ecosystem change in tropical Southeast Asia" (IP-1815-0618), £46,000 Co-I Panizzo

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