David B. Kemp
Kemp paleoenvironmental change research group at China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
CV
David B. Kemp
Career
- Professor (Full), China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), 2018-present
- Lecturer (Assistant Professor), University of Aberdeen, 2015-2018
- NERC Independent Research Fellow, Open University, 2012-2015
- NERC Post-doctoral Research Associate, University College London, 2011-2012
- Junior Research Fellow, University of Cambridge, 2008-2011
- PhD (NERC funded), Open University, 2002-2006
Awards and Leadership
- Winner of the Sun Shu Prize (International) in Sedimentology (2024)
- Secretary of the International Subcommission on Jurassic Stratigraphy (2020-2028)
- Co-leader of UNESCO International Geoscience Programme (IGCP739), 2021-2025. “The Mesozoic–Palaeogene hyperthermal events: lessons for understanding Anthropocene global warming”
- Editorial board member at Geology (2023-2025), Journal of Earth Science (2023-2026), Mesozoic (2023-2026). Guest Editor at Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (2020, 2022), Global and Planetary Change (2021)
- Geological Society of London Stratigraphy Commission member (2010-2015)
Funding
- MOST National Key R&D Program of China (国家重点研发计划) (Co-I, 专题负责人), 2023-2028 (No. 2023YFF0804000) “Deep-time ocean anoxic events and environmental change”
- NSFC General Project (面上项目) (PI), 2023-2025 (No. 42272033) “An astronomical timescale and hydrology record through the early Paleogene of the Gonjo Basin”
- NSFC Basic Science Center Program (基础科学中心项目) (Co-I, 专题负责人), 2019-2023 (No. 41888101) “Evolution of the East Asian Monsoon”
- Carnegie Research Incentive Grant (Co-I), 2018-2019 “Modelling the regional variability of long-term terrestrial environmental response to an ancient hyperthermal in Europe”
- NERC Facilities Grant (PI), 2017-2019 (IP-1673-116) “Radio-isotopic constraints on the timing and duration of the early Toarcian oceanic anoxic event”
- EU capacity building grant (Co-I), 2016-2018 (135375/L/Act/Tz) “Stratigraphic, Palaeontological and Thermal Evolution of the Mesozoic Coastal Sedimentary Basin (MCSB) of Tanzania”
- NERC Independent Research Fellowship, 2012-2015 (NE/I02089X/1) “Astronomical forcing and rapid climate change in the Jurassic”