Dr Stephen Stukins
Senior curator, micropalaeontology
Department: Earth Sciences
Division: ES Invertebrates and Plants Palaeobiology
Group: Mineralogy Collections
Specialisms: Palynology with special focus on the Mesozoic and statistical analyses of terrestrial palaeoenvironments, Biostratigraphy, Micropalaeontology, Collections research projects
Qualifications
Degrees
- PhD, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- MSc Micropalaeontology, University College London, United Kingdom
- BSc (Hons) Geological Sciences, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Employment history
Academic
- Senior Curator of Micropalaeontology, The Natural History Museum, London, Department of Earth Sciences, United Kingdom, 2015 - ongoing
- Museum Scientist in Micropalaeontology, The Natural History Museum, London, Department of Palaeontology/Earth Sciences, United Kingdom, 2012 - 2015
Non-academic
- Stratigrapher/Palynologist, PetroStrat Ltd, 2010 - 2011
Highlighted publications
- Cojocaru R, Mannix O, Capron M, Miller CG, Jouneau P-H, Gallet B, Falconet D, Pacureanu A, Stukins S (2022) A biological nanofoam: The wall of coniferous bisaccate pollen. Science Advances, (6) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abd0892
- STUKINS S (2022) IS ABERRANCY A RELIABLE INDICATOR FOR MAJOR PALEOCLIMATIC DISTURBANCE?. PALAIOS, (5) Society for Sedimentary Geology : 145 - 149. doi: 10.2110/palo.2021.019
- Stukins S, McIlroy D, Jolley DW (2017) Refining palaeoenvironmental analysis using integrated quantitative granulometry and palynology. Petroleum Geoscience, (4) Geological Society of London : 395 - 402. doi: 10.1144/petgeo2016-073
- Stukins S, Jolley DW, McIlroy D, Hartley AJ (2013) Middle Jurassic vegetation dynamics from allochthonous palynological assemblages: An example from a marginal marine depositional setting; Lajas Formation, Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Elsevier BV : 117 - 127. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.09.002
- Riding JB, Pound MJ, Hill TCB, Stukins S, Feist-Burkhardt S (2012) The John Williams Index of Palaeopalynology. Palynology, (2) Informa UK Limited : 224 - 233. doi: 10.1080/01916122.2012.682512
- Fox L, Stukins S, Hill T, Miller CG Quantifying the Effect of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Calcifying Plankton. Scientific Reports, (1) Springer Science and Business Media LLCdoi: 10.1038/s41598-020-58501-w
Highlighted publications
- Cojocaru R, Mannix O, Capron M, Miller CG, Jouneau P-H, Gallet B, Falconet D, Pacureanu A, Stukins S (2022) A biological nanofoam: The wall of coniferous bisaccate pollen. Science Advances, (6) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abd0892
- STUKINS S (2022) IS ABERRANCY A RELIABLE INDICATOR FOR MAJOR PALEOCLIMATIC DISTURBANCE?. PALAIOS, (5) Society for Sedimentary Geology : 145 - 149. doi: 10.2110/palo.2021.019
- Stukins S, McIlroy D, Jolley DW (2017) Refining palaeoenvironmental analysis using integrated quantitative granulometry and palynology. Petroleum Geoscience, (4) Geological Society of London : 395 - 402. doi: 10.1144/petgeo2016-073
- Stukins S, Jolley DW, McIlroy D, Hartley AJ (2013) Middle Jurassic vegetation dynamics from allochthonous palynological assemblages: An example from a marginal marine depositional setting; Lajas Formation, Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Elsevier BV : 117 - 127. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.09.002
- Riding JB, Pound MJ, Hill TCB, Stukins S, Feist-Burkhardt S (2012) The John Williams Index of Palaeopalynology. Palynology, (2) Informa UK Limited : 224 - 233. doi: 10.1080/01916122.2012.682512
- Fox L, Stukins S, Hill T, Miller CG Quantifying the Effect of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Calcifying Plankton. Scientific Reports, (1) Springer Science and Business Media LLCdoi: 10.1038/s41598-020-58501-w