Profiles
James Hepworth
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
Biography
Biography
PhD research student with the Centre for Research in Earth Sciences (CRES).Project: Novel insights into CO2 sequestration in peridotite.
Supervisors:
Tony Morris, Michelle Harris
Supervisors:
Tony Morris, Michelle Harris
Qualifications
MSci (Hons) Earth Sciences - University of Manchester 2015-2019.
Professional membership
Member of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain & Ireland.
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
So far I have taught on the following modules:GEOL2006 Bovisand and Dartmoor field trips 2021 (80 hours).
GEOL2003 Lizard Peninsula field trip 2021 (40 hours).
ENVS1002 Rock and Mineral ID practicals 2021 (4 hours).
GEOL5002 Dartmoor field trip 2021 (20 hours).
ENVS2004 Environmental Issues and Communication 2021 (32 hours).
ENVS1010 Global Environmental Challenges, Earthquakes 2022 (6 hours).
GEOL2006 Bovisand and Dartmoor field trips 2022 (16 hours).
GEOL1006 Lizard Peninsula field trip 2022 (32 hours).
ENVS1002 Rock and Mineral ID practicals 2022 (8 hours).
GEOL1008 Torbay field trip 2022 (8 hours).
CHM009 Foundation Chemistry Titration practical 2022 (3 hours).
GGH2206 Dartmoor Field Trip 2022 (8 hours).
GEOL1009 Dartmoor Field trip 2022 (8 hours).
GEOL1009 Minerals and Rocks practical's 2022 (24 hours).
ENVS2004 Environmental Issues and Communication 2022 (12 hours).
GEOL3010 Engineering Geology 2023 (4 hours).
GEOL2006 Dartmoor field trip 2023 (24 hours).
GEOL2003 Lizard Peninsula field trip 2021 (40 hours).
ENVS1002 Rock and Mineral ID practicals 2021 (4 hours).
GEOL5002 Dartmoor field trip 2021 (20 hours).
ENVS2004 Environmental Issues and Communication 2021 (32 hours).
ENVS1010 Global Environmental Challenges, Earthquakes 2022 (6 hours).
GEOL2006 Bovisand and Dartmoor field trips 2022 (16 hours).
GEOL1006 Lizard Peninsula field trip 2022 (32 hours).
ENVS1002 Rock and Mineral ID practicals 2022 (8 hours).
GEOL1008 Torbay field trip 2022 (8 hours).
CHM009 Foundation Chemistry Titration practical 2022 (3 hours).
GGH2206 Dartmoor Field Trip 2022 (8 hours).
GEOL1009 Dartmoor Field trip 2022 (8 hours).
GEOL1009 Minerals and Rocks practical's 2022 (24 hours).
ENVS2004 Environmental Issues and Communication 2022 (12 hours).
GEOL3010 Engineering Geology 2023 (4 hours).
GEOL2006 Dartmoor field trip 2023 (24 hours).
GEOL2014 Westward Ho! Sedimentary/Stratigraphy trip (32 hours).
FYM002 Foundation map reading trip Plymouth (5 hours).
GGX1205 Dartmoor field trip (9 hours).
ENVS1002 Rock and Mineral ID practical’s 2023 (4 hours).
ENVS2004 Environmental Issues and Communication 2023 (4 hours).
Completed the SALT (Supporting Assessment, Learning and Teaching) workshop at the University of Plymouth.
Research
Research
Research interests
Ophiolites, Oceanic Lithosphere, Palaeomagnetism, Petrology, Magnetic Petrology, Geochemistry.
Grants & contracts
Awarded the 2021 British Geophysical Association Gray-Milne Travel Bursary.Awarded a 2023 Institute for Rock Magnetism (IRM) visiting researcher fellowship.
Awarded a 2023 MagIC Workshop grant to attend the workshop at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, San Diego, CA.
Awarded a 2023 MagIC Workshop grant to attend the workshop at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, San Diego, CA.
Publications
Publications
Journals
Carter, E. J., O’Driscoll, B., Burgess, R., Clay, P. L., Hepworth, J., & The Oman Drilling Project Science Team (2021). Bimodal alteration of the oceanic crust revealed by halogen and noble gas systematics in the Oman Ophiolite. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126, e2021JB022669.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB022669
Other Publications
Morris A, Di Chiara A, Anderson M, MacLeod C, Koornneef L, Hepworth J & Harris M (2022). Coeval volcanism and rotation of Neotethyan oceanic crust in the Oman ophiolite – fact or fiction?. , DOI
Hepworth J, Morris A, Harris M, Harrison R J, & Schwarzenbach E (2023). Novel Insights into the Palaeomagnetism of Serpentinized Peridotites from the Oman and Troodos Ophiolites. Magnetic Interactions 2023, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK. (Winner of best conference poster award). https://www.magneticinteractions.co.uk/programme
Hepworth J, Morris A, Harris M, Harrison R J, & Schwarzenbach E (2023). Novel Insights into the Palaeomagnetism of Serpentinized Peridotites from the Oman and Troodos Ophiolites. MagIC Workshop 2023, SCRIPPS Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, San Diego, USA. https://earthref.org/events/MAGIC/2023/
Hepworth J, Morris A, Harris M, Harrison R J, & Schwarzenbach E (2023). Novel Insights into the Palaeomagnetism of Serpentinized Peridotites from the Oman and Troodos Ophiolites. Magnetic Interactions 2023, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK. (Winner of best conference poster award). https://www.magneticinteractions.co.uk/programme
Hepworth J, Morris A, Harris M, Harrison R J, & Schwarzenbach E (2023). Novel Insights into the Palaeomagnetism of Serpentinized Peridotites from the Oman and Troodos Ophiolites. MagIC Workshop 2023, SCRIPPS Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, San Diego, USA. https://earthref.org/events/MAGIC/2023/
Personal
Personal
Conferences organised
Co-organising a 2023 MagellanPlus IODP (International Ocean Drilling Programme) workshop: Accessing the circum-Iberian mantle archive of Wilson cycle processes through Land-to-Sea drilling (MANTLE-L2S). https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/magellanplus-workshop-mantle-l2s
Co-organised 2022 CRES conference, University of Plymouth.
Co-organised 2022 CRES conference, University of Plymouth.
Other academic activities
Postgraduate Research Health & Safety Representative, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences.Postgraduate Representative for the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences EDI committee.
Additional information
COVID-19 Volunteer Vaccinator, St John Ambulance.Volunteered at the 2023 Natural History Museum volcanoes outreach day.
Tutor at The Brilliant Club.
Tutor at The Brilliant Club.