Dr Sami Mikhail

Researcher unique identifier(s): orcid.org/0000-0001-5276-0229

Publications are listed on my Research page.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2021 – Now: Reader, University of St. Andrews

2018 – 2021: Senior Lecturer, University of St. Andrews

2015 – 2018: Lecturer, University of St. Andrews

2014 – 2015: Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Bristol

2013 – 2014: Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Edinburgh

2011 – 2013: Carnegie Fellow, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA

EDUCATION

2011: PhD. University College London. Supervisor: Prof Adrian P Jones

2007: MSc. Royal Holloway, University of London. Supervisor: Prof Matthew F Thirlwall

2006: BSc (Hons) Geology. Kingston University.

2000: A-Levels. Kingston College. Geology (C), Environmental Science (C)

1998: GCSEs. Battersea Technology College (now Harris Academy Battersea). Double Science (C, C), Mathematics (C), English Language (C), English Literature (D), Technology (D), French (N).

AWARDS

2020: Distinguished Lecturer, Mineralogical Society of Great Britain & Ireland

2017: Murchison Fund, Geological Society of London

2011: Carnegie Fellowship, Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA

COMMUNITY ROLES

Treasurer, Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group, UK (2019 – 2024)

Councillor, European Association of Geochemistry (2018 – 2021)

Associate Editor, Volcanica (2018 –)

Associate Editor, Frontiers in Earth Sciences (2018 – 2019)

RESEARCH GRANTS

2021-2025: National Environmental Research Council, Standard Grant (NE/V011383/1). Title: Unlocking the C and N budget of the Earth. PI: Dr Oliver Shorttle (Cambridge). Co-I: Dr Sami Mikhail (St Andrews), Prof John Maclennan (Cambridge), Dr Margret Hartley (Manchester). Value: £600,048

2020-2021: National Environment Isotope Facility Grant (2313.0920). Title: Linking Nitrogen to Oxygen Isotopes as a Tracer for Assimilation of Crustal Materials in Granites. PI: Dr Eva Stüeken (St Andrews). Co-I: Sami Mikhail (St Andrews). Value: £10,000

2019-2023: Science and Technology Facilities Council, Standard Grant (ST/T001763/1). Title: The Nature of Magmatic Carbon on Mars. PI: Sami Mikhail (St Andrews). Co-Is: Dr Eva Stüeken (St Andrews), Dr Geoff Bromiley (Edinburgh), Dr Manish Patel (OU), Dr Andrew Steele (Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA). Value: £145,406

2019-2020: Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland. Title: Earth’s Nitrogen Flux (ENFlux). PI: Sami Mikhail (St Andrews). Co-Is: Dr Iris Buisman (Cambridge), Prof Greg Yaxley and Dr Anthony Burnham (Australian National University). Value: £9,788

2018-2022: St Leonards College, University of St Andrews. Title: Alternative Anions: The negative side of geochemistry, Co-PI: Sami Mikhail (St Andrews) & Prof Sharon Ashbrook, School of Chemistry, St Andrews. Value: £109,000

2018: Sloan Foundation, USA (via the Deep Carbon Observatory). 2018. Title: ‘The Source, Speciation, and Sequestration of Deep Carbon. PI: Sami Mikhail (St Andrews). Co-Is: Dr Vincenzo Stagno (Sapienza, Rome), Dr Janne Koornneef (VU Amsterdam) Value: £7,600

2018-2019: Royal Society Research Grant. Title: New constraints on the volcanic history of Earth’s sibling planet, Venus. PI: Sami Mikhail (St Andrews). Co-I: Prof Darren Mark (SUERC). Value: £15,000

2017-2020: Natural Environment Research Council, Standard Grant (NE/PO12167/1). Title: The Nature of the Deep Nitrogen Cycle. PI: Sami Mikhail (St Andrews). Co-Is: Prof Simon Redfern (Singapore), Dr Geoff Bromiley and Cees-Jan De Hoog (Edinburgh), Prof Diego Gatta (Milan). Value: £525,959