Stuart Umbo

Stuart Umbo is a Research Fellow at the Geography and Environmental Sciences Department of Northumbria University. He holds a PhD awarded on 26 August 2020. His research focuses on paleoclimatology, climate science, and environmental science, with a particular emphasis on speleothem analysis, vegetation dynamics, and drought event reconstructions. Recent collaborations include studies on Arctic permafrost, Siberian vegetation patterns, and European climate histories.

Education:

• PhD in Geography/Environmental Sciences, Northumbria University (2020–Current)

Research Interests:

• Speleothem-based climate reconstructions
• Paleoenvironmental dynamics in Arctic and Eurasian regions
• Vegetation and wildfire activity in Holocene contexts
• Modern drought event analysis using multi-proxy methods

Collaborations: International studies with institutions in Russia (Arctic regions), Germany (vegetation dynamics), and France (Normandy drought research).

Grants/Awards: None explicitly listed, but research outputs indicate significant funding for interdisciplinary climate studies.

Labs/Teams: Works with interdisciplinary teams focusing on climate proxies and environmental datasets.