Professor Jaime Toney
- Professor in Environmental and Climate Science (School of Geographical & Earth Sciences)
- Academic Lead GCF Sustainable Futures (Research Services)
email:
Jaime.Toney@glasgow.ac.uk
Geographical and Earth Sciences, Room 513 Molema Building
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3182-6887Biography
I am the Director of the Centre for Sustainable Solutions and a Professor of Environmental and Climate Science. I lead the BECS research group that is focused on developing an understanding of organic molecules in modern organisms and environments that can be applied to analysing and interpreting past environments and climates. I am Principal Investigator of the NERC Strategic Programme: GALLANT: Glasgow as a Living Lab Accelerating Novel Transformation.
I am a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. I am a member of the Scottish Government's Clyde Mission Groups on Climate Adaptation and Net Zero, UKRI NERC Review College and Chair of the Geochemical Society's C.C. Patterson Award Committee.
Research interests
BECS - Biomarkers for Environmental and Climate Science:
- Molecular fossils, or biomarkers, in terrestrial and marine sedimentary deposits
- Developing quantitative proxies for temperature, ecological and hydrological processes in aquatic environments
- Subalpine environments as sensitive regions to climate forcing and internal climate feedbacks that are driven by both natural and human impacts
- Organic residue analysis to understand past practices and cultures
- Lipid analysis applied to algal and other biofuels
- Astrobiology and molecular signatures of life on other planets/planetary bodies
Publications
2025
Breton, J. et al. (2025) Universities in the face of the climate and nature crises: Redoubling our commitment to a sustainable future. The Guild Insight Paper No. 6. [Research Reports or Papers]
Li, Y. , Gupta, R., Li, W., Fang, Y., Toney, J. and You, S. (2025) Machine learning-assisted life cycle assessment of biochar soil application. Journal of Cleaner Production, 498, 145109. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145109)
Falcone, G. , Metcalfe, N. , Shaw, D. , Toney, J. , Booker, D., Dick, G. and Slater, G. (2025) Green Recovery Dialogues: From COVID19 to COP26. [Research Reports or Papers]
2024
Moreras-Marti, A., Fox-Powell, M., Toney, J. , McAdam, A.C., Slaymark, C., Knudson, C.A., Lewis, J.M.T., Salik, M.A. and Cousins, C.R. (2024) Molecular biosignatures in planetary analogue salts: implications for transport of organics in sulfate-rich brines beyond Earth. Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 32, pp. 1-6. (doi: 10.7185/geochemlet.2434)
Keith, N. et al. (2024) Emerging Ecologies of Health, Heritage, and Habitat: Looking into Living and Working in 2033. [Exhibitions]
2023
Hjelmskog, A. , Toney, J. , Scott, M. , Crawford, J. , Hasan, C. , Winterbottom, J. and Meier, P. (2023) Thriving Glasgow Portrait: A shared vision for a healthy, equitable and sustainable future. [Research Reports or Papers]
Zhang, T., Yang, X., Peng, J., Zhou, Q., Toney, J. , Liu, H. and Xie, Y. (2023) Decoupled Indian summer monsoon intensity and effective moisture since the last glaciation in Southwest China. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(10), e2023GL103297. (doi: 10.1029/2023GL103297)
Perruchini, E., Glatz, C. , Heimvik, S. G., Bendrey, R., Hald, M. M., Del Bravo, F., Sameen, S. M. and Toney, J. (2023) Revealing invisible stews: new results of organic residue analyses of beveled rim bowls from the late Chalcolithic site of Shakhi Kora, Kurdistan region of Iraq. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 48, 103730. (doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103730)
2022
O'Brien, Á. C. et al. (2022) Using organic contaminants to constrain the terrestrial journey of the martian meteorite Lafayette. Astrobiology, 22(11), pp. 1351-1362. (doi: 10.1089/ast.2021.0180) (PMID:36264546) (PMCID:PMC9618387)
Rodrigo-Gámiz, M., García-Alix, A. , Jiménez-Moreno, G., Ramos-Román, M. J., Camuera, J., Toney, J. L. , Sachse, D., Anderson, R. S. and Damsté, J. S. S. (2022) Paleoclimate reconstruction of the last 36 kyr based on branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in the Padul palaeolake record (Sierra Nevada, southern Iberian Peninsula). Quaternary Science Reviews, 281, 107434. (doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107434)
Yang, X., Zhang, T., Zhang, E., Toney, J. , Zhou, Q. and Xie, Y. (2022) Paleosecular variations during the last glacial period from Tengchong Qinghai Lake, Yunnan Province, China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127(3), e2021JB023. (doi: 10.1029/2021jb023459)
Inglis, G. N. et al. (2022) Enhanced terrestrial carbon export from East Antarctica during the early Eocene. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 37(2), e2021PA004348. (doi: 10.1029/2021PA004348)
McDonald, N., Bradwell, T., Callard, S. L., Toney, J. L. , Shreeve, B. and Shreeve, J. (2022) Automated characterisation of glaciomarine sediments using X-ray computed laminography. Quaternary Science Advances, 5, p. 100046. (doi: 10.1016/j.qsa.2021.100046)
2021
Garcia-Alix, A. , Camuera, J., Ramos-Roman, M. J., Toney, J. L. , Sachse, D., Schefuß, E., Jimenez-Epejo, F. J., Lopez-Aviles, A., Anderson, R. S. and Yanes, Y. (2021) Paleohydrological dynamics in the Western Mediterranean during the last glacial cycle. Global and Planetary Change, 202, 103527. (doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103527)
Camuera, J., Jiménez-Moreno, G., Ramos-Román, M. J., García-Alix, A., Jiménez-Espejo, F. J., Toney, J. L. and Anderson, R. S. (2021) Chronological control and centennial-scale climatic subdivisions of the Last Glacial Termination in the western Mediterranean region. Quaternary Science Reviews, 255, 106814. (doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106814)
2020
Schroeter, N., Toney, J. L. , Lauterbach, S., Kalanke, J., Schwarz, A., Schouten, S. and Gleixner, G. (2020) How to deal with multi-proxy data for paleoenvironmental reconstructions: applications to a Holocene lake sediment record from the Tian Shan, Central Asia. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8(353), (doi: 10.3389/feart.2020.00353)
Toney, J. L. , García-Alix, A. , Jiménez-Moreno, G., Anderson, R. S., Moossen, H. and Seki, O. (2020) New insights into Holocene hydrology and temperature from lipid biomarkers in western Mediterranean alpine wetlands. Quaternary Science Reviews, 240, 106395. (doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106395)
Garcia-Alix Daroca, A. et al. (2020) Algal lipids reveal unprecedented warming rates in alpine areas of SW Europe during the Industrial Period. Climate of the Past, 16, pp. 245-263. (doi: 10.5194/cp-16-245-2020)
Theroux, S., Huang, Y., Toney, J. L. , Andersen, R., Nyren, P., Bohn, R., Salacup, J., Murphy, L. and Amaral-Zettler, L. (2020) Successional blooms of alkenone‐producing haptophytes in Lake George, North Dakota: implications for continental paleoclimate reconstructions. Limnology and Oceanography, 65(2), pp. 413-425. (doi: 10.1002/lno.11311)
2019
Fitzer, S. C. , Plancq, J. , Floyd, C. , Kemp, F. M. and Toney, J. L. (2019) Increased pCO2 changes the lipid production in important aquacultural feedstock algae Isochrysis galbana, but not in Tetraselmis suecica. Aquaculture and Fisheries, 4(4), pp. 142-148. (doi: 10.1016/j.aaf.2019.02.008)
Plancq, J. , Couto, J., Ijaz, U. Z. , Leavitt, P. R. and Toney, J. (2019) Next generation sequencing to identify lacustrine haptophytes in the Canadian Prairies: significance for temperature proxy applications. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 124(7), pp. 2144-2158. (doi: 10.1029/2018JG004954)
Jiménez, L., Conde-Porcuna, J. M., García-Alix, A. , Toney, J. L. , Anderson, R. S., Heiri, O. and Pérez-Martínez, C. (2019) Ecosystem responses to climate-related changes in a Mediterranean alpine environment over the last ~180 years. Ecosystems, 22(3), pp. 563-577. (doi: 10.1007/s10021-018-0286-5)
Manzano, S., Carrión, J. S., López-Merino, L., Jiménez-Moreno, G., Toney, J. , Armstrong, H., Anderson, R. S., Garcia-Alix Daroca, A. , Guerrero Pérez, J. L. and Sánchez-Mata, D. (2019) A palaeoecological approach to understanding the past and present of Sierra Nevada, a Southwestern European biodiversity hotspot. Global and Planetary Change, 175, pp. 238-250. (doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.02.006)
Peng, J., Yang, X., Toney, J. L. , Ruan, J., Li, G., Zhou, Q., Gao, H., Xie, Y., Chen, Q. and Zhang, T. (2019) Indian Summer Monsoon variations and competing influences between hemispheres since ~35 ka recorded in Tengchongqinghai Lake, southwest China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 516, pp. 113-125. (doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.11.040)
2018
Perruchini, E., Glatz, C. , Hald, M.M., Casana, J. and Toney, J.L. (2018) Revealing invisible brews: a new approach to the chemical identification of ancient beer. Journal of Archaeological Science, 100, pp. 176-190. (doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2018.05.010)
Plancq, J. , McColl, J. L., Bendle, J. A., Seki, O., Couto, J. M., Henderson, A. C.G., Yamashita, Y., Kawamura, K. and Toney, J. L. (2018) Genomic identification of the long-chain alkenone producer in freshwater Lake Toyoni, Japan: implications for temperature reconstructions. Organic Geochemistry, 125, pp. 189-195. (doi: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.09.011)
Camuera, J. et al. (2018) Orbital-scale environmental and climatic changes recorded in a new ∼200,000-year-long multiproxy sedimentary record from Padul, southern Iberian Peninsula. Quaternary Science Reviews, 198, pp. 91-114. (doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.08.014)
Ramos-Román, M. J. et al. (2018) Millennial-scale cyclical environment and climate variability during the Holocene in the western Mediterranean region deduced from a new multi-proxy analysis from the Padul record (Sierra Nevada, Spain). Global and Planetary Change, 168, pp. 35-53. (doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.06.003)
Araie, H. et al. (2018) Novel alkenone-producing strains of genus Isochrysis (Haptophyta) isolated from Canadian saline lakes show temperature sensitivity of alkenones and alkenoates. Organic Geochemistry, 121, pp. 89-103. (doi: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.04.008)
Longo, W. M. et al. (2018) Widespread occurrence of distinct alkenones from Group I haptophytes in freshwater lakes: implications for paleotemperature and paleoenvironmental reconstructions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 492, pp. 239-250. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.04.002)
Plancq, J. , Cavazzin, B., Juggins, S., Haig, H. A., Leavitt, P. R. and Toney, J. L. (2018) Assessing environmental controls on the distribution of long-chain alkenones in the Canadian Prairies. Organic Geochemistry, 117, pp. 43-55. (doi: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2017.12.005)
Garcia-Alix, A. , Jimenez-Espejo, F., Jimenez-Moreno, G., Toney, J. , Ramos-Romain, M. J., Camuera, J., Anderson, R. S., Delgado Huertas, A., Martinez-Ruiz, F. and Queralt, I. (2018) Holocene geochemical footprint from Semi-arid alpine wetlands in southern Spain. Scientific Data, 5, 180024. (doi: 10.1038/sdata.2018.24) (PMID:29485628) (PMCID:PMC5827694)
2017
García-Alix, A. , Jiménez-Espejo, F. J., Toney, J. L. , Jiménez-Moreno, G., Ramos-Román, M. J., Anderson, R. S., Ruano, P., Queralt, I., Delgado Huertas, A. and Kuroda, J. (2017) Alpine bogs of southern Spain show human-induced environmental change superimposed on long-term natural variations. Scientific Reports, 7, 7439. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-07854-w) (PMID:28785039) (PMCID:PMC5547100)
2016
Ramos-Román, M.J., Jiménez-Moreno, G., Toney, J. , Anderson, R.S., Garcia-Alix Daroca, A. , Toney, J.L. , Jiménez-Espejo, F.J. and Carrión, J.S. (2016) Centennial-scale vegetation and North Atlantic Oscillation changes during the Late Holocene in the southern Iberia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 143, pp. 84-95. (doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.05.007)
MacDonald, H., Watson, I. , Toney, J. , Shiraiwa, Y., Suzuki, I. and Iwamoto, K. (2016) Design of an Internally Illuminated Large Scale Photobioreactor for the Cultivation of Vacuoliviride crystalliferum gen. et sp. nov. All-Energy 2016, Glasgow, UK, 04-05 May 2016.
2015
Ali, M., Watson, I. and Toney, J. (2015) Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Algal Biomass to Produce Advanced Biofuels. In: British Organic Geochemical Society Meeting, Glasgow, UK, 02-03 Jul 2015,
Ali, M., Watson, I. , Toney, J. and Saleem, M. (2015) Biocrude Oil from Microalgae Biomass to Produce Environmentally Friendly Higher Value Fuels and Chemical Compounds. In: 7th International Civil Engineering Congress, Karachi, Pakistan, 12-13 Jun 2015,
2014
Cisneros-Dozal, L. M. et al. (2014) Assessing the strength of the monsoon during the late Pleistocene in southwestern United States. Quaternary Science Reviews, 103, pp. 81-90. (doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.08.022)
2013
Theroux, S., Toney, J. , Amaral-Zettler, L. and Huang, Y. (2013) Production and temperature sensitivity of long chain alkenones in the cultured haptophyte Pseudoisochrysis paradoxa. Organic Geochemistry, 62, pp. 68-73. (doi: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2013.07.006)
2012
Denis, E.H., Toney, J.L. , Tarozo, R. and Scott Anderson, R. (2012) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in lake sediments record historic fire events: validation using HPLC-fluorescence detection. Organic Geochemistry, 45, pp. 7-17. (doi: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2012.01.005)
Toney, J.L. , Theroux, S., Andersen, R.A., Coleman, A., Amaral-Zettler, L. and Huang, Y. (2012) Culturing of the first 37:4 predominant lacustrine haptophyte: geochemical, biochemical, and genetic implications. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 78, pp. 51-64. (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.11.024)
2011
Fawcett, P. J. et al. (2011) Extended megadroughts in the southwestern United States during Pleistocene interglacials. Nature, 470(7335), pp. 518-521. (doi: 10.1038/nature09839) (PMID:21350483)
Gao, L., Hou, J., Toney, J.L. , MacDonald, D. and Huang, Y. (2011) Mathematical modeling of the aquatic macrophyte inputs of mid-chain n-alkyl lipids to lake sediments: implications for interpreting compound specific hydrogen isotopic records. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75(13), pp. 3781-3791. (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.04.008)
Jimenez-Moreno, G., Anderson, R.S., Atudorei, V. and Toney, J.L. (2011) A high-resolution record of climate, vegetation, and fire in the mixed conifer forest of northern Colorado, USA. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 123(1-2), pp. 240-254. (doi: 10.1130/B30240.1)
Toney, J. , Hollen, S.H., Bissacio, D., Haberstroh, K.M. and Herbert, T.D. (2011) Incorporating science standards into problem based learning modules for elementary learners. Science and Children, 48(9),
Toney, J.L. , Leavitt, P.R. and Huang, Y. (2011) Alkenones are common in prairie lakes of interior Canada. Organic Geochemistry, 42(7), pp. 707-712. (doi: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2011.06.014)
2010
Theroux, S., D'Andrea, W.J., Toney, J.L. , Amaral-Zettler, L. and Huang, Y. (2010) Phylogenetic diversity and evolutionary relatedness of alkenone-producing haptophyte algae in lakes: implications for continental paleotemperature reconstructions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 300(3-4), pp. 311-320. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.10.009)
Toney, J.L. , Huang, Y., Fritz, S.C., Baker, P.A., Grimm, E. and Nyren, P. (2010) Climatic and environmental controls on the occurrence and distributions of long chain alkenones in lakes of the interior United States. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74(5), pp. 1563-1578. (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.11.021)
2008
Allen, C.D., Anderson, R., Jass, R.B., Toney, J.L. and Baisan, C.H. (2008) Paired charcoal and tree-ring records of high-frequency Holocene fire from two New Mexico bog sites. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 17(1), pp. 115-130. (doi: 10.1071/WF07165)
Anderson, R.S., Allen, C.D., Toney, J.L. , Jass, R.B. and Bair, A.N. (2008) Holocene vegetation and fire regimes in subalpine and mixed conifer forests, southern Rocky Mountains, USA. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 17(1), p. 96. (doi: 10.1071/WF07028)
Power, M.J. et al. (2008) Changes in fire regimes since the last glacial maximum: an assessment based on a global synthesis and analysis of charcoal data. Climate Dynamics, 30(7-8), pp. 887-907. (doi: 10.1007/s00382-007-0334-x)
2006
Anderson, R.S., Hallett, D.J., Berg, E., Jass, R.B., Toney, J.L. , de Fontaine, C.S. and DeVolder, A. (2006) Holocene development of Boreal forests and fire regimes on the Kenai Lowlands of Alaska. Holocene, 16(6), pp. 791-803. (doi: 10.1191/0959683606hol966rp)
Toney, J.L. and Anderson, R.S. (2006) A postglacial palaeoecological record from the San Juan Mountains of Colorado USA: fire, climate and vegetation history. Holocene, 16(4), pp. 505-517. (doi: 10.1191/0959683606hl946rp)
2003
Toney, J.L. , Rodbell, D.T. and Miller, N.G. (2003) Sedimentologic and palynologic records of the last deglaciation and Holocene from Ballston Lake, New York. Quaternary Research, 60(2), pp. 189-199. (doi: 10.1016/S0033-5894(03)00093-0)
Articles
Li, Y. , Gupta, R., Li, W., Fang, Y., Toney, J. and You, S. (2025) Machine learning-assisted life cycle assessment of biochar soil application. Journal of Cleaner Production, 498, 145109. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145109)
Moreras-Marti, A., Fox-Powell, M., Toney, J. , McAdam, A.C., Slaymark, C., Knudson, C.A., Lewis, J.M.T., Salik, M.A. and Cousins, C.R. (2024) Molecular biosignatures in planetary analogue salts: implications for transport of organics in sulfate-rich brines beyond Earth. Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 32, pp. 1-6. (doi: 10.7185/geochemlet.2434)
Zhang, T., Yang, X., Peng, J., Zhou, Q., Toney, J. , Liu, H. and Xie, Y. (2023) Decoupled Indian summer monsoon intensity and effective moisture since the last glaciation in Southwest China. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(10), e2023GL103297. (doi: 10.1029/2023GL103297)
Perruchini, E., Glatz, C. , Heimvik, S. G., Bendrey, R., Hald, M. M., Del Bravo, F., Sameen, S. M. and Toney, J. (2023) Revealing invisible stews: new results of organic residue analyses of beveled rim bowls from the late Chalcolithic site of Shakhi Kora, Kurdistan region of Iraq. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 48, 103730. (doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103730)
O'Brien, Á. C. et al. (2022) Using organic contaminants to constrain the terrestrial journey of the martian meteorite Lafayette. Astrobiology, 22(11), pp. 1351-1362. (doi: 10.1089/ast.2021.0180) (PMID:36264546) (PMCID:PMC9618387)
Rodrigo-Gámiz, M., García-Alix, A. , Jiménez-Moreno, G., Ramos-Román, M. J., Camuera, J., Toney, J. L. , Sachse, D., Anderson, R. S. and Damsté, J. S. S. (2022) Paleoclimate reconstruction of the last 36 kyr based on branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in the Padul palaeolake record (Sierra Nevada, southern Iberian Peninsula). Quaternary Science Reviews, 281, 107434. (doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107434)
Yang, X., Zhang, T., Zhang, E., Toney, J. , Zhou, Q. and Xie, Y. (2022) Paleosecular variations during the last glacial period from Tengchong Qinghai Lake, Yunnan Province, China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127(3), e2021JB023. (doi: 10.1029/2021jb023459)
Inglis, G. N. et al. (2022) Enhanced terrestrial carbon export from East Antarctica during the early Eocene. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 37(2), e2021PA004348. (doi: 10.1029/2021PA004348)
McDonald, N., Bradwell, T., Callard, S. L., Toney, J. L. , Shreeve, B. and Shreeve, J. (2022) Automated characterisation of glaciomarine sediments using X-ray computed laminography. Quaternary Science Advances, 5, p. 100046. (doi: 10.1016/j.qsa.2021.100046)
Garcia-Alix, A. , Camuera, J., Ramos-Roman, M. J., Toney, J. L. , Sachse, D., Schefuß, E., Jimenez-Epejo, F. J., Lopez-Aviles, A., Anderson, R. S. and Yanes, Y. (2021) Paleohydrological dynamics in the Western Mediterranean during the last glacial cycle. Global and Planetary Change, 202, 103527. (doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103527)
Camuera, J., Jiménez-Moreno, G., Ramos-Román, M. J., García-Alix, A., Jiménez-Espejo, F. J., Toney, J. L. and Anderson, R. S. (2021) Chronological control and centennial-scale climatic subdivisions of the Last Glacial Termination in the western Mediterranean region. Quaternary Science Reviews, 255, 106814. (doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106814)
Schroeter, N., Toney, J. L. , Lauterbach, S., Kalanke, J., Schwarz, A., Schouten, S. and Gleixner, G. (2020) How to deal with multi-proxy data for paleoenvironmental reconstructions: applications to a Holocene lake sediment record from the Tian Shan, Central Asia. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8(353), (doi: 10.3389/feart.2020.00353)
Toney, J. L. , García-Alix, A. , Jiménez-Moreno, G., Anderson, R. S., Moossen, H. and Seki, O. (2020) New insights into Holocene hydrology and temperature from lipid biomarkers in western Mediterranean alpine wetlands. Quaternary Science Reviews, 240, 106395. (doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106395)
Garcia-Alix Daroca, A. et al. (2020) Algal lipids reveal unprecedented warming rates in alpine areas of SW Europe during the Industrial Period. Climate of the Past, 16, pp. 245-263. (doi: 10.5194/cp-16-245-2020)
Theroux, S., Huang, Y., Toney, J. L. , Andersen, R., Nyren, P., Bohn, R., Salacup, J., Murphy, L. and Amaral-Zettler, L. (2020) Successional blooms of alkenone‐producing haptophytes in Lake George, North Dakota: implications for continental paleoclimate reconstructions. Limnology and Oceanography, 65(2), pp. 413-425. (doi: 10.1002/lno.11311)
Fitzer, S. C. , Plancq, J. , Floyd, C. , Kemp, F. M. and Toney, J. L. (2019) Increased pCO2 changes the lipid production in important aquacultural feedstock algae Isochrysis galbana, but not in Tetraselmis suecica. Aquaculture and Fisheries, 4(4), pp. 142-148. (doi: 10.1016/j.aaf.2019.02.008)
Plancq, J. , Couto, J., Ijaz, U. Z. , Leavitt, P. R. and Toney, J. (2019) Next generation sequencing to identify lacustrine haptophytes in the Canadian Prairies: significance for temperature proxy applications. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 124(7), pp. 2144-2158. (doi: 10.1029/2018JG004954)
Jiménez, L., Conde-Porcuna, J. M., García-Alix, A. , Toney, J. L. , Anderson, R. S., Heiri, O. and Pérez-Martínez, C. (2019) Ecosystem responses to climate-related changes in a Mediterranean alpine environment over the last ~180 years. Ecosystems, 22(3), pp. 563-577. (doi: 10.1007/s10021-018-0286-5)
Manzano, S., Carrión, J. S., López-Merino, L., Jiménez-Moreno, G., Toney, J. , Armstrong, H., Anderson, R. S., Garcia-Alix Daroca, A. , Guerrero Pérez, J. L. and Sánchez-Mata, D. (2019) A palaeoecological approach to understanding the past and present of Sierra Nevada, a Southwestern European biodiversity hotspot. Global and Planetary Change, 175, pp. 238-250. (doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.02.006)
Peng, J., Yang, X., Toney, J. L. , Ruan, J., Li, G., Zhou, Q., Gao, H., Xie, Y., Chen, Q. and Zhang, T. (2019) Indian Summer Monsoon variations and competing influences between hemispheres since ~35 ka recorded in Tengchongqinghai Lake, southwest China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 516, pp. 113-125. (doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.11.040)
Perruchini, E., Glatz, C. , Hald, M.M., Casana, J. and Toney, J.L. (2018) Revealing invisible brews: a new approach to the chemical identification of ancient beer. Journal of Archaeological Science, 100, pp. 176-190. (doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2018.05.010)
Plancq, J. , McColl, J. L., Bendle, J. A., Seki, O., Couto, J. M., Henderson, A. C.G., Yamashita, Y., Kawamura, K. and Toney, J. L. (2018) Genomic identification of the long-chain alkenone producer in freshwater Lake Toyoni, Japan: implications for temperature reconstructions. Organic Geochemistry, 125, pp. 189-195. (doi: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.09.011)
Camuera, J. et al. (2018) Orbital-scale environmental and climatic changes recorded in a new ∼200,000-year-long multiproxy sedimentary record from Padul, southern Iberian Peninsula. Quaternary Science Reviews, 198, pp. 91-114. (doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.08.014)
Ramos-Román, M. J. et al. (2018) Millennial-scale cyclical environment and climate variability during the Holocene in the western Mediterranean region deduced from a new multi-proxy analysis from the Padul record (Sierra Nevada, Spain). Global and Planetary Change, 168, pp. 35-53. (doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.06.003)
Araie, H. et al. (2018) Novel alkenone-producing strains of genus Isochrysis (Haptophyta) isolated from Canadian saline lakes show temperature sensitivity of alkenones and alkenoates. Organic Geochemistry, 121, pp. 89-103. (doi: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.04.008)
Longo, W. M. et al. (2018) Widespread occurrence of distinct alkenones from Group I haptophytes in freshwater lakes: implications for paleotemperature and paleoenvironmental reconstructions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 492, pp. 239-250. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.04.002)
Plancq, J. , Cavazzin, B., Juggins, S., Haig, H. A., Leavitt, P. R. and Toney, J. L. (2018) Assessing environmental controls on the distribution of long-chain alkenones in the Canadian Prairies. Organic Geochemistry, 117, pp. 43-55. (doi: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2017.12.005)
Garcia-Alix, A. , Jimenez-Espejo, F., Jimenez-Moreno, G., Toney, J. , Ramos-Romain, M. J., Camuera, J., Anderson, R. S., Delgado Huertas, A., Martinez-Ruiz, F. and Queralt, I. (2018) Holocene geochemical footprint from Semi-arid alpine wetlands in southern Spain. Scientific Data, 5, 180024. (doi: 10.1038/sdata.2018.24) (PMID:29485628) (PMCID:PMC5827694)
García-Alix, A. , Jiménez-Espejo, F. J., Toney, J. L. , Jiménez-Moreno, G., Ramos-Román, M. J., Anderson, R. S., Ruano, P., Queralt, I., Delgado Huertas, A. and Kuroda, J. (2017) Alpine bogs of southern Spain show human-induced environmental change superimposed on long-term natural variations. Scientific Reports, 7, 7439. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-07854-w) (PMID:28785039) (PMCID:PMC5547100)
Ramos-Román, M.J., Jiménez-Moreno, G., Toney, J. , Anderson, R.S., Garcia-Alix Daroca, A. , Toney, J.L. , Jiménez-Espejo, F.J. and Carrión, J.S. (2016) Centennial-scale vegetation and North Atlantic Oscillation changes during the Late Holocene in the southern Iberia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 143, pp. 84-95. (doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.05.007)
Cisneros-Dozal, L. M. et al. (2014) Assessing the strength of the monsoon during the late Pleistocene in southwestern United States. Quaternary Science Reviews, 103, pp. 81-90. (doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.08.022)
Theroux, S., Toney, J. , Amaral-Zettler, L. and Huang, Y. (2013) Production and temperature sensitivity of long chain alkenones in the cultured haptophyte Pseudoisochrysis paradoxa. Organic Geochemistry, 62, pp. 68-73. (doi: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2013.07.006)
Denis, E.H., Toney, J.L. , Tarozo, R. and Scott Anderson, R. (2012) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in lake sediments record historic fire events: validation using HPLC-fluorescence detection. Organic Geochemistry, 45, pp. 7-17. (doi: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2012.01.005)
Toney, J.L. , Theroux, S., Andersen, R.A., Coleman, A., Amaral-Zettler, L. and Huang, Y. (2012) Culturing of the first 37:4 predominant lacustrine haptophyte: geochemical, biochemical, and genetic implications. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 78, pp. 51-64. (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.11.024)
Fawcett, P. J. et al. (2011) Extended megadroughts in the southwestern United States during Pleistocene interglacials. Nature, 470(7335), pp. 518-521. (doi: 10.1038/nature09839) (PMID:21350483)
Gao, L., Hou, J., Toney, J.L. , MacDonald, D. and Huang, Y. (2011) Mathematical modeling of the aquatic macrophyte inputs of mid-chain n-alkyl lipids to lake sediments: implications for interpreting compound specific hydrogen isotopic records. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75(13), pp. 3781-3791. (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.04.008)
Jimenez-Moreno, G., Anderson, R.S., Atudorei, V. and Toney, J.L. (2011) A high-resolution record of climate, vegetation, and fire in the mixed conifer forest of northern Colorado, USA. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 123(1-2), pp. 240-254. (doi: 10.1130/B30240.1)
Toney, J. , Hollen, S.H., Bissacio, D., Haberstroh, K.M. and Herbert, T.D. (2011) Incorporating science standards into problem based learning modules for elementary learners. Science and Children, 48(9),
Toney, J.L. , Leavitt, P.R. and Huang, Y. (2011) Alkenones are common in prairie lakes of interior Canada. Organic Geochemistry, 42(7), pp. 707-712. (doi: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2011.06.014)
Theroux, S., D'Andrea, W.J., Toney, J.L. , Amaral-Zettler, L. and Huang, Y. (2010) Phylogenetic diversity and evolutionary relatedness of alkenone-producing haptophyte algae in lakes: implications for continental paleotemperature reconstructions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 300(3-4), pp. 311-320. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.10.009)
Toney, J.L. , Huang, Y., Fritz, S.C., Baker, P.A., Grimm, E. and Nyren, P. (2010) Climatic and environmental controls on the occurrence and distributions of long chain alkenones in lakes of the interior United States. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74(5), pp. 1563-1578. (doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.11.021)
Allen, C.D., Anderson, R., Jass, R.B., Toney, J.L. and Baisan, C.H. (2008) Paired charcoal and tree-ring records of high-frequency Holocene fire from two New Mexico bog sites. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 17(1), pp. 115-130. (doi: 10.1071/WF07165)
Anderson, R.S., Allen, C.D., Toney, J.L. , Jass, R.B. and Bair, A.N. (2008) Holocene vegetation and fire regimes in subalpine and mixed conifer forests, southern Rocky Mountains, USA. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 17(1), p. 96. (doi: 10.1071/WF07028)
Power, M.J. et al. (2008) Changes in fire regimes since the last glacial maximum: an assessment based on a global synthesis and analysis of charcoal data. Climate Dynamics, 30(7-8), pp. 887-907. (doi: 10.1007/s00382-007-0334-x)
Anderson, R.S., Hallett, D.J., Berg, E., Jass, R.B., Toney, J.L. , de Fontaine, C.S. and DeVolder, A. (2006) Holocene development of Boreal forests and fire regimes on the Kenai Lowlands of Alaska. Holocene, 16(6), pp. 791-803. (doi: 10.1191/0959683606hol966rp)
Toney, J.L. and Anderson, R.S. (2006) A postglacial palaeoecological record from the San Juan Mountains of Colorado USA: fire, climate and vegetation history. Holocene, 16(4), pp. 505-517. (doi: 10.1191/0959683606hl946rp)
Toney, J.L. , Rodbell, D.T. and Miller, N.G. (2003) Sedimentologic and palynologic records of the last deglaciation and Holocene from Ballston Lake, New York. Quaternary Research, 60(2), pp. 189-199. (doi: 10.1016/S0033-5894(03)00093-0)
Research Reports or Papers
Breton, J. et al. (2025) Universities in the face of the climate and nature crises: Redoubling our commitment to a sustainable future. The Guild Insight Paper No. 6. [Research Reports or Papers]
Falcone, G. , Metcalfe, N. , Shaw, D. , Toney, J. , Booker, D., Dick, G. and Slater, G. (2025) Green Recovery Dialogues: From COVID19 to COP26. [Research Reports or Papers]
Hjelmskog, A. , Toney, J. , Scott, M. , Crawford, J. , Hasan, C. , Winterbottom, J. and Meier, P. (2023) Thriving Glasgow Portrait: A shared vision for a healthy, equitable and sustainable future. [Research Reports or Papers]
Conference or Workshop Item
MacDonald, H., Watson, I. , Toney, J. , Shiraiwa, Y., Suzuki, I. and Iwamoto, K. (2016) Design of an Internally Illuminated Large Scale Photobioreactor for the Cultivation of Vacuoliviride crystalliferum gen. et sp. nov. All-Energy 2016, Glasgow, UK, 04-05 May 2016.
Conference Proceedings
Ali, M., Watson, I. and Toney, J. (2015) Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Algal Biomass to Produce Advanced Biofuels. In: British Organic Geochemical Society Meeting, Glasgow, UK, 02-03 Jul 2015,
Ali, M., Watson, I. , Toney, J. and Saleem, M. (2015) Biocrude Oil from Microalgae Biomass to Produce Environmentally Friendly Higher Value Fuels and Chemical Compounds. In: 7th International Civil Engineering Congress, Karachi, Pakistan, 12-13 Jun 2015,
Exhibitions
Keith, N. et al. (2024) Emerging Ecologies of Health, Heritage, and Habitat: Looking into Living and Working in 2033. [Exhibitions]
Grants
Selected Funding:
PI (2022-2027) GALLANT: Glasgow as a Living Lab Accelerating Novel Transformation - Delivering a Climate Resilient City through City-University Partnership), NERC Strategic Programme Grant - NE/W005042/1
Co-I (2021) The Hidden Environmental Histories of the River Clyde, NERC-AHRC joint call.
Project Advisor (2021-2023) Deforestation in Pakistan: Combating through Wireless Sensor Networks, British Council Pakistan KTP.
PI (2015-2020) ALKENoNE - Algal Lipids: the Key to Earth Now and aNcient Earth, ERC Starting Grant.
Scientist-in-Charge (2014-2016) lead: Garcia-Alix, A. Marie Curie Intra-European Fellow, "Natural responses to past North Atlantic Oscillations: Southern Iberian Peninsula vs. United Kingdom, Analogues for future environmental changes (NAOSIPUK)"
Supervision
Superviser of Post-doctoral Research Associates:
Julien Plancq - ERC Starting Grant, Project: ALKENoNE (2015-2018)
Antonio Garcia-Alix - Marie Curie Intra-European Fellow, Project: NAOSIPUK (2014-2016)
Lead Superviser Ph.D. Candidates:
Jill McColl - Geographical and Earth Sciences."Climate variability of the last 1000 years in the NW Pacific: high resolution, multi-biomarker records from lake and ocean sediments." Successfully completed - July 2016.
Philippe Nauny - Geographical and Earth Sciences, ‘Signs of life in Mars analogue environments’. Current
Rory Porteous - Geographical and Earth Sciences, 'Signs of life in Mars analogue environments, Silica Sinters. Current
Bianca Cavazzin - Geographical and Earth Sciences, 'Palaeotemperature change in the drought-prone Canadian prairies. Current
Charlotte Slaymark - Geographical and Earth Sciences, 'Development and application of biomarkers for climate change in the United Kingdom for the last glacial-interglacial transition and early Holocene'. Current
Mike Zwick - Geographical and Earth Sciences, 'Recording high-resolution changes in temperature and hydrology from the Canadian Priarie'.. Current
Co-Superviser Ph.D. Candidates:
Allen Ude Akwu-Ude - University of Glasgow, Engineering, 'Reduced water usage in microalgae growth for biofuels'. Current
Elsa Peruchinni - University of Glasgow, Archaeology, 'Consuming identities in the 'Cradle of Civilisations' Food consumption and the emergence of social complexity in greater Mesopotamia'. Current
Jon Camuera Bidaurreta - visiting Ph.D. Student, University of Granada, Spain, 'Organic biomarker application to El Padul, Spain'. Current
Bing Feng (2014) Diols and n-alkanes as biomarkers from a inland freshwater lake indicate the paleoclimate: Bardowie Lock of Scotland.
Charlotte Slaymark (2014) Plant leaf wax biomarkers and lake circulation interactions: implications for palaeoclimate records in Scotland.
Paraskevi Tsintza (2014) Identifying hydrocarbons from oil shales in stream sediments along the South Queensferry shore.
Alistair McDermid (Summer 2014) – from Kirkintilloch High School, 'Sediments, Biomarkers and Column Chromatography: Did Western Scotland Experience the Dramatic Cooling at 8.2ka?'
Stuart Allardice (2014) Visualizing the Destruction of Algal Cells for Potential Biofuels Lipids
Sanni Pulkki (2014) Detecting Potential Biofuel Lipids from Microalgal Cultures with State-of-the-Art Techniques
Rosie Bradshaw (2014) Characterizing the Hydrocarbon Content of the petroliferous Mulgrave Shale Member, Cleveland Basin using new techniques, GCxGC
Ruairidh Salmon (2014) Hydrocarbon Characterization of North Sea oil field drilling samples
Katrina Kerr (2014) The Cenomanian-Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event
Jonathan McGourlay (2014) Paleoenvironmental reconstruction during the last 1,500 year in Southern Iberia, Spain
Allan Cochrane (Summer 2014) Palaeohumidity reconstruction during the late Holocene in Southern Iberia
Clare Noble (2013-2014) Applying a marine palaeotemperature proxy to lake sediments
Joe Armstrong (2013-2014) Detecting methane in peatlands using microbial biomarkers
Pauline Rovira (2013-2014) Charateristics of the hydrocarbons within the petroliferous Mulgrave Shale Member, Cleveland Basin
Clare Brady (Summer 2013) Assaying for environmental biomarkers from Late Pleistocene age Scottish Loch
Amanda Dolan (Summer 2013) Detecting marine dinoflagellates in geologic deposits in the absence of traditional fossils
Craig Barr - (2012-2013) 'Discovery of organic molecular fossils in the Southern Ocean during the Eocene (55 Ma) greenhouse'
Julia Rodden - (2012-2013)Final year project: 'The role of a Japanese peatland in the carbon cycle'
Charlotte McLean -(Summer 2012) GSL Bursary project: 'The role of peatland expansion and methane cycling on the East Antarctic continent in the early Eocene'
William Vorley - (2011-2012)Final year project: 'Lions Mane (Cyanea capilla) and Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) Biomarker Assay'
Daniella Peel - (2011-2012)Final year project: 'Transport and deposition of bacterial hopane biomarkers in Siberian fluvial and lacustrine settings'
Casey Bryce (2011-2012) Bursary work on sediment cores, haptophyte cultures, and water column sampling at Loch Sunart, Scotland, UK
Elizabeth Denis - Honors Thesis, Brown University, US 'Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in lake sediments record historic fire events: Validation using HPLC-fluorescence detection'
- Dickinson, Heloisa
Understanding and modelling the potential impacts of alternate land-use practices: CO2 sequestration and pollutant immobilisation in derelict and contaminated land sites - Gakpe, Edward Amego
Methane and Carbon dioxide measurement and quantification from River Clyde Estuary - Stevenson, Amy
Public health benefits and challenges of Glasgow’s transition to climate resilience: Systems science and data analytics - Tait, Nicola
Developing community-scale whole-energy system models integrating sustainability KPIs towards net-zero futures - Zhao, Jinyu
Net-Zero Cities: A Comparative Study of Strategies, Barriers, Opportunities and Challenges
Teaching
Current Courses:
Student-led Evening Course: An Interdisciplinary Introduction to Climate Change and Sustainability
Undergraduate Honours Course: Climates: Past and Future
Upskilling Course: Climate and Carbon Literacy
Archaeology: Feasting Like the Ancients
Various Lectures in our Master-level programmes: Earth Futures and Sustainable Water
Research datasets
2024
Prasojo, O. A., Williams, R. D. , Naylor, L. , Toney, J. L. and Hurst, M. D. (2024) Making space for water is not enough to alleviate flooding in a large urban estuary. [Data Collection]
Prasojo, O. A., Williams, R. D. , Naylor, L. , Toney, J. L. and Hurst, M. D. (2024) 2D model result for Slowing down the tidal flood wave is key to estuarine flood risk reduction. [Data Collection]
Prasojo, O. A., Williams, R. D. , Naylor, L. , Toney, J. L. and Hurst, M. D. (2024) Code for Slowing down the tidal flood wave is key to estuarine flood risk reduction. [Data Collection]
2023
Boyd, J., Hjelmskog, A. , Elsenbroich, C. , Heppenstall, A. , Toney, J. and Meier, P. (2023) Climate mitigation and adaptation action in the UK and devolved nations - A typology. [Data Collection]
Rex, C. L. , Staff, R. A. , Toney, J. L. , Pearson, E. J., Francke, A., Saito-Kato, M. and Nakagawa, T. (2023) Novel observations of East Asian Summer Monsoon evolution during Glacial Termination II from Lake Suigetsu, Japan. [Data Collection]
Rex, C. , Staff, R. , Leng, M. J., Toney, J. , Pearson, E. J., Tyler, J. J., Swann, G. E. A., Lacey, J. H., Saito-Kato, M. and Nakagawa, T. (2023) Insights into deglacial East Asian Monsoon seasonality and inter-regional teleconnections from Lake Suigetsu, Japan. [Data Collection]
Additional information
Session Chair:
- EGU Annual Meeting (2012), session: ‘Cenozoic greenhouse climates and carbon cycle dynamics’
- AGU Fall Meeting (2010), session: ‘Breakthroughs in continental paleothermometry: Applications of terrestrial proxies’
Committees:
- Team member for application to Athena Swan Silver status at the University of Glasgow.
- Graduate Representative for Earth Systems History to Dept. of Geological Sciences faculty meetings (2010-2011), Brown University
- Graduate Representative for Quaternary Sciences at the University Graduate Committee, (2001-2002) Northern Arizona University
Other:
- Scottish Crucible Participant (2013)
- Reviewer for a number of international journals.
- Proposal peer review NASA.
- Earth Science Women’s Network – European Board Member
- EGU Women in Geosciences Mentor
- STEM Ambassador for Science Outreach, U.K. (2012)
Workshops and Short Courses:
- 2012 Dinocyst Course, Utrecht, Netherlands.
- 2010 Urbino Summer School on Paleoclimatology
Links to Outreach Activities:
- http://today.brown.edu/articles/2010/05/arbor-day
- http://today.brown.edu/articles/2010/02/gk-12
- http://today.brown.edu/articles/2009/10/gk-12
- http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/ges/news/headline_231738_en.html
