We are excited to announce that the next Geochemistry Group Research in Progress (GGRiP) meeting will take place in Bristol on the 24^th-26^th of March 2026. Visit the GGRiP website for the full schedule.

For GGRiP 2026 in Bristol, we are running 2 pre-conference workshops that will be free for all conference attendees. The first will be a Geochemistry Laboratory Operator Workshop, covering lab techniques and lab management. Register for this workshop here.

The second workshop will be aimed at ECRs, covering the basics and foundations of mass spectrometry techniques. To register for this workshop, please fill in this form. There will be guest lecturers from across earth science/chemistry/Archaeology. Topics will include:

(1) Introduction to Atoms, Molecules, Ions, Fields and Forces. (2) Inorganic Mass Spectrometry for Elemental and Isotope Ratio Determination: Quads, TOF, Sectors, (CC)-MC-ICPMS. (3) GC and LC Mass Spectrometry Techniques for Separating and Quantifying Molecules in Complex Mixtures;  compound specific IRMS (C,N,H).

Visit the GGRiP website to register and submit your abstract!

The next Geochemistry Group Research in Progress (GGRiP) meeting will take place in Bristol on the 24th-26th of March 2026. For GGRiP 2026 in Bristol, we are running 2 free pre-conference workshops. The first will be a technical staff workshop covering lab techniques and lab management. The second workshop will be aimed at ECRs, covering the basics of different geochemistry techniques. There will be guest lecturers from across earth science/chemistry/Archaeology. Topics will include: Introduction to Atoms, Molecules, Ions, Fields and Forces; Inorganic Mass Spectrometry for Elemental and Isotope Ratio Determination: Quads, TOF, Sectors, (CC)-MC-ICPMS.GC and LC Mass Spectrometry Techniques for Separating and Quantifying Molecules in Complex Mixtures;  compound specific IRMS (C,N,H).

The GGRiP website will be live for registration from December 2025!

The Geochemistry Group is looking to recruit committee members! These roles involve attending quarterly committee meetings (typically online) and helping to support ongoing Geochemistry Group activities. Terms are ~3 years.

To express your interest in joining, please get in touch with either Paul Savage (Chair): pss3@st-andrews.ac.uk or Marie-Laure Bagard (Secretary): mlb63@cam.ac.uk, and to apply, we will require a short statement of no more than 200 words to explain why you would like to contribute the Geochemistry Group. 

New members will be selected at the AGM which will take place at GGRiP (8th-10th April). Get in touch now!

• Meeting attendance Bursaries (PhDs & ECRs) – The next round of bursary applications are due by the 15th January. These are often under subscribed, so you stand a great chance of success!

• Scientific Meeting Support– Running a meeting with a geochemical theme? We can offer some financial support to help enable keynotes and/or early career researchers attend your meeting. applications are due by the 15th January.

Forms for all funding can be found HERE

We are excited to announce that the next Geochemistry Group Research in Progress (GGRiP) meeting will take place in Birmingham on the 8-10^th of April 2025. Watch this space for more information soon.

The Geochemistry Group is looking to recruit 2 full committee members (including a new communications officer) and 2 postgraduate student representatives. To apply for this position, please submit a short statement of no more than 200 words using the space below. The statement should be addressing why you would like to contribute the Geochemistry Group. Position is only available to those based in the UK or Ireland. Deadline to apply is 9th April.

Job descriptions:

1. Full committee member (ordinary member): this role involves attending quarterly committee meetings (typically online) and helping to support ongoing Geochemistry Group activities. Term is ~3 years.
2. Full committee member (communications officer): this role involves maintaining the website and various social media platforms , advertising upcoming events and the annual GGRiP meeting, and liaising with other Special Interest Groups affiliated with the Geological Society and Mineralogical Society. Term is ~3 years.
3. Postgraduate representative: this role involves attending quarterly committee meetings (typically online) and helping to support ongoing Geochemistry Group activities. Term is ~ 3 years. Note that you can be at any stage of your PhD.

To apply, please use our Google Form here.

Any questions? Contact Marie-Laure Bagard (mlb63@cam.ac.uk  – Secretary)  

If you’ve attended or heard of the Geochemistry Group’s “Out of Academia: Into Science” career panels, we want to hear from you! We’d be really grateful if you could take 5 minutes to complete the feedback form below.

The Geochemistry Group is looking to appoint one new co-opted member to join our committee. The deadline is 04.10.2022. Applications will be evaluated in mid-October for a late-October start.

The role of the committee members is to support the Geochemistry Group’s usual activities (awarding student travel bursaries/awards , organizing our annual research in progress meeting, organizing career events). In addition, we hope that these new appointments will help improve representation of minorities on the Geochemistry Group steering committee as well as assist in devising and implementing strategies that address the lack of diversity within the wider UK geochemistry community. The appointments are made for 3 years.

To apply for this position, please submit a short statement of no more than 200 words using the Google Form below. The statement should address why you would like to contribute the Geochemistry Group. Note that this position is only available to those based in the UK and Ireland.

Any questions? Contact Marie-Laure Bagard (mlb63@cam.ac.uk – Geochemistry Group Secretary)!

The Geochemistry Group is looking to appoint three new ordinary members to join our committee. The deadline is 06.05.2022 and members will be elected at the Geochemistry Group Research in Progress AGM in Cardiff.

The role of the committee members is to support the Geochemistry Group’s usual activities (awarding student travel bursaries/awards , organizing our annual research in progress meeting, organizing career events). In addition, we hope that these new appointments will help improve representation of minorities on the Geochemistry Group steering committee as well as assist in devising and implementing strategies that address the lack of diversity within the wider UK geochemistry community. The appointments are made for 3 years.

To apply for this position, please submit a short statement of no more than 200 words using the Google Form below. The statement should address why you would like to contribute the Geochemistry Group and its efforts towards increasing diversity.

Any questions? Contact Wes Fraser (wfraser@brookes.ac.uk – Geochemistry Group Secretary)!

We are excited to announce that Dr. Arola Moreras Marti is the winner of the Geochemistry Group Postdoctoral Medal! She won for her paper entitled: “Quadruple sulfur isotope biosignatures from terrestrial Mars analogue systems” in GCA.

Arola is originally from Barcelona where she did her undergraduate in Geology at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB). She then did her PhD at the University of St Andrews, and is now a Postdoctoral Researcher between the University of Glasgow and University of St Andrews. Her field of study has been astrobiology, with particular focus on trying to understand how signatures of life, also called biosignatures, are preserved on Mars and Europa analogues. During her PhD she focused on sulfur isotopes (hence the paper!), but is currently I am studying organic biosignatures, in particular lipid biomarkers, on a Europa analogue.

We are also pleased to announce that Dr. Jacqueline Campbell is the winner of this year’s Geochemistry Group Prominent Lecture Series. Jacqueline is a Schmidt Science Fellow at the University of Oxford, working on ocean acidification.

Dr. Jacqueline Campbell is an Earth and Planetary Scientist who specialises in satellite remote sensing. She was a tube train driver and care worker for many years before taking evening classes to learn more about space science, then studying for a degree in Earth and Ocean Science at the Universty of Brighton. She went on to earn her PhD at UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory on searching for organic signatures on Mars. She is currently a Schmidt Science Fellow at the University of Oxford, working on ocean acidification, and engages in outreach to encourage people from low-income backgrounds like herself to become scientists.

The award funds a series of lectures within Great Britain or Ireland. If you are interesting in hosting Jacqueline to learn more about life on Mars and/or a career in science, you can reach out to the Geochemistry Group or email her directly.