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Dr Phil Hopley

Positions held:
  • Senior Lecturer, School of Natural Sciences
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  • Overview

    Overview

    Biography

    I use stable isotope geochemistry in cave carbonates (speleothems) and fossil teeth to understand Pliocene and Pleistocene climate and environments. Much of this work offers context to human evolution in Africa.

    Administrative responsibilities

    • Chair of the Earth and Planetary Sciences Sub-Board of Examiners

    Visiting posts

    • Honorary Research Associate, Department of Earth Sciences, UCL,
  • Research

    Research

    Research interests

    • Cave Science
    • Palaeodietary Reconstruction
    • Palaeoclimatology
    • Hominin Evolution

    Research overview

    I am interested in the interplay between climate, vegetation and mammalian communities during the Miocene to Pleistocene of Africa. My work employs sedimentological, palaeobiological and geochemical approaches to understand the environmental context of early hominin evolution in Africa.

    Particular interests include the reconstruction past climate change using cave carbonates (flowstones, stalagmites) and palaeodietary analysis using fossil teeth.

    Research Centres and Institutes

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    Research clusters and groups

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  • Supervision and teaching

    Supervision and teaching

    Supervision

    Supervisions within 糖心logo入口:
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    I welcome enquiries from prospective PhD students who are interested in undertaking research in any of my areas of research interest.

    Doctoral alumni since 2013-14

    • SIMON MAXWELL
      Nature of supervision:
      Principal Supervisor,
      Awarded:
      2018

    Teaching

    I teach the Level 4 module Earth History and the Level 6 module Palaeoclimatology.

    Teaching modules

    • Methods in Natural Sciences I
    • Preparation for Map and Thesis
    • Introduction to Earth and Planetary Science
    • Earth History
    • Map and Thesis
    • Introduction to Field Geology
    • Methods in Natural Sciences II
  • Publications

    Publications

    Article

    • Hopley, Philip and Cerling, T. and Crete, L. and Werdelin, L. and Mwebi, O. and Manthi, F. and Leakey, L. (2023) . Quaternary International 650, pp. 12-27. ISSN 1040-6182.
    • Wilson, D.J. and Pogge von Strandmann, Philip A.E. and White, Joanne and Tarbuck, G. and Marca, A.D. and Atkinson, T.C. and Hopley, Philip J. (2021) . Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 312, pp. 194-216. ISSN 0016-7037.
    • Macho, Gabriele and Fornai, C. and Tardieu, C. and Hopley, Philip and Haeusler, M. and Toussaint, M. (2020) . Journal of Anthropological Sciences 98, pp. 73-88. ISSN 1827-4765.
    • Sewell, L. and Merceron, G. and Hopley, Philip and Zipfel, B. and Reynolds, S. (2019) . Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 23, pp. 1014-1028. ISSN 2352-409X.
    • Hopley, Phil and Reade, H. and Parrish, R. and De Kock, M. and Adams, J.W. (2019) . Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 264, pp. 75-89. ISSN 0034-6667.
    • Maxwell, Simon J. and Hopley, Philip J. and Upchurch, P. and Soligo, C. (2018) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 115 (19), pp. 4891-4896. ISSN 0027-8424.
    • Hopley, Philip J. and Weedon, G.P. and Brierley, C. and Thrasivoulou, C. and Herries, A.I.R. and Dinckal, A. and Richards, D.A. and Nita, D.C. and Parrish, R.R. and Roberts, N.M.W. and Sahy, D. and Smith, C.L. (2018) . Geology 46 (8), pp. 731-734. ISSN 0091-7613.
    • Parker, J.F. and Hopley, Philip J. and Kuhn, B.F. (2016) . PLoS One 11 (9), pp. e0161198. ISSN 1932-6203.
    • Kuhn, B.F. and Herries, A.I.R. and Pickering, R. and Price, G. and Baker, S.E. and Hopley, Philip J. and Menter, C. and Caruana, M.V. (2016) . Palaeontologia africana 51, pp. 10-26. ISSN ISSN 2410-4418.
    • Dorana, T.L. and Herries, A.I.R. and Hopley, Philip J. and Somebroek, H. and Hellstrom, J. and Hodge, E. and Kuhng, B.F. (2015) . Quaternary Research 84 (1), pp. 133-143. ISSN 0033-5894.
    • Kuhn, B.F. and Carlson, K.J. and Hopley, Philip J. and Zipfel, B. and Berger, L.R. (2015) . Palaeontologia Electronica 18 (1), pp. 1-16. ISSN 1094-8074.
    • Hopley, Philip J. and Herries, A.I.R. and Baker, S.E. and Kuhn, B.F. and Menter, C.G. (2013) . American Journal of Physical Anthropology 151 (2), pp. 316-324. ISSN 0002-9483.
    • Daley, T.J. and Thomas, E.R. and Holmes, J.A. and Street-Perrott, F.A. and Chapman, M.R. and Tindall, J.C. and Valdes, P.J. and Loader, N.J. and Marshall, J.D. and Wolff, E.W. and Hopley, Philip J. and Atkinson, T. and Barber, K.E. and Fisher, E.H. and Robertson, I. and Hughes, P.D.M. and Roberts, C.N. (2011) . Global and Planetary Change 79 (3-4), pp. 288-302. ISSN 0921-8181.
    • Adams, J.W. and Herries, A.I.R. and Hemingway, J. and Kegley, A.D.T. and Kgasi, L. and Hopley, Philip J. and Reade, H. and Potze, S. and Thackeray, J.F. (2010) . Journal of Human Evolution 59 (6), pp. 685-691. ISSN 0047-2484.
    • Herries, A.I.R. and Hopley, Philip J. and Adams, J.W. and Curnoe, D. and Maslin, Mark A. (2010) . American Journal of Physical Anthropology 143 (4), pp. 640-646. ISSN 0002-9483.
    • Hopley, Philip J. and Maslin, Mark A. (2010) . Paleobiology 36 (1), pp. 32-50. ISSN 0094-8373.
    • Hopley, Philip J. and Marshall, J.D. and Latham, A.G. (2009) . Geoarchaeology 24 (5), pp. 519-547. ISSN 0883-6353.
    • Hopley, Philip and Marshall, J.D. and Weedon, G.P. and Latham, A.G. and Herries, A.I.R. and Kuykendall, K.L. (2007) . Journal of Human Evolution 53 (5), pp. 620-634. ISSN 0047-2484.
    • Lunt, D. and Ross, I. and Hopley, Philip and Valdes, P.J. (2007) . Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 251 (2), pp. 239-253. ISSN 0031-0182.
    • Hopley, Philip and Weedon, G.P. and Marshall, J.D. and Latham, A.G. and Herries, A.I.R. and Kuykendall, K.L. (2007) . Earth and Planetary Science Letters 256 (3-4), pp. 419-432. ISSN 0012-821X.
    • Curnoe, D. and Herries, A. and Brink, J. and Hopley, Philip and van Reyneveld, K. and Henderson, Z. and Morris, D. (2006) . South African Journal of Science 102 (5-6), pp. 180-184. ISSN 0038-2353.
    • Hopley, Philip and Latham, A.G. and Marshall, J.D. (2006) . Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 233 (3-4), pp. 235-251. ISSN 0031-0182.
    • Curnoe, D. and Herries, A. and Brink, J. and Hopley, Philip and Ryneveld, K. and Henderson, Z. and Morris, D. (2005) . Nyame Akuma 64, pp. 58-65.
    • Hopley, Philip (2001) . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21 (2), pp. 253-260. ISSN 0272-4634.
    • Hopley, Philip (2000) . Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 122, pp. 129-138. ISSN 0070-7112.