Dr Andrew John Biggin B.Sc. Ph.D. F.R.A.S. Paleomagnetic Laboratory Fort Hoofddijk, Faculteit Geowetenschappen Universiteit Utrecht Budapestlaan 17, 3584 CD Utrecht, Netherlands Tel: +31 (0)30 253 5246 Fax: +31 (0)30 253 1677 Email: biggin@geo.uu.nl Born 12th August, 1976. Leeds, United Kingdom. Work Experience Post-doctoral researcher: Palaeomagnetic Laboratory, Universiteit Utrecht. June 2006 – Present. Principal research projects: Investigating geomagnetic field behaviour in the Archaean and the Phanerozoic; improving palaeointensity methodology. Various jobs including private tutor of mathematics & physics. November, 2004 – May, 2006. Remained research active and wrote several papers and a successful grant application. Post-doctoral research fellow: Laboratoire Tectonophysisque, Université Montpellier II. October 2003 – October 2004. Principal research projects: Investigating the reason for palaeointensity failure in 20th century samples from Mt Etna; investigating the behaviour of thermoremanence in multi-domain samples. Post-doctoral research fellow: Centro de Geociencias, UNAM. August 2001 – July 2003. Principal research projects: Developing the microwave paleointensity system to use on Quaternary rocks; investigating non-ideal behaviour in paleointensity experiments. Researcher / teaching assistant: School of Earth Science and Geography, Kingston University. February – July, 2001. Responsibilities: Lecturing and running practical / field classes in applied and global geophysics, planetary physics, and environmental monitoring; palaeomagnetic and environmental magnetic research. Funded projects ‘A new approach for determining the absolute paleointensity of the Earth’s magnetic field.’ (Coauthor) NWO PhD Project. August, 2008 – July, 2012; EUR 222,000. ‘The full vector field of Earth's earliest geodynamo’. (Lead author) NWO ALW Programme; June, 2006 – May 2009; EUR 230,000. ‘Absolute palaeointensities from Mexico: implications for geomagnetism and archaeology.’ (Coauthor) UC Mexus; July, 2002 – December, 2003; US$ 25,000. ‘Full vector geomagnetic secular variation in central Mexico as derived from volcanic rocks younger than about 50 ka.’ (Co-author)DFG, Germany; April 2002 – March 2004; EUR 6,000. Education Ph.D: “An experimental and analytical assessment of geomagnetic intensity variation since the Devonian: links to global geological processes.” Kingston University (NERC funded), Sept. 1997 – February, 2001. Thesis nominated for a national award. B.Sc. (Hons.): Geophysics with Environmental Science. University of Liverpool, September, 1994 – June, 1997. 1 Distinctions and responsibilities Co-promoter and assistant supervisor on two PhD Projects: ‘Archaeomagnetism of Bronze Age sites in Anatolia’ and ‘A new approach for determining the absolute paleointensity of the Earth’s magnetic field.’ Editor for palaeointensity data: Magnetics Information Consortium (MagIC) database. Manager of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA) palaeointensity database (to be formally approved July, 2008). Member of the organising committee of the first meeting of European Science Foundation (ESF) network programme ‘Habitat of Early Life’, Vienna, April 2008 (Budget: EUR 60,000). Invited convener for ‘Palaeointensity: results, methodological advances and open issues’, IAGA Assembly, Sopron, July 2009. Invited to speak at four international meetings including the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Spring meeting, May 2007 and the International Union of Geophysics and Geodesy (IUGG) general assembly, July 2007. Co-convener, ‘One hundred years after Brunhes: geomagnetic reversal and palaeointensity behaviour’ EGU, 2007. Co-convener ‘Paleointensity Methods and Their Comparison’, AGU Fall, 2007. Invited member of ESF ArchEnviron: Barberton Belt Field Workshop, September, 2007. Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society since 1999. Member of the American Geophysical Union since 2001. Invited oral presentations ‘Does the inner core destabilise the geodynamo?’ Vening Meinesz Research School of Geodynamics, 10th Annual Symposium, Utrecht, November, 2007. ‘The destabilising influence of the inner core on the geodynamo’ Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) Symposium: Paleomagnetism and the Earth’s Deep Interior, Beijing, China, July, 2007. ‘A very long term trend in geomagnetic secular variation’ University of Leicester, UK, July, 2007. ‘Absolute palaeointensity determination: overcoming the multidomain problem’ University of Leeds, UK, November, 2005. ‘Optimising the linearity of Arai plots produced by multidomain grains subject to Thellier-type palaeointensity experiments’ IAGA Assembly, Toulouse, France, July, 2005. ‘A Numerical simulation of the behaviour of thermoremanent magnetisation in assemblages of ferromagnetic grains’ University of Sheffield, UK, September 2004. ‘Absolute Geomagnetic Palaeointensity Determination: a potent tool for studying the Earth’s deep interior’ Yale University, USA, April, 2004. 2