Mark Cuthbert
Research Fellow and Lecturer
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
University of Wales Cardiff
United Kingdom
Biography
Mark Cuthbert's Education and qualifications 2006: PhD (Hydrogeology) University of Birmingham, UK 1999: MSc (Hydrogeology & Groundwater Resources), University College London, UK 1998: BA, MA (Earth Sciences), University of Oxford, UK Career overview 2017 - present: Research Fellow, Water Research Institute, Cardiff University, UK 2016 - 2017: Senior Research Associate, University College London, UK 2014 - 2016: Research Fellow, University of Birmingham, UK 2012 - 2014: Marie Curie Research Fellow: University of New South Wales, Australia 2008 - 2012: Research Fellow, University of Birmingham, UK + 6 years outside academia in Environmental Consultancy & the charitable sector
Research Interest
coupled hydrological-climate process dynamics in order: to understand & quantify groundwater sustainability, particularly in drylands; to improve interpretations of terrestrial paleoclimate proxy archives; to understand Quaternary paleoenvironments & how they influenced our evolution as a species.
Publications
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Cuthbert MO, Gleeson T, Reynolds SC, Bennett MR, Newton AC, McCormack CJ, Ashley GM. Modelling the role of groundwater hydro-refugia in East African hominin evolution and dispersal. Nature Communications. 2017;8.
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Schmidt SI, Cuthbert MO, Schwientek M. Towards an integrated understanding of how micro scale processes shape groundwater ecosystem functions. Science of the Total Environment. 2017 Aug 15;592:215-27.
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Rau GC, Halloran LJ, Cuthbert MO, Andersen MS, Acworth RI, Tellam JH. Characterising the dynamics of surface water-groundwater interactions in intermittent and ephemeral streams using streambed thermal signatures. Advances in Water Resources. 2017 Sep 1;107:354-69.
