Prof William (Bill) Austin

Prof William (Bill) Austin

Professor

Phone
+44 (0)1334 46 3988
Email
wena@st-andrews.ac.uk

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Research areas

Palaeoceanography, Marine Geology, Foraminifera, Stable Isotopes, Climate Change.


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My research focus is directed primarily at reconstructing past climate change from marine records, with a particular focus on the late Quaternary. I work extensively with foraminifera and have a growing research interest in the use of biogeochemical proxies and their application to foraminiferal-based palaeoceanography. Over the last decade, I have established a research interest in the application of tephrochronology to constrain North Atlantic stratigraphies, an interest which overlaps with recent work on marine radiocarbon reservoir ages. The primary geographical focus of my research is the North Atlantic continental margins and shelf seas.

PhD supervision

  • Lauren听Carl
  • Aysegul听Dogan
  • Cathilyn听McIntosh
  • Lauren听South

Selected publications

  • Open access
    Austin, W., 23 Feb 2026, UNESCO-IOC. 8 p.

    Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Commissioned report

  • Open access
    Macreadie, P. I., Biddulph, G. E., Masque, P., Kennedy, H., Samper-Villarreal, J., Megonigal, J. P., Morrissette, H. K., Romero-Gonzalez, T. E., Hatje, V., Friedrich, J., Sasmito, S. D., Watanabe, K., Mazarrasa , I., Krause-Jensen, D., Adams, J. B., Cifuentes-Jara , M., Arias-Ortiz, A., Rovai, A. S., Stankovic, M. & Isensee, K. & 9 others, Queir贸s , A. M., Chen, L., Herrera-Silveira, J., Hurd, C. L., Ismail, R., Krauss, K. W., Lafratta, A., Palacios, M. M. & Austin, W. E. N., 24 Mar 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. AOP, 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

  • Open access
    Parker, R., Graves, C., Aldridge, J., Heal, R., Hughes, D., Mason, C., Powell, C., Austin, W., Bell, T., Clarkson, S., Elias, J., Hicks, N., Hiddink , J., Homoky, W., Hunt, C., Hunter, B., Ivanovic, A., Kaiser, M., Kennedy, H. & Marsh, M. & 21 others, Pereira, R., Rickard, P., Rippeth, T., Robinson, K., Sciberras, M., Smeaton, C., Vane, C., Williamson, P., Woodward-Rowe, H., Woulds, C., Bradshaw, C., Chatting, M., Coughlan, M., Diesing, M., L酶nborg, C., O'Neill, B., Paradis, S., Porz, L., Rastrick, S., Tiano, J. & Zhang, W., 25 Feb 2026, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas). 86 p.

    Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Commissioned report

  • Open access
    Graversen, A. E. L., L酶nborg, C., Addamo, A. M., Pedersen, S. G., Chemello, S., Alejo, I., Apostolaki, E. T., Asplund, M. E., Austin, W. E. N., Berov, D., Berto, D., Bj枚rk, M., Black, K., Bobchev, N., Bonaglia, S., Borgersen, G., Bouma, T., Costello, M. J., Dahl, M. & Diaz-Almela, E. & 72 others, Dimitriou, P. D., Duarte, C. M., Due帽as, C. L., Efthymiadis, P. T., Elosegui, I. M., Espinosa, M. R., Filipsson, H. L., Fontela, M., Fredriksen, S., Frigstad, H., Gagnon, K., Garcia-Escudero, C. A., Giani, M., Grouhel-Pellouin, A., Guerra, R., Gullstr枚m, M., Gundersen, H., Hancke, K., Majt茅nyi-Hill, C., Hunt, C., Inostroza, K., Karakassis, I., Karamfilov, V., Klayn, S., Koziorowska, K., Kuli艅ski, K., Lavery, P., Lenstra, W. K., Lilleb酶, A. I., Logemann, E., Magni, P., Marb脿, N., Marco-Mendez, C., Martins, M., Mateo, M. A., Monnier, B., Mueller, P., Neto, J. M., Papageorgiou, N., de Rezende, C. E., Pardo, J. C. F., Pe帽a, J. A. J. D. L., Pergent, G., Pi帽eiro-Juncal, N., Preston, J., Rampazzo, F., Reithmaier, G., Reusch, T. B. H., Reynolds, S., Ricart, A. M., Santos, R., de los Santos, C. B., Santos, I. R., Serrano, E., Serrano, O., Slomp, C. P., Smeaton, C., Soler, M., Sousa, A. I., Spiegel, T., Stevenson, A., Thormar, J., Trannum, H. C., van Helmond, N. A. G. M., Paradis, S., Vizzini, S., Ward, E. A., Yau, Y. Y. Y., Zakhama-Sraieb, R., Zribi, I., Zygadlowska, O. M. & Jensen, D. K., 1 Jun 2025, In: Data in Brief. 60, 14 p., 111595.

    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

  • Open access
    Austin, W. E. N., Apine, E. & South, L., 28 Aug 2025, Zenodo. 94 p.

    Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Commissioned report

  • Open access
    Houston, A., Garnett, M. H. & Austin, W. E. N., 23 Sept 2025, In: Biogeosciences. 22, 18, p. 4851-4864 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

  • Open access
    Taylor , J., Selby, D., Lloyd, J., Smeaton, C., Bendle, J., Allison, M., Ling, Y., Podrecca, L., Sageman, B., Austin, W. & Szidat, S., 15 May 2025, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 356, 16 p., 109311.

    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

  • Open access
    Austin, W., Smeaton, C., Flynn, A. & Macdonald, A., 13 Nov 2025, Royal and Ancient . 21 p.

    Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Commissioned report

  • Open access
    Houston, A., Kennedy, H. & Austin, W., 4 Nov 2024, In: Global Change Biology. 30, 11, 9 p., e17559.

    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

  • Open access
    Houston, A., Garnett, M. & Austin, W., 1 Mar 2024, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 69, 3, p. 548-561 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review

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