Jasmin Millar
Myfyriwr ymchwil, Ysgol Gwyddorau'r Ddaear a’r Amgylchedd
- millarjl@cardiff.ac.uk
- 1.71, Y Prif Adeilad, Plas y Parc, Caerdydd, CF10 3AT
Mae'r cynnwys hwn ar gael yn Saesneg yn unig.
Trosolwg
- Extremophile microbiology and micro-ecology
- Cryoconite geomicrobiology
- How life survived the neoproterozoic “Snowball Earth”
- Pre-cambrian life
Ymchil
Diddordebau ymchwil
Research interests: I am interested in how life could have survived the Cryogenian “Snowball Earth” global glaciations of ~650 million years ago. Cryoconite holes, meltwater pockets in glaciers containing dust and microbes, present an exciting opportunity to understand life in ice. I will be creating analogues for Snowball Earth cryoconite ecosystems in the lab, using modern day cold-climate microorganisms that resemble early life and culturing them under Cryogenian conditions. From this I hope to gain insight into organisms and microbial processes that may have been important during this time.
Dysgu
Demonstrating work has included:
- Glaciology
- Biogeochemistry
- Biological environments
- Data analysis
Traethawd ymchwil
Were glacial surface ecosystems refuges for life on Snowball Earth?
Ffynhonnell ariannu
NERC DTP GW4+
Goruchwyliaeth
Dr Liz Bagshaw
Lecturer
Cyhoeddiadau
2022
- Evans, T. W. et al. 2022. Lipid biomarkers from microbial mats on the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica: signatures for life in the Cryosphere. Frontiers in Microbiology 13, article number: 903621. (10.3389/fmicb.2022.903621)
2021
- Millar, J. L., Bagshaw, E. A., Edwards, A., Poniecka, E. A. and Jungblut, A. D. 2021. Polar cryoconite associated microbiota is dominated by hemispheric specialist genera. Frontiers in Microbiology 12, article number: 738451. (10.3389/fmicb.2021.738451)