Dr. Stewart Fallon

Biography

Stewart Fallon is a trained marine scientist with a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Marine Science from the University of San Diego and a PhD in isotope geochemistry from the Australian National University, obtained in 2001. Following his education, he went to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to learn radiocarbon preparation measurements using accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS). In 2004, he moved to the Chemistry and Biology Nuclear Science Division at LLNL, where he developed isotopic measurement maps using CAMECA nanoSIMS. In 2006, he returned to Australia to take a research fellow position and became the head of the newly refurbished Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory at the Research School of Earth Sciences at the Australian National University. Since 2010, he has been a fellow and continues to oversee the Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory. His research interests encompass radiocarbon dating, utilizing radiocarbon as a tracer in the carbon cycle, and developing proxy records of marine environments through trace element isotopic records found in biogenic archives to examine past environmental changes, which aid in understanding future climate implications.

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