Tom Dunkley Jones

Dr. Tom Dunkley Jones is a Birmingham Fellow in the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham. His research focuses on micropaleontology and paleoceanography, specializing in fossil coccolithophore algae to study warm-climate states of the Paleogene period. He uses coccolithophore assemblages and geochemical proxies to reconstruct past oceanographic conditions and improve temperature proxy data for climate modeling.

Education: PhD (University College London, 2008), MSc (Imperial College London, 2001), MSci/MA (University of Cambridge, 2000). Research interests include improving reconstructions of warm climate data and their application in palaeoclimate models. He has participated in IODP Expeditions 320 and 363, and is lead proponent for Expedition 388 (Equatorial Atlantic Gateway).

Key research areas: Paleogene climate states, coccolith Sr/Ca ratios as productivity proxies, and Eocene/Oligocene transitions. Supervises PhD projects on coccolith-based proxies and microplankton diversity. Active in IODP expeditions, contributing to studies on ocean gateways and deep-water circulation.

Labs/Teams: Part of the Palaeoclimatology and Paleoceanography research group. Collaborates on projects like the Tanzanian Drilling Project and West Pacific Warm Pool studies.