Raymond Burgess

Raymond Burgess is a Professor of Isotope Geochemistry at The University of Manchester’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. His research focuses on noble gases, Ar-Ar geochronology, and fluid dynamics in Earth’s crust and mantle. He holds a BSc from the University of Southampton and a PhD from The Open University.

Key research interests include tracing ancient fluid interactions, mantle-crust element exchange, and climate reconstruction through isotope analysis. He leads the Isotope Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry group, collaborating on projects like the Magmatic Volatiles in the Fourth Dimension (2023–2026) and Martian Atmospheric Studies.

His work spans field studies in Antarctica, Iceland, and Portugal, with datasets including noble gas analyses of Martian breccias and Icelandic mantle sources. Recent publications address sulfur cycles in magmas, lunar impact histories, and mantle modification processes.