Dr Hayley Manners

Biography

I am an organic analytical geochemist with an interest in environmental research, specifically that pertaining to the marine carbon cycle. My research expertise is in the application of organic, inorganic, and analytical geochemical techniques to understand modern and paleo carbon cycle dynamics. These interests derive from the application of lipid biomarkers to paleoclimate and modern carbon cycle questions and have expanded to investigating the role of explosive volcanism in modulating climate and as a habitat for microbial life.

Qualifications

BSc Analytical Chemistry (University of Plymouth, 2009)

PhD Earth Sciences "A multi-proxy study of the Palaeocene - Eocene Thermal Maximum in northern Spain" (University of Plymouth, 2014)

Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP; University of Plymouth, 2016)

Professional membership

Fellow of the Geological Society (FGS)

Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC)

European Association of Organic Geochemists (EAOG)

British Mass Spectrometry Society (BMSS)

Teaching

Teaching interests

I enjoy teaching and learning about best pedagogic practice, and have been lecturing at the University of Plymouth since 2015, with most of my teaching focussed on analytical, environmental and organic chemistry. I am happy to supervise research projects (BSc, MChem, MSc) in any of these areas. As part of my role, I teach across all stages of the Chemistry degree programme, from Foundation Chemistry to Masters level. I am the Stage 1 tutor for the BSc Chemistry and MChem Analytical Chemistry programmes, and am also the Peer Assisted Learning Scheme (PALS) academic co-ordinator for our Chemistry degrees.

I am currently the module leader for five undergraduate modules:

CHM1011: Practice of Chemistry

CHM1014: Solving Chemical Problems

CHM2015: Analytical Chemistry 2

CHM3013: Advanced Analytical Techniques

CHM3015: Advanced Organic Chemistry

Research

Research interests

I have a broad interest in environmental analytical organic geochemistry, with a particular focus on carbon cycle dynamics, especially relating to explosive volcanism in the marine realm. I have previously worked on palaeoenvironmental reconstruction, and am currently combining these interests to investigate the role of explosive volcanism on carbon cycling throughout Earth's history. I am also interested in applied analytical chemistry, especially pertaining to the improvement of existing or development of new methods to achieve my research aims, but also in relation to new projects, including commercial ventures.

Research groups

Centre for Research in Earth Sciences (CRES)

Grants & contracts

Investigation of organic markers of microbial activity in volcanic ash in the deep biosphere.
NERC UK IODP Moratorium Award. May 2017 (£50,000)

26th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG), Tenerife
British Mass Spectrometry Society Travel Grant. August 2013 (£300)
Plymouth University Conference Fund. July 2013 (£200)

American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2012, San Franciso
Geochemistry Group (speciality group of the Geological Society of London). December 2012 (£250)

Palynological sample preparation at the British Geological Survey headquarters, Nottingham
The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP). July 2011 ($1000)

Climate and Biota of the Early Paleogene 2011 conference, Salzburg
Centre for Research in Earth Sciences. March 2011 (£300)

NEBROC organic biogeochemistry course at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Texel
Centre for Research in Earth Sciences. February 2011 (£400)

Total ~£52,250

Publications

Key publications

Key publications are highlighted

Journals

Articles

Longman J, Manners H, Gernon T, McManus J, Palmer M, Rowland S & Sutton P (2023) 'Production and preservation of organic carbon in sub-seafloor tephra layers' Marine Chemistry , DOI Open access

Köster M, Staubwasser M, Meixner A, Kasemann SA, Manners HR, Morono Y, Inagaki F, Heuer VB, Kasten S & Henkel S (2023) 'Uniquely low stable iron isotopic signatures in deep marine sediments caused by Rayleigh distillation' Scientific Reports 13, (1) , DOI Open access

Longman J, Dunlea AG, Böning P, Palmer MR, Gernon TM, McManus J, Manners HR, Homoky WB & Pahnke K (2023) 'Release of tephra-hosted iron during early diagenesis fingerprinted by iron isotopes' Earth and Planetary Science Letters 605, , DOI Open access

Longman J, Palmer M, Gernon T, Manners H & Jones M (2022) 'Subaerial volcanism is a potentially major contributor to oceanic iron and manganese cycles' Communications Earth & Environment 3, , DOI Open access

Longman J, Mills B, Manners H, Gernon T & Palmer M (2021) 'Late Ordovician climate change and extinctions driven by elevated volcanic nutrient supply' Nature Geoscience 14, (12) 924-929 , DOI Open access

Longman J, Gernon T, Palmer M & Manners H (2021) 'Tephra deposition and bonding with reactive oxides enhances burial of organic carbon in the Bering Sea' Global Biogeochemical Cycles: an international journal of global change 35, (11) , DOI Open access

Heuer VB, Inagaki F, Morono Y, Kubo Y, Spivack AJ, Viehweger B, Treude T, Beulig F, Schubotz F & Tonai S (2020) 'Temperature limits to deep subseafloor life in the Nankai Trough subduction zone' Science 370, (6521) 1230-1234 , DOI Open access

Tonai S, Kubo Y, Tsang M-Y, Bowden S, Ide K, Hirose T, Kamiya N, Yamamoto Y, Yang K & Yamada Y (2019) 'A New Method for Quality Control of Geological Cores by X-Ray Computed Tomography: Application in IODP Expedition 370' Frontiers in Earth Science 7, , DOI Open access

Longman J, Palmer MR, Gernon TM & Manners HR (2019) 'The Role of Tephra in Enhancing Organic Carbon Preservation in Marine Sediments' Earth-Science Reviews Open access

Duller R, Armitage J, Manners H, Grimes ST & Dunkley Jones T (2019) 'Delayed sedimentary response to abrupt climate change at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary, northern Spain' Geology , DOI Open access

Hamada Y, Hirose T, Ijiri A, Yamada Y, Sanada Y, Saito S, Sakurai N, Sugihara T, Yokoyama T & Saruhashi T (2018) 'In-situ mechanical weakness of subducting sediments beneath a plate boundary décollement in the Nankai Trough' Progress in Earth and Planetary Science 5, (1) , DOI Open access

Dunkley Jones T, Manners HR, Hoggett M, Kirtland Turner S, Westerhold T, Leng MJ, Pancost RD, Ridgwell A, Alegret L & Duller R (2018) 'Dynamics of sediment flux to a bathyal continental margin section through the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum' Climate of the Past 14, (7) 1035-1049 , DOI Open access

Murray NA, McManus J, Palmer MR, Haley B & Manners HR (2018) 'Diagenesis in tephra-rich sediments from the Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc: Pore fluid constraints' Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta , DOI Open access

Manners HR (2014) 'A Multi-Proxy Study of the PETM at the Zumaia Section, northern Spain' Rendiconti online della Società Geologica Italiana 31, 147-148 , DOI

Manners HR, Grimes ST, Sutton PA, Domingo L, Leng MJ, Twitchett RJ, Hart MB, Dunkley Jones T, Pancost RD & Duller R (2014) 'Reply to comment on "Magnitude and profile of organic carbon isotope records from the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: Evidence from northern Spain" by Manners et al. [Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 376 (2013) 220-230]' EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS 395, 294-295 , DOI

Manners HR, Grimes ST, Sutton PA, Domingo L, Leng MJ, Twitchett RJ, Hart MB, Dunkley Jones T, Pancost RD & Duller R (2013) 'Magnitude and profile of organic carbon isotope records from the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum: Evidence from northern Spain' Earth and Planetary Science Letters 376, 220-230 , DOI

Belt ST, Vare LL, Massé G, Manners HR, Price JC, MacLachlan SE, Andrews JT & Schmidt S (2010) 'Striking similarities in temporal changes to spring sea ice occurrence across the central Canadian Arctic Archipelago over the last 7000 years' Quaternary Science Reviews 29, (25-26) 3489-3504 , DOI

Conference Papers

Henkel S, Köster M, Liu B, Staubwasser M, Meixner A, Kasemann S, Manners H, Heuer V, Morono Y & Inagaki F (2023) 'Iron isotope signals: Use and limitations in natural marine sediments' Goldschmidt2023 7-/-0/20237-/-0/2023European Association of Geochemistry Publisher Site , DOI

Presentations and posters

Köster M, Manners HR, Heuer VB, Morono Y, Inagaki F, Kasten S & Henkel S Köster M, Manners HR, Heuer VB, Morono Y, Inagaki F, Kasten S & Henkel S 'Tracing Fe reaction pathways in tephra-rich deep subseafloor sediments from the Nankai Trough offshore Japan by using sequential extractions and stable Fe isotopes' , DOI

Köster M, Manners H, Meixner A, Kasemann S, Staubwasser M, Morono Y, Inagaki F, Heuer V, Kasten S & Henkel S Köster M, Manners H, Meixner A, Kasemann S, Staubwasser M, Morono Y, Inagaki F, Heuer V, Kasten S & Henkel S 'Volcanic ash alteration as driver of (bio-)geochemical iron cycling in deep marine sediments of the Nankai Trough' , DOI

Other Publications

Köster M, Staubwasser M, Meixner A, Kasemann SA, Manners HR, Morono Y, Inagaki F, Heuer VB, Kasten S & Henkel S Uniquely low stable iron isotopic signatures in deep marine sediments caused by Rayleigh distillation. , DOI

Dunkley Jones T, Manners HR, Hoggett M, Kirtland Turner S, Westerhold T, Leng MJ, Pancost RD, Ridgwell A, Alegret L & Duller R Supplementary material to &quot;Orbital forcing of terrestrial hydrology, weathering and carbon sequestration during the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum&quot;.

Profiles

Lecturer in Organic Chemistry

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)