Prof William (Bill) Austin

Professor

Phone: +44 (0)1334 46 3988
Email: wena@st-andrews.ac.uk

Research areas

Palaeoceanography, Marine Geology, Foraminifera, Stable Isotopes, Climate Change.

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My research focus is directed primarily at reconstructing past climate change from marine records, with a particular focus on the late Quaternary. I work extensively with foraminifera and have a growing research interest in the use of biogeochemical proxies and their application to foraminiferal-based palaeoceanography. Over the last decade, I have established a research interest in the application of tephrochronology to constrain North Atlantic stratigraphies, an interest which overlaps with recent work on marine radiocarbon reservoir ages. The primary geographical focus of my research is the North Atlantic continental margins and shelf seas.

PhD supervision

Lauren Carl
Aysegul Dogan
Cathilyn McIntosh
Lauren South

Selected publications

Open access
Smeaton, C., Hiles, W., Gulliver, P. & Austin, W. E. N., 11 May 2026, In: Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 40, 5, 15 p., e2025GB008738.
Research output: Contribution to journal 窶ｺ Article 窶ｺ peer-review
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Selby, K. A., Wheeler, J., Austin, W. E. N., Austin, H., Hill, T., Bradley, S. L. & Derrett, S., 31 Jan 2026, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 41, 3, p. 400-418 19 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal 窶ｺ Article 窶ｺ peer-review
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Austin, W., 23 Feb 2026, UNESCO-IOC. 8 p.
Research output: Book/Report 窶ｺ Commissioned report
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Macreadie, P. I., Biddulph, G. E., Masque, P., Kennedy, H., Samper-Villarreal, J., Megonigal, J. P., Morrissette, H. K., Romero-Gonzalez, T. E., Hatje, V., Friedrich, J., Sasmito, S. D., Watanabe, K., Mazarrasa , I., Krause-Jensen, D., Adams, J. B., Cifuentes-Jara , M., Arias-Ortiz, A., Rovai, A. S., Stankovic, M. & Isensee, K. & 9 others, Queirﾃｳs , A. M., Chen, L., Herrera-Silveira, J., Hurd, C. L., Ismail, R., Krauss, K. W., Lafratta, A., Palacios, M. M. & Austin, W. E. N., 1 Apr 2026, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. AOP, p. 751-764 17 p.
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Watson, G. J., Aldridge, J., Anderson, L., Attrill, M. J., Austin, W. E. N., Bahr, K. D., Beaumont, N., Broszeit, S., Burden, A., Delgado窶触argiulo, E., Drakou, E. G., Elliott, M., Filbee窶織exter, K., Fulweiler, R. W., Garbutt, A., Hancock, B., Hardege, J. D., Harley, J., Hendy, I. W. & Hillman, J. R. & 27 others, Jickells, T. D., Lillebﾃｸ, A. I., Lima, M. D. A. C., Macreadie, P. I., Martinetto, P., Mellan, J., Norkko, A., Parker, R., Perring, M. P., Pogoda, B., Pollack, J. B., Preston, J., Ragazzola, F., Saunders, J., Serrano, O., Smale, D. A., Smith, G., Thornton, A., Thrush, S., Tillin, H., Unsworth, R. K. F., van der Schatte Olivier, A., von der Heyden, S., Watson, S. C. L., Williamson, P., Woulds, C. & Zu Ermgassen, P. S. E., 1 Apr 2026, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 63, 4, e70373.
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Parker, R., Graves, C., Aldridge, J., Heal, R., Hughes, D., Mason, C., Powell, C., Austin, W., Bell, T., Clarkson, S., Elias, J., Hicks, N., Hiddink , J., Homoky, W., Hunt, C., Hunter, B., Ivanovic, A., Kaiser, M., Kennedy, H. & Marsh, M. & 21 others, Pereira, R., Rickard, P., Rippeth, T., Robinson, K., Sciberras, M., Smeaton, C., Vane, C., Williamson, P., Woodward-Rowe, H., Woulds, C., Bradshaw, C., Chatting, M., Coughlan, M., Diesing, M., Lﾃｸnborg, C., O'Neill, B., Paradis, S., Porz, L., Rastrick, S., Tiano, J. & Zhang, W., 25 Feb 2026, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas). 86 p.
Research output: Book/Report 窶ｺ Commissioned report
Houston, A., Kennedy, H. & Austin, W. E. N., 18 Apr 2025, In: Global Change Biology. 31, 4, e70182.
Research output: Contribution to journal 窶ｺ Article 窶ｺ peer-review
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Graversen, A. E. L., Lﾃｸnborg, C., Addamo, A. M., Pedersen, S. G., Chemello, S., Alejo, I., Apostolaki, E. T., Asplund, M. E., Austin, W. E. N., Berov, D., Berto, D., Bjﾃｶrk, M., Black, K., Bobchev, N., Bonaglia, S., Borgersen, G., Bouma, T., Costello, M. J., Dahl, M. & Diaz-Almela, E. & 72 others, Dimitriou, P. D., Duarte, C. M., Dueﾃｱas, C. L., Efthymiadis, P. T., Elosegui, I. M., Espinosa, M. R., Filipsson, H. L., Fontela, M., Fredriksen, S., Frigstad, H., Gagnon, K., Garcia-Escudero, C. A., Giani, M., Grouhel-Pellouin, A., Guerra, R., Gullstrﾃｶm, M., Gundersen, H., Hancke, K., Majtﾃｩnyi-Hill, C., Hunt, C., Inostroza, K., Karakassis, I., Karamfilov, V., Klayn, S., Koziorowska, K., Kuliﾅгki, K., Lavery, P., Lenstra, W. K., Lillebﾃｸ, A. I., Logemann, E., Magni, P., Marbﾃ�, N., Marco-Mendez, C., Martins, M., Mateo, M. A., Monnier, B., Mueller, P., Neto, J. M., Papageorgiou, N., de Rezende, C. E., Pardo, J. C. F., Peﾃｱa, J. A. J. D. L., Pergent, G., Piﾃｱeiro-Juncal, N., Preston, J., Rampazzo, F., Reithmaier, G., Reusch, T. B. H., Reynolds, S., Ricart, A. M., Santos, R., de los Santos, C. B., Santos, I. R., Serrano, E., Serrano, O., Slomp, C. P., Smeaton, C., Soler, M., Sousa, A. I., Spiegel, T., Stevenson, A., Thormar, J., Trannum, H. C., van Helmond, N. A. G. M., Paradis, S., Vizzini, S., Ward, E. A., Yau, Y. Y. Y., Zakhama-Sraieb, R., Zribi, I., Zygadlowska, O. M. & Jensen, D. K., 1 Jun 2025, In: Data in Brief. 60, 14 p., 111595.
Research output: Contribution to journal 窶ｺ Article 窶ｺ peer-review
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Austin, W. E. N., Apine, E. & South, L., 28 Aug 2025, Zenodo. 94 p.
Research output: Book/Report 窶ｺ Commissioned report
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Houston, A., Garnett, M. H. & Austin, W. E. N., 23 Sept 2025, In: Biogeosciences. 22, 18, p. 4851-4864 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal 窶ｺ Article 窶ｺ peer-review

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