Christian Bishop

• 2025 to ongoing: minerals commodity analyst, BGS
• 2021 to 2025: PhD, University of Southampton, UK
• 2019 to 2021: Geo-environmental technician & consultant, BRD Environmental Ltd. UK
• 2015 to 2019: MGeol, University of Leicester, UK

ORCID: 0000-0003-0652-3008

Research interests

• Critical raw materials
• Economic geology
• Geochemistry
• Marine geology
• Supply chain analysis

Current projects

• ULTRA: Investigating ultramafic hosted seafloor massive sulphide deposits
• CMIC: The UK Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre (CMIC) supports the UK in securing adequate, timely and sustainable supplies of critical minerals.

Bishop, C., Lichtschlag, A., Roberts, S., Lesage, M., Murton, B.J. (2025). Fe-oxyhydroxide deposits at Semenov hydrothermal field (13°30′N), Mid-Atlantic ridge: insights into formation, modification and resource potential. Mineralium Deposita. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-025-01376-6

Martin, A. J., Murton, B. J., MacLeod, C. J., Jamieson, J. W., Yeo, I. I., Petersen, S., McFall, K. A., Allerton, S., Lichtschlag, A., Bishop, C., Figueroa, A., & Lai, S.-Y. (2025). Deep-sea drilling of the 13°30′ N oceanic core complex: Assessing links between fluid flow, metal enrichment and seafloor massive sulfide deposit formation near Semenov-1. Lithos, 494-495, 107921. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2024.107921

• Mineralogy and petrology
• Geological fieldwork
• Economic geology
• Geochemistry
• R Studio
• Marine geology
• ArcGIS
• QGIS

• Fellow of the Geological Society of London