Dr Sami Mikhail

Dr Sami Mikhail

Director of Research

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Phone
+44 (0)1334 46 3915
Email
sm342@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Research areas

I am a geoscientist exploring the relationships between plate tectonics and the chemistry of planetary atmospheres. My research has provided new insights into how nitrogen and carbon are stored and cycled throughout the planet, I have drawn new links between the planet-wide carbon cycle and diamond-formation, and I have quantitatively shown how plate tectonics has altered the chemistry of Earth’s atmosphere. I am currently working to establish new ways to constrain the nature of long-term feedback systems which connect the biosphere, geosphere, and atmosphere on geological timescales.

PhD supervision

  • Fawn Holland
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Selected publications

  • Open access
    Holland, F. S. M., Stüeken, E. E., Dan, W., Zhang, W., Zhu, Y. & Mikhail, S., 1 Apr 2026, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 679, p. 1-10 10 p., 119890.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Stüeken, E. E., Holland, F. S. M. & Mikhail, S., 28 May 2025, In: Geochemical Perspectives Letters. 35, p. 13-17 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Mare, E. R., Chen, J., Buisman, I., Hayward, C., Burnham, A. D., Melai, C., Stüeken, E. E., Bromley, G. & Mikhail, S., 25 Apr 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research. Early View, 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Rinaldi, M., Mikhail, S. & Sverjensky, D. A., 15 May 2024, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 634, 9 p., 118672.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Boocock, T. J., Mikhail, S., Boyce, A. J., Prytulak, J., Savage, P. S. & Stueeken, E. E., Jun 2023, In: Nature Geoscience. 16, p. 521–526 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Boocock, T. J., Stüeken, E. E., Bybee, G. M., König, R., Boyce, A. J., Prytulak, J., Buisman, I. & Mikhail, S., 1 Sept 2023, In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 356, p. 116-128 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Mikhail, S., Stueeken, E. E., Boocock, T. J., Athey, M., Mappin, N., Boyce, A. J., Liebmann, J., Spencer, C. J. & Bucholz, C. E., 17 Nov 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Geology. Early View

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Rinaldi, M., Mikhail, S., Sverjensky, D. A. & Kalita, J., 1 Sept 2023, In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 356, p. 105-115 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Formoso, F., Melai, C., Joachim-Mrosko, B., Konzett, J., Bromiley, G., Mare, E. R., Dawson, D. M., Ashbrook, S. E. & Mikhail, S., 2 Jun 2022.

    Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

  • Open access
    Jacob, D. E. & Mikhail, S., 5 Jul 2022, In: Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry. 88, 1, p. 167-189 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review