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Robert Dominic McCulloch

Investigador residente

Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de Patagonia

Coyhaique, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Southern South American (Patagonia) environmental change through reconstructing past patterns of vegetation (pollen analysis), glacial fluctuations (glacial geomorphology) and distributions of volcanic tephra (tephrochronology).

Educación

  •  Physical Geography, UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN. Reino Unido, 1995
  •  Geography, UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Reino Unido, 1990
  •  Adult Nursing, EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY. Reino Unido, 2004

Experiencia Académica

  •   Post Doctoral Research Assistant Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

    Science

    Edinburgh, Reino Unido

    1993 - 2002

  •   Senior Lecturer Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING

    Natural Sciences

    Stirling, Reino Unido

    2007 - 2018

  •   Investigador residente Full Time

    Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia

    Coyhaique, Chile

    2018 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Adult Nurse Cardiology Full Time

    Forth Valley Health Board

    Stirling, Reino Unido

    2004 - 2007

Premios y Distinciones

  •   Honorary Fellow

    The University of Edinburgh

    Reino Unido, 2022

    Honorary status associated with the School of Geo Sciences for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2025. This honorary status has been awarded in recognition of my research.


 

Article (37)

Holocene deglaciation and glacier readvances on the Fildes Peninsula and King George Island (Isla 25 de Mayo), South Shetland Islands, NW Antarctic Peninsula
Nd isotopes as a tracer of dust trapped by peat bogs: A reminder of basics. Comment on: "Neodymium isotopes in peat reveal past local environmental disturbances" by Marcisz et al. (2023)
Regional variability in peatland burning at mid-to high-latitudes during the Holocene
Increased North Atlantic dust deposition linked to Holocene Icelandic glacier fluctuations
Late Glacial and Holocene Palaeolake History of the Última Esperanza Region of Southern Patagonia
Palaeoecological evidence of pollen morphological changes: A climate change adaptation strategy?
Roman Frontiers and Landscapes of Occupation: Road Building and Landscape Change in the Hadrianic-Antonine Frontier Zone
Late glacial and Holocene climate variability, southernmost Patagonia
Late glacial and Holocene landscape change and rapid climate and coastal impacts in the Canal Beagle, southernmost Patagonia
Palaeoenvironmental evidence for woodland conservation in Northern Iceland from settlement to the twentieth century
The vulnerability of the Nothofagus forest-steppe ecotone to climate change: Palaeoecological evidence from Tierra del Fuego (similar to 53 degrees S)
8000 years of North Atlantic storminess reconstructed from a Scottish peat record: implications for Holocene atmospheric circulation patterns in Western Europe
A Holocene record of environmental change from Rio Zeballos, central Patagonia
Microclimate variability and long-term persistence of fragmented woodland
THE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM AND DEGLACIATION IN CENTRAL PATAGONIA, 44 degrees S-49 degrees S
Effects of penguin guano and moisture on nitrogen biological fixation in maritime Antarctic soils
High-latitude dust in the Earth system
Palaeoenvironmental change in Southern Patagonia during the Lateglacial and Holocene: Implications for forest refugia and climate reconstructions
Patterns of ecosystem development in glacial foreland chronosequences: a comparative analysis of Chile and New Zealand
Successional patterns along soil development gradients formed by glacier retreat in the Maritime Antarctic, King George Island
Living with sand: A record of landscape change and storminess during the Bronze and Iron Ages Orkney, Scotland
Hunter-gatherers, biogeographic barriers and the development of human settlement in Tierra del Fuego
Moments of crisis: Climate change in Scottish prehistory
Influence of Patagonian glaciers on Antarctic dust deposition during the last glacial period
Modelling land use around an early Neolithic timber 'hall' in north east Scotland from high spatial resolution pollen analyses
Response to late Bronze Age climate change of farming communities in north east Scotland
Chronology of the last glaciation in central Strait of Magellan and Bahia Inutil, southernmost South America
Deglaciation of the eastern flank of the North Patagonian Icefield and associated continental-scale lake diversions
Evidence for late-glacial ice dammed lakes in the central Strait of Magellan and Bahia Inutil, southernmost South America
Impact of neotectonics on the record of glacier and sea level fluctuations, Strait of Magellan, southern Chile
Late-glacial glacier events in southernmost South America: A blend of 'northern'and 'southern' hemispheric climatic signals?
Mid-Holocene strengthening of the Southern westerlies in South America - Sedimentological evidences from Lago Cardiel, Argentina (49 degrees S)
The landforms and pattern of deglaciation in the Strait of Magellan and Bahia Inu'til, southernmost South America
The Last Glacial Maximum and deglaciation in southern South America
Wet conditions during the last glaciation in the Chihuahuan Desert, Alta Babicora basin, Mexico
Late-glacial and Holocene palaeoenvironmental change in the central Strait of Magellan, southern Patagonia
Late glacial ice advances in the Strait of Magellan, southern Chile

BookSection (10)

Capítulo 2: Reconstrucción paleoambiental a partir de turberas, una visión desde la región de Aysén, Chile
Hidrología de una turbera de Sphagnum en la Patagonia chilena
Las ciencias del siglo XX y la magia del estrecho
Investigating the Great Ring of Brodgar, Orkney
Westerlies, effect on glaciers
A line in the landscape: the pit alignment circa 8210-3650 cal BC - palaeoenvironmental synthesis
A new kind of place: the timber hall circa 3820-3690 cal BC - palaeoenvironmental synthesis
Evaluando el registro arqueológico de Tierra del Fuego durante el Holoceno temprano y medio
Evidencia glacial y paleoecología de ambientes tardiglaciales y del Holoceno temprano. Implicaciones para el poblamiento temprano de Tierra del Fuego
The Natural Setting: The Glacial and Post-Glacial Environmental History of Fuego-Patagonia

Proyecto (5)

Cape Horn International Centre for Change Global Studies and Biocultural Conservation
Ecosystem, climate change and socio-environmental linkages along the continent-ocean continuum. Long-term socio ecological research in Patagonia (PATSER)
El poblamiento temprano del Archipiélago Fuego-Patagónico (53º- 56º Latitud sur): Reevaluación de la cronología y distribución espacial de evidencias para las adaptaciones marítimas del confín del mundo.
Solving the paradox of conflicting glacial chronologies: reconstructing the Cordillera Darwin ice sheet (53°-55°S) during the last glacial – interglacial transition.
Archipiélago Fueguino, interacciones dinámicas entre cultura, sociedad y ambiente para los últimos 2000 años de la Finis Terrae (52º-56º Sur)
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Robert McCulloch

Investigador residente

PATSER

Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de Patagonia

Coyhaique, Chile

6
Claudia Mansilla

Académica e Investigadora

Instituto de la Patagonia

Universidad de Magallanes

Punta Arenas, Chile

5
Flavia Morello

Directora

Centro de Estudios del Hombre Austral

INSTITUTO DE LA PATAGONIA, UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES

Punta Arenas, Chile

3
jimena torres

profesora asistente

Instituto de la Patagonia

Universidad de Magallanes

Punta Arenas , Chile

2
Ricardo De Pol

Investigador Asociado

UNIVERSIDAD DE Magallanes

Punta Arenas, Chile

2
Manuel San Román

Investigador

Instituto de la Patagonia

Universidad de Magallanes

punta arenas, Chile

2
Juan Aravena

Director Centro de Investigación Gaia Antártica CIGA

Universidad de Magallanes

Punta Arenas, Chile

1
Juan Armesto

Full Professor

Departamento de Ecología

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Barbara Jacob

Researcher and coordinator of Ecoclimatic Laboratory

Aquatic Ecosystems Line

Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia (CIEP)

Coyhaique, Chile

1
Temistocles Prieto

ASSOCIATED RESEARCHER

Centro Gaia Antartica

UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES

Punta Arenas, Chile