Research outputs per year
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Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
I am always interested in supervising motivated students who would like to develop novel tools to understand the rates and timescales of tectonic processes.
I am a geologist interested in geochronology, tectonics, metamorphic petrology, geochemistry and putting all these tools together to unravel the complex deformational process that have shaped our planet over geological time.
I am a geologist who combines tools such as geochronology, geochemistry, field, structural, and economic geology to understand the interplay between large-scale tectonics, faulting, fluid flow and mineralisation events. My research focuses on developing techniques for directly-dating deformation events to unravel complex processes that have shaped our planet through earth history. I focus on the dynamic settings in the Earth's crust where stress built up during continental collisional events is released by movement along faults. My research actively involves developing and using laser ablation (LA) techniques to directly-date past movement on these structures. I am particularly interested in this developing innovative new methods to date non-traditional mineral geochronometers such as calcite, with applications in the Himalaya, Greece, Arctic Canada and beyond.
Current research projects:
I am interested in supervising PhD students for motivated students interested in using micron-scale tools to understand large-scale tectonic processes.
2018- now: Senior Lecturer, Structural Geology and Tectonics, University of Portsmouth, UK
2017-2018: Lecturer, University of Portsmouth, UK
2016: Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dalhousie University, Canada
2014-2015: Fulbright Postdoctoral Research Scholar, University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A
2010-2014: PhD, Open University, UK. Thesis "An integrated metamorphic and isotopic study of crustal extrusion along the Main Central Thrust, Sikkim Himalaya"
2006-2010: BSc (first class Hons), Geosciences, University of St Andrews, UK
I teach Structural Geology, tectonics, mapping and field techniques.
I particulary enjoy teaching in the field and teach in Scotland, Brittany, Cyprus, Cornwall and southern England.
Ph.D., An integrated metamorphic and isotopic study of crustal extrusion along the Main Central Thrust, Sikkim Himalaya, The Open University
1 Sept 2010 → 31 Aug 2014
Award Date: 31 Aug 2014
BSc (Hons), Geosciences, University of St Andrews
15 Sept 2006 → 24 Jun 2010
Award Date: 24 Jun 2010
Killam Fellow, Dalhousie University
1 Jan 2015 → 1 Jan 2016
Fulbright scholar, University of California at Santa Barbara
1 Sept 2014 → 1 Oct 2015
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Spencer, C. J. (Creator), Dyck, B. (Creator), Mottram, C. (Creator), Roberts, N. M. W. (Creator), Yao, W. (Creator) & Martin, E. L. (Creator), Elsevier BV, 16 Mar 2018
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2018.02.007, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987118300677?via%3Dihub#sec3
Dataset
Storey, C., Darling, J., Mottram, C., Parrish, R., Watts, J., Preston, J., Cragg, S. & Couceiro, F.
18/01/21 → …
Project: Research
Natural Environment Research Council
1/01/19 → 1/09/21
Project: Research
Mottram, C., Bhattacharyya, K. & Grujic, D.
2/02/16 → 31/12/17
Project: Research
Catherine Mottram (Visiting researcher)
Activity: Visiting an external organisation types › Visiting an external academic institution
Catherine Mottram (Guest editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Catherine Mottram (Visiting researcher)
Activity: Visiting an external organisation types › Visiting an external academic institution
Catherine Mottram (Chair)
Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee or panel
Catherine Mottram (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Mottram, Catherine (Recipient), 1 Mar 2016
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Mottram, Catherine (Recipient), 31 Jul 2019
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Mottram, Catherine (Recipient), 1 Sept 2014
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
28/10/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research cited
7/10/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research cited