Jack Lacey’s Biography
- 2017 – ongoing : Stable Isotope Geoscientist, British Geological Survey
- 2016 – 2017 : Stable Isotope Research Scientist, British Geological Survey
- 2012 – 2016 : PhD, University of Nottingham
- 2008 – 2012 : MGeol Geology, University of Leicester
ORCID
Research interests
- Stable isotope geochemistry
- Human impact on the environment
- Palaeolimnology and limnogeology
- Quaternary palaeoclimate and environmental change
- Organic matter variability and degradation in lacustrine environments
Publications
- Wagner, B, Vogel, H, Francke, A, Friedrich, T, Donders, T, Lacey, J H, Leng, M J, Regattieri, E, Sadori, L, Wilke, T, Zanchetta, G, Albrecht, C, Bertini, A, Combourieu-Nebout, N, Cvetkoska, A, Giaccio, B, Grazhdani, A, Hauffe, T, Holtvoeth, J, Joannin, S, Jovanovska, E, Just, J, Kouli, K, Kousis, I, Koutsodendris, A, Krastel, S, Lagos, M, Leicher, N, Levkov, Z, Lindhorst, K, Masi, A, Melles, M, Mercuri, A, Nomade, S, Nowaczyk, N, Panagiotopoulos, K, Peyron, O, Reed, J, Sagnotti, L, Sinopoli, G, Stelbrink, B, Sulpizio, R, Timmermann, A, Tofilovska, S, Torri, P, Wagner-Cremer, F, Wonik, T, and Zhang, X. 2019. Mediterranean winter rainfall in phase with African monsoons during the past 1.36 million years. Nature, 573, 256-260.
- Francke, A, Dosseto, A, Panagiotopoulos, K, Leicher, N, Lacey, J H, Kyrikou, S, Wagner, B, Zanchetta, G, Kouli, K, and Leng, M J. 2019. Sediment residence time reveals Holocene shift from climatic to vegetation control on catchment erosion in the Balkans. Global and Planetary Change, 177, 186-200.
- Zanchetta, G, Baneschi, I, Francke, A, Boschi, C, Regattieri, E, Wagner, B, Lacey, J H, Leng, M J, Vogel, H, and Sadori, L. 2018. Evidence for carbon cycling in a large freshwater lake in the Balkans over the last 0.5 million years using the isotopic composition of bulk organic matter. Quaternary Science Reviews, 202, 154-165.
- Lacey, J H, and Jones, M D. 2018. Quantitative reconstruction of early Holocene and last glacial climate on the Balkan Peninsula using coupled hydrological and isotope mass balance modelling. Quaternary Science Reviews, 202, 109-121.
- Lacey, J H, Leng M J, Peckover, E N, Dean, J R, Wilke, T, Francke, A, Zhang, X, Masi, A, and Wagner, B. 2018. Investigating the environmental interpretation of oxygen and carbon isotope data from whole and fragmented bivalve shells. Quaternary Science Reviews, 194, 55-61.
- Lacey, J H, Leng, M J, Vane, C H, Radbourne, A D, Yang, H, and Ryves, D B. 2018. Assessing human impact on Rostherne Mere, UK, using the geochemistry of organic matter. Anthropocene, 21, 52-65.
- Wagner, B, Wilke, T, Francke, A, Albrecht, C, Baumgarten, H, Bertini, A, Combourieu-Nebout, N, Cvetkoska, A, D’Addabbo, M, Donders, T H, Föller, K, Giaccio, B, Grazhdani, A, Hauffe, T, Holtvoeth, J, Joannin, S, Jovanovska, E, Just, J, Kouli, K, Koutsodendris, A, Krastel, S, Lacey, J H, Leicher, N, Leng, M J, Levkov, Z, Lindhorst, K, Masi, A, Mercuri, A M, Nomade, S, Nowaczyk, N, Panagiotopoulos, K, Peyron, O, Reed, J M, Regattieri, E, Sadori, L, Sagnotti, L, Stelbrink, B, Sulpizio, R, Tofilovska, S, Torri, P, Vogel, H, Wagner, T, Wagner-Cremer, F, Wolff, G A, Wonik, T, Zanchetta, G, and Zhang, X S. 2017. The environmental and evolutionary history of Lake Ohrid (FYROM/Albania): Interim results from the SCOPSCO deep drilling project. Biogeosciences, 14, 2033-2054.
- Zanchetta, G, Regattieri, E, Giaccio, B, Wagner, B, Sulpizio, R, Francke, A, Vogel, H, Sadori, L, Masi, A, Sinopoli, G, Lacey, J H, Leng, M J, and Leicher, N. 2016. Aligning and synchronization of MIS5 proxy records from Lake Ohrid (FYROM) with independently dated Mediterranean archives: implications for DEEP core chronology. Biogeosciences, 13, 2757-2768.
- Just, J, Nowaczyk, N R, Sagnotti, L, Francke, A, Vogel, H, Lacey, J H, and Wagner, B. 2016. Environmental control on the occurrence of high-coercivity magnetic minerals and formation of iron sulfides in a 640 ka sediment sequence from Lake Ohrid (Balkans). Biogeosciences, 13, 2093-2109.
- Lacey, J H, Leng, M J, Francke, A, Sloane, H J, Milodowski, A, Vogel, H, Baumgarten, H, Zanchetta, G, and Wagner B. 2016. Northern Mediterranean climate since the Middle Pleistocene: a 637 ka stable isotope record from Lake Ohrid (Albania/Macedonia). Biogeosciences, 13, 1801-1820.
- Zhang, X S, Reed, J M, Lacey J H, Francke, A, Leng, M J, Levkov, Z, and Wagner, B. 2016. Complexity of diatom response to Lateglacial and Holocene climate and environmental change in ancient, deep, and oligotrophic Lake Ohrid (Macedonia and Albania). Biogeosciences, 13, 1351-1365.
- Francke, A, Wagner, B, Just, J, Leicher, N, Gromig, R, Baumgarten, H, Vogel, H, Lacey, J H, Sadori, L, Wonik, T, Leng, M J, Zanchetta, G, Sulpizio, R, and Giacco, B. 2016. Sedimentological processes and environmental variability at Lake Ohrid (Macedonia, Albania) between 637 ka and the present. Biogeosciences, 13, 1179-1196.
- Lacey, J H, Leng, M J, Höbig, N, Reed, J M, Valero-Garcés, B, and Reicherter, K. 2016. Western Mediterranean climate and environment since Marine Isotope Stage 3: a 50,000-year record from Lake Banyoles, Spain. Journal of Paleolimnology, 55(2), 113-128.
- Lacey, J H, Francke, A, Leng, M J, Vane, C H, and Wagner, B. 2015. A high-resolution Late Glacial to Holocene record of environmental change in the Mediterranean from Lake Ohrid (Macedonia/Albania). International Journal of Earth Sciences, 104(6), 1623-1638.
- Cvetkoska, A, Levkov, Z, Reed, J M, Wagner, B, Panagiotopoulos, K, Leng, M J, and Lacey, J H. 2015. Quaternary climate change and Heinrich Events in the southern Balkans: Lake Prespa diatom Palaeolimnology from the last interglacial to present. Journal of Palaeolimnology, 53 (2), 215-231.
- Wagner, B, Wilke, T, Krastel, S, Zanchetta, G, Sulpizio, R, Reicherter, K, Leng, M J, Grazhdani, A, Trajanovski, S, Francke, A, Lindhorst, K, Levkov, Z, Cvetkoska, A, Reed, J M, Zhang, X, Lacey, J H, Wonik, T, Baumgarten, H, and Vogel, H. 2014. The SCOPSCO drilling project recovers more than 1.2 million years of history from Lake Ohrid. Scientific Drilling, 17, 19-29.
- Wagner, B, Leng, M J, Wilke, T, Böhm, A, Panagiotopoulos, K, Vogel, H, Lacey, J H, Zanchetta, G, and Sulpizio, R. 2014. Distinct lake level lowstand in Lake Prespa (SE Europe) at the time of the 74 (75) ka Toba eruption. Climate of the Past, 10, 261-267.
Published outputs
Skills
- Carbon & oxygen isotopes in carbonates
- Carbon & nitrogen isotopes in organic materials
- Application of stable isotope geochemistry to human impact, palaeoclimate, environmental change, and biogeochemical cycling research, in particular the isotope composition of carbonates and organic matter from lake sediment cores
- Extraction and analysis of oxygen & silicon isotopes in biogenic silica and silicates by stepwise fluorination and mass spectrometry
- High precision analysis of light stable isotopes by isotope ratio mass spectrometry
Professional associations
- Board Member of the International Association of Limnogeology
- Convener of the Isotopes in Biogenic Silica Working Group
- Fellow of the Geological Society of London
- Member of the Quaternary Research Association
- Member of the European Geosciences Union