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Dr James Riding
DSc University of Leicester, Mesozoic/Cenozoic palynology
PhD University of Sheffield, Jurassic palynology of northern England
Associate Lecturer in Earth Sciences, Open University
MSc University of Sheffield, Palynology
BSc University of Leicester, Geology
Palynology/biostratigraphic experience in Antarctica
Chartered Geologist (1996)
Mesozoic–Cenozoic dinoflagellate cysts
Morphology, systematics and taxonomy of dinoflagellate cysts
Palynomorph preparation techniques
Current projects and collaboration
NERC-BGS co-supervisor of BUFI studentship on the Mesozoic plankton revolution
RCUK Individual Merit project on Global Jurassic dinoflagellate cyst palaeobiology and its applications
East Midlands Geological Society
Leicester University Geological Society
- Commision Internationale de Microflore Paléozoique (CIMP)
- Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain
- The Geological Society, London
- The Micropalaeontological Society
- Yorkshire Geological Society
- 2009: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Peer Review College: 2009–present
- 2003: International Federation of Palynological Societies (IFPS): Vice President, 2003–present
- 2001–2004: AASP - The Palynological Society: President, 2001–2004; Managing Editor, 2004–present
Bowman, V.C., Francis, J.E., Askin, R.A., Riding, J.B. and Swindles, G.T. 2014. Latest Cretaceous–earliest Paleogene vegetation and climate change at the high southern latitudes: palynological evidence from Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 408, 26–47.
Woods, M.A., Vandenbroucke, T.R.A., Williams, M., Riding, J.B., De Schepper, S. and Saabe, K. 2014. Complex response of dinoflagellate cyst distribution patterns to cooler early Oligocene oceans. Earth-Science Reviews 138, 215–230.
Bowman, V.C., Francis, J.E. and Riding, J.B. 2013. Late Cretaceous winter sea ice in Antarctica? Geology 41, 1227–1230.
Kender, S., Stephenson, M.H., Riding, J.B., Leng, M.J., Knox, R.W.O'B., Peck, V.L., Kendrick, C.P., Ellis, M.A., Vane, C.H. and Jamieson, R. 2012. Marine and terrestrial environmental changes in NW Europe preceding carbon release at the Paleocene–Eocene transition. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 353-354, 108–120.
Riding, J.B., Leng, M.J., Kender, S., Hesselbo, S.P. and Feist-Burkhardt, S. 2013. Isotopic and palynological evidence for a new Early Jurassic environmental perturbation. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 374, 16–27.