Dr Antony Birchill

Biography

I work on the development of in-situ lab-on-chip analysers for the determination of nutrient concentrations in aquatic environments, with a focus on the interface between the seafloor sediments and overlying water. I have also researched marine iron biogeochemistry in the shelf seas and the Southern Ocean.

Selected Publications

Birchill, A.J., C.A. Baker, N. J. Wyatt, K. Pobortsava, H. J. Venables, C. M. Moore, A. Milne, S. J. Ussher, S. Oliver, A. P. Martin (2024). Pathways and timescales of Southern Ocean hydrothermal iron and manganese transport. Nature Communications Earth and Environment.

Birchill A.J., A. D. Beaton, T. Hull, J. Kaiser, M. Mowlem, R. Pascal, A. Schaap, Y. G. Voynova, C. Williams, M. Palmer (2021). Exploring Ocean Biogeochemistry Using a Lab-on-Chip Phosphate Analyser on an Underwater Glider. Frontiers in Marince Science: Ocean Observation.

Birchill A. J., N.T. Hartner, K. Kunde, B. Siemering, C. Daniels, D. Gonzalez-Santana, A. Milne, S. J. Ussher, P. J. Worsfold, K. Leopold, S. C. Painter,M. C. Lohan (2019). The eastern extent of seasonal iron limitation in the high latitude North Atlantic Ocean. Scientific Reports

Birchill, A.J., A. Milne, E. M. S. Woodward, A. L. Annett, W. Giebert, S. Ussher, P. J. Worsfold, D. Rusiecka, E. P. Achterberg, C. Harris, M. Gledhill & M. C. Lohan (2017). Seasonal iron depletion in temperate shelf seas. Geophysical Research Letters.

 

Roles Provided

Research Scientist, In-situ benthic fluxes

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Publications

Authors

Nightingale, Adrian M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2445-4827; Beaton, Alexander D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0206-7466; Birchill, Antony J.; Coleman, Sharon; Evans, Gareth W. H.; Hassan, Sammer-ul; Mowlem, Matthew C.; Niu, Xize ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3149-6152. 2024 Antifouling Copper Surfaces Interfere with Wet Chemical Nitrate Sensors: Characterization and Mechanistic Investigation. ACS ES&T Water, 5 (1). 168-176. 10.1021/acsestwater.4c00749

Publication year

2024

Publication type

Article

Authors

Lu, Sarah E.; Morris, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5465-411X; Clinton-Bailey, Geraldine; Namiq, Medya; Gow, Paul C.; Birchill, Antony; Steigenberger, Sebastian; Wyatt, James; Forrester, Reuben; Mowlem, Matthew C.; Warwick, Phillip E.. 2023 Rapid prototyping Lab-on-Chip devices for the future: A numerical optimisation of bulk optical parameters in microfluidic systems. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 359, 114496. 10.1016/j.sna.2023.114496

Publication year

2023

Publication type

Article

Authors

Hull, Tom; Greenwood, Naomi; Birchill, Antony; Beaton, Alexander; Palmer, Matthew; Kaiser, Jan. 2021 Simultaneous assessment of oxygen- and nitrate-based net community production in a temperate shelf sea from a single ocean glider. Biogeosciences, 18 (23). 6167-6180. 10.5194/bg-18-6167-2021

Publication year

2021

Publication type

Article

Authors

Worsfold, Paul; Achterberg, Eric; Birchill, Antony; Clough, Robert; Leito, Ivo; Lohan, Maeve; Milne, Angela; Ussher, Simin. 2019 Estimating uncertainties in oceanographic trace element measurements. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5. 10.3389/fmars.2018.00515

Publication year

2019

Publication type

Article

Authors

Birchill, A. J.; Hartner, N. T.; Kunde, K.; Siemering, B.; Daniels, C.; González-Santana, D.; Milne, A.; Ussher, S. J.; Worsfold, P. J.; Leopold, K.; Painter, S. C.; Lohan, M. C.. 2019 The eastern extent of seasonal iron limitation in the high latitude North Atlantic Ocean. Scientific Reports, 9 (1). 10.1038/s41598-018-37436-3

Publication year

2019

Publication type

Article

Authors

Birchill, A.J.; Clinton-Bailey, G.; Hanz, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2123-1599; Mawji, E.; Cariou, T.; White, C.; Ussher, S.J.; Worsfold, P.J.; Achterberg, E.P.; Mowlem, M.. 2019 Realistic measurement uncertainties for marine macronutrient measurements conducted using gas segmented flow and Lab-on-Chip techniques. Talanta, 200. 228-235. 10.1016/j.talanta.2019.03.032

Publication year

2019

Publication type

Article