Profiles
Dylan Beard
Teaching and Support Assistant
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
Biography
Biography
Dylan Beard is a PhD candidate in the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Plymouth [2019-2024], investigating contaminants in glacial environments and the potential downstream impacts of their release through melting.
- Thesis title: "Glaciers as secondary sources of anthropogenic contaminants: an emerging socio-environmental challenge"
Supervisors:
Caroline Clason
Sally Rangecroft
Will Blake
Kim Ward
Supervisors:
Caroline Clason
Sally Rangecroft
Will Blake
Kim Ward
Qualifications
- Completed the following two PhD-level courses at The University Center in Svalbard (UNIS) [2023]:
- AT-830: Arctic Environmental Toxicology
- AT-831: Arctic Environmental Pollution: Distribution and Processes - MSc in Geoscience Research, Keele University [2017]
- Thesis title: "Investigating the effects of water treatment residual addition on element availability and crop yield, in clean and fertilised soils"
Supervisor: Ian Oliver - BSc (Dual Hons.) in Geology and Physical Geography, Keele University [2015]
- Geology dissertation title: "Using ground-penetrating radar as a detection method for clandestine burials"
- Physical geography dissertation title: "Using Sclerochronology to investigate climatic impacts on the growth of Arctica islandica"
Roles on external bodies
UK Polar Network: Committee member [2021-present]
Art and Energy CIC: Non-executive Director [2022-present]
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
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Internal
Teaching/demonstrating experience on the following UoP modules:
Geology
GEOL1006: Fieldwork and Key Skills
GEOL1006: Fieldwork and Key Skills
Environmental Science/Management and Sustainability
ENVS1002: The Physical Environment
ENVS1003: The Biosphere
ENVS1007: Environmental Pollution
ENVS1008: Environmental Management and Protection
ENVS1009: Sustainability Science
ENVS1010: Global Environmental Challenges
ENVS2001: Environmental Field and Research Skills
ENVM2001: Environmental Data Management
ENVS2002: Environmental Expedition
ENVS2006: Natural Ecosystems and Their Conservation
ENVS3012: The Environmental Professional
ENVS1002: The Physical Environment
ENVS1003: The Biosphere
ENVS1007: Environmental Pollution
ENVS1008: Environmental Management and Protection
ENVS1009: Sustainability Science
ENVS1010: Global Environmental Challenges
ENVS2001: Environmental Field and Research Skills
ENVM2001: Environmental Data Management
ENVS2002: Environmental Expedition
ENVS2006: Natural Ecosystems and Their Conservation
ENVS3012: The Environmental Professional
Geography
FYM006: Sustainable Development Project
GGH1202: Changing Places
GGH1203: Culture, Society and Space
GGP1205: Catchments and Coasts
GGX1205: Geographical Journeys
GGP1206: Environment and Climate
GGH2203: Geographical Information Systems
GGX2204: Fieldwork in Geography
FYM006: Sustainable Development Project
GGH1202: Changing Places
GGH1203: Culture, Society and Space
GGP1205: Catchments and Coasts
GGX1205: Geographical Journeys
GGP1206: Environment and Climate
GGH2203: Geographical Information Systems
GGX2204: Fieldwork in Geography
Global Health
GH711: Introduction to Global Health
GH711: Introduction to Global Health
Research
Research
Research interests
Dylan's main research interests are: contaminants, polar and high-altitude mountain environments, ecotoxicology, environmental justice, sustainability and conservation.
Other research
Grants & contracts
University of Plymouth Research Studentship [2019 - 2023]
RGS-IBG Postgraduate Research Award (Albert Reckitt Award) [2020]
University of Plymouth Santander Scholarship [2019/20]
RGS-IBG Postgraduate Research Award (Albert Reckitt Award) [2020]
University of Plymouth Santander Scholarship [2019/20]
Publications
Publications
Journals
- Clason CC, Baccolo G, Łokas E, Owens PN, Wachniew P, Millward GE, Taylor A, Blake WH, Beard DB, Poniecka E, Selmes N, Bagshaw EA, Cook J, Fyfe R, Hay M, Land D, Takeuchi N, Nastasi M, Sisti M, Pittino F, Franzetti A, Ambrosini R, Di Mauro B (2023) Global variability and controls on the accumulation of fallout radionuclides in cryoconite. Science of The Total Environment. 894, 164902 [DOI]
- Clason CC, Rangecroft S, Owens PN, Łokas E, Baccolo G, Selmes N, Beard DB, Kitch J, Dextre RM, Morera S, Blake W (2023) Contribution of glaciers to water, energy and food security in mountain regions: current perspectives and future priorities. Annals of Glaciology. Cambridge University Press, pp. 1–6 [DOI]
- Beard DB, Clason CC, Rangecroft S, Poniecka E, Ward KJ, Blake WH (2022b) Anthropogenic contaminants in glacial environments II: Release and downstream consequences. Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment. 46(5), pp. 790-808 [DOI]
- Beard DB, Clason CC, Rangecroft S, Poniecka E, Ward KJ, Blake WH (2022a) Anthropogenic contaminants in glacial environments I: Inputs and accumulation. Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment. 46(4), pp. 630-648 [DOI]
- Howells AP, Lewis SJ, Beard DB, Oliver IW (2018) Water treatment residuals as soil amendments: Examining element extractability, soil porewater concentrations and effects on earthworm behaviour and survival. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 162, pp. 334-340 [DOI]
- Clason CC, Rangecroft S, Owens PN, Łokas E, Baccolo G, Selmes N, Beard DB, Kitch J, Dextre RM, Morera S, Blake W (2023) Contribution of glaciers to water, energy and food security in mountain regions: current perspectives and future priorities. Annals of Glaciology. Cambridge University Press, pp. 1–6 [DOI]
- Beard DB, Clason CC, Rangecroft S, Poniecka E, Ward KJ, Blake WH (2022b) Anthropogenic contaminants in glacial environments II: Release and downstream consequences. Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment. 46(5), pp. 790-808 [DOI]
- Beard DB, Clason CC, Rangecroft S, Poniecka E, Ward KJ, Blake WH (2022a) Anthropogenic contaminants in glacial environments I: Inputs and accumulation. Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment. 46(4), pp. 630-648 [DOI]
- Howells AP, Lewis SJ, Beard DB, Oliver IW (2018) Water treatment residuals as soil amendments: Examining element extractability, soil porewater concentrations and effects on earthworm behaviour and survival. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 162, pp. 334-340 [DOI]
Conference Papers
- Łokas, E., Baccolo, G., Clason, C., Wachniew, P., Takeuchi, N., Zawierucha, K., Beard, D.B., Ambrosini, R., Pittino, F., Franzetti, A., Owens, P., Cwanek, A., Koltonik, K. Isotopic signatures of plutonium in the global cryosphere, RAD 2023, Herceg Novi, Montenegro, 19-23 June 2023, RAD11-35
- Beard, D.B., Clason, C., Rangecroft, S., Rodríguez, W. S., and Blake, W.: Catchment scale variation of contaminants in glacial sediments from the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-9184, 2022
- Bellomo, K., Di Chiara, A., Rutter, W. A. J., Davies, H. S., Prior-Jones, M., Piispa, E. J., Muchow, M., and Beard, D.B.: Insights from the LGBTQIA+ working group at EGU 2022, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-9149, 2022
- Łokas, E., Baccolo, G. B., Clason, C., Wachniew, P., Takeuchi, N., Zawierucha, K., Beard, D.B., Ambrosini, R., Pittino, F., Franzetti, A., Owens, P., Poniecka, E., Blake, W., Nastasi, M., and Buda, J.: Deposition of plutonium isotopes in glacial environments in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-8795, 2021.
- Beard, D.B., Clason, C., Rangecroft, S., Rodríguez, W. S., and Blake, W.: Catchment scale variation of contaminants in glacial sediments from the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-9184, 2022
- Bellomo, K., Di Chiara, A., Rutter, W. A. J., Davies, H. S., Prior-Jones, M., Piispa, E. J., Muchow, M., and Beard, D.B.: Insights from the LGBTQIA+ working group at EGU 2022, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-9149, 2022
- Łokas, E., Baccolo, G. B., Clason, C., Wachniew, P., Takeuchi, N., Zawierucha, K., Beard, D.B., Ambrosini, R., Pittino, F., Franzetti, A., Owens, P., Poniecka, E., Blake, W., Nastasi, M., and Buda, J.: Deposition of plutonium isotopes in glacial environments in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-8795, 2021.
Presentations and posters
Other Publications
Personal
Personal
Reports & invited lectures
Guest lecture at the University of Plymouth to Master's level "Global Health" students: "Health perspectives from the cryosphere" [November 2022]
Conferences organised
UK Antarctic Science Conference 2021[22/03/2021-25/03/2021] - Organising Committee
Other academic activities
Talks givenPolar Early Career Conference[06/05/2021]: "Contamination in mountain glacial environments: A review of anthropogenic contaminants in glacial systems and their downstream impacts."
International Glaciological Society (IGS) British Branch Meeting[06/09/2021]: "Contamination in mountain glacial environments: A review of anthropogenic contaminants in glacial systems and their downstream impacts."
European Geoscience Union 2022 General Assembly[23/05/2022]: "Catchment scale variation of contaminants in glacial sediments from the Cordillera Blanca, Peru."
International Glaciological Society (IGS) British Branch Meeting[31/08/2022]: "Glacier and catchment scale variation of contaminant loads in glacial sediments from the Cordillera Blanca, Peru."
International Mountain Conference 2022[12/09/2022]: "Contaminant risks from future glacier change in the Corderilla Blanca, Peru."
International Glaciological Society (IGS) British Branch Meeting[06/09/2021]: "Contamination in mountain glacial environments: A review of anthropogenic contaminants in glacial systems and their downstream impacts."
European Geoscience Union 2022 General Assembly[23/05/2022]: "Catchment scale variation of contaminants in glacial sediments from the Cordillera Blanca, Peru."
International Glaciological Society (IGS) British Branch Meeting[31/08/2022]: "Glacier and catchment scale variation of contaminant loads in glacial sediments from the Cordillera Blanca, Peru."
International Mountain Conference 2022[12/09/2022]: "Contaminant risks from future glacier change in the Corderilla Blanca, Peru."
Additional information
Outreach
Polar Pride at Parliament, 2023 - Invited guest
Cheltenham Science Festival, 2022 - Guest presenter: Delivered five sessions titled "Pole to Pole" to groups of school-aged children, focusing on the albedo effect, Antarctic food webs, and adaptations to living in the Arctic.
Australian Antarctic Festival, 2018 - Educational Guide: Guided school children and members of the general public around the "Aurora Australis" icebreaker ship, the CSIRO research vessel the "Investigator", the RAAF "Globemaster C-17A" aircraft, and the "Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies" at the University of Tasmania.
Polar Pride at Parliament, 2023 - Invited guest
Cheltenham Science Festival, 2022 - Guest presenter: Delivered five sessions titled "Pole to Pole" to groups of school-aged children, focusing on the albedo effect, Antarctic food webs, and adaptations to living in the Arctic.
Australian Antarctic Festival, 2018 - Educational Guide: Guided school children and members of the general public around the "Aurora Australis" icebreaker ship, the CSIRO research vessel the "Investigator", the RAAF "Globemaster C-17A" aircraft, and the "Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies" at the University of Tasmania.
Awards
-1st place Polar Science Early Career Community Office (PSECCO) Polar Photo Competition 2023
- Best description of image - Images of Research 2023 Competition
- Winner of the Audience Prize in the University of Plymouth's 2023 Three Minute Thesis competition
- 2nd Place in the University of Plymouth's 2023 Three Minute Thesis competition
- Received a commendation for a talk at the 2022 International Glaciological Society conference titled "Glacier and catchment scale variation of contaminant loads in glacial sediments from the Cordillera Blanca, Peru."
-1st place Polar Science Early Career Community Office (PSECCO) Polar Photo Competition 2023
- Best description of image - Images of Research 2023 Competition
- Winner of the Audience Prize in the University of Plymouth's 2023 Three Minute Thesis competition
- 2nd Place in the University of Plymouth's 2023 Three Minute Thesis competition
- Received a commendation for a talk at the 2022 International Glaciological Society conference titled "Glacier and catchment scale variation of contaminant loads in glacial sediments from the Cordillera Blanca, Peru."