Research interests

• Hypervelocity impacts and alteration of organic compounds
• Astrobiology; extremophiles, deep biospheres and origin of life and evolution of the biosphere
• Deployable analytical technologies for life detection

Research summary:

Grant funding from within the past 6 years:

• 2016–2019 Jurassic-Cenozoic reconstructions of Eastern Indonesian .PhD Studentship Himawan Sutanto (Indonesian Ministry of Natrual Resources) – £65 100
• 2015–2016 The role of Cretaceous Units within the Petroleum System of the Greater Caucasus Region Petrofrac (£27,850)
• 2015–2016 Development of capabilities for Shale Gas Appraisal. KTP (9867) COREX (UK) Ltd & University of Aberdeen (£141, 329)
• 2012–2015 The Role of the Baluti Formation in the petroleum systems of Iraq. Kudrish Regional Government, PhD studentship Ayad Faqi Eribil (£58 100)
• 2011–2014 Geochemical evolution of geological fluids in South Kuwait and its impact on Petroleum formation and occurrence.  Kuwait Petroleum Corporation. PhD studentship for Mubarak Al-Hejeri (£42 461)
• 2008–2011 The origins of biodegraded oils and seeps from Nigeria, Ghana and Scotland. PTDF. PhD studentship Umar Lamorde (£58 092)

Research publications (2010-2016)

• Mohamed, A.Y., Whiteman, A.J., Archer, S.G., Bowden, S.A.
• Thermal modelling of the Melut basin Sudan and South Sudan: Implications for hydrocarbon generation and migration
• (2016) Marine and Petroleum Geology, 77, pp. 746-762.
• Inagaki, F., Hinrichs, K.-U., Kubo, Y., Bihan, M., Bowden, S.A., Bowles, M., Elvert, M., Glombitza, C., Gross, D., Harrington, G.J., Heuer, V., Hong, W.-L., Hori, T., Hoshino, T., Ijiri, A., Imachi, H., Ito, M., Kaneko, M., Lever, M.A., Li, K., Limmer, D., Lin, Y.-S., Liu, C.-H., Methé, B.A., Morita, S., Morono, Y., Murayama, M., Ohkouchi, N., Ono, S., Park, Y.-S., Phillips, S.C., Prieto-Mollar, X., Purkey, M., Riedinger, N., Sanada, Y., Sauvage, J., Snyder, G., Susilawati, R., Takano, Y., Tanikawa, W., Tasumi, E., Terada, T., Tomaru, H., Trembath-Reichert, E., Wang, D.T., Yamada, Y.
• IODP Expedition 337: Deep Coalbed Biosphere off Shimokita – Microbial processes and hydrocarbon system associated with deeply buried coalbed in the ocean
• (2016) Scientific Drilling, 21, pp. 17-28.
• Parnell, J., Brolly, C., Spinks, S., Bowden, S.
• Metalliferous Biosignatures for Deep Subsurface Microbial Activity
• (2016) Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 46 (1), pp. 107-118.
• Parnell, J., Brolly, C., Spinks, S., Bowden, S.
• Selenium enrichment in Carboniferous Shales, Britain and Ireland: Problem or opportunity for shale gas extraction?
• (2016) Applied Geochemistry, 66, pp. 82-87.
• Asadi Mehmandosti, E., Adabi, M.H., Bowden, S.A., Alizadeh, B.
• Geochemical investigation, oil-oil and oil-source rock correlation in the Dezful Embayment, Marun Oilfield, Zagros, Iran
• (2015) Marine and Petroleum Geology, 68, pp. 648-663.
• Inagaki, F., Hinrichs, K.-U., Kubo, Y., Bowles, M.W., Heuer, V.B., Hong, W.-L., Hoshino, T., Ijiri, A., Imachi, H., Ito, M., Kaneko, M., Lever, M.A., Lin, Y.-S., Methé, B.A., Morita, S., Morono, Y., Tanikawa, W., Bihan, M., Bowden, S.A., Elvert, M., Glombitza, C., Gross, D., Harrington, G.J., Hori, T., Li, K., Limmer, D., Liu, C.-H., Murayama, M., Ohkouchi, N., Ono, S., Park, Y.-S., Phillips, S.C., Prieto-Mollar, X., Purkey, M., Riedinger, N., Sanada, Y., Sauvage, J., Snyder, G., Susilawati, R., Takano, Y., Tasumi, E., Terada, T., Tomaru, H., Trembath-Reichert, E., Wang, D.T., Yamada, Y.
• Exploring deep microbial life in coal-bearing sediment down to ∼2.5 km below the ocean floor
• (2015) Science, 349 (6246), pp. 420-424.
• Parnell, J., Spinks, S., Andrews, S., Thayalan, W., Bowden, S.
• High Molybdenum availability for evolution in a Mesoproterozoic lacustrine environment
• (2015) Nature Communications, 6, art. no. 6996, .
• Brolly, C., Parnell, J., Bowden, S.
• Raman spectroscopy: Caution when interpreting organic carbon from oxidising environments
• (2015) Planetary and Space Science, . Article in Press.
• Article in Press
• Alabi, O.O., Edilbi, A.N.F., Brolly, C., Muirhead, D., Parnell, J., Stacey, R., Bowden, S.A.
• Asphaltene detection using surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)
• (2015) Chemical Communications, 51 (33), pp. 7152-7155.
• Lamorde, U.A., Parnell, J., Bowden, S.A.
• Constraining the genetic relationships of 25-norhopanes, hopanoic and 25-norhopanoic acids in onshore Niger Delta oils using a temperature-dependent material balance
• (2015) Organic Geochemistry, 79, pp. 31-43.
• Parnell, J., Boyce, A.J., Brett, D.-K., Brolly, C., Bowden, S., Lindgren, P.
• Enhanced microbial activity in carbon-rich pillow lavas, Ordovician, Great Britain and Ireland
• (2015) Geology, 43 (9), pp. 827-830.
• Wilson, A.O., Parnell, J., Boyce, A.J., Bowden, S.A.
• Constraining causes of fish mass mortality using ultra-high-resolution biomarker measurement
• (2014) Chemical Geology, 385, pp. 156-162.
• Alabi, O.O., Bowden, S.A., Parnell, J.
• Simultaneous and rapid asphaltene and TAN determination for heavy petroleum using an H-cell
• (2014) Analytical Methods, 6 (11), pp. 3651-3660.
• Burchell, M.J., Bowden, S.A., Cole, M., Price, M.C., Parnell, J.
• Survival of organic materials in hypervelocity impacts of ice on sand, ice, and water in the laboratory
• (2014) Astrobiology, 14 (6), pp. 473-485.
• Parnell, J., Still, J., Spinks, S., Thayalan, W., Bowde, S.
• Cadmium sulfide in a Mesoproterozoic terrestrial environment
• (2014) Mineralogical Magazine, 78 (1), pp. 47-54.
• Parnell, J., Hole, M., Boyce, A.J., Spinks, S., Bowden, S.
• Heavy metal, sex and granites: Crustal differentiation and bioavailability in the mid-proterozoic
• (2012) Geology, 40 (8), pp. 751-754.
• Muirhead, D.K., Parnell, J., Taylor, C., Bowden, S.A.
• A kinetic model for the thermal evolution of sedimentary and meteoritic organic carbon using Raman spectroscopy
• (2012) Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 96, pp. 153-161.
• Parnell, J., Bowden, S.A., Muirhead, D., Blamey, N., Westall, F., Demets, R., Verchovsky, S., Brandstätter, F., Brack, A.
• Preservation of organic matter in the STONE 6 artificial meteorite experiment
• (2011) Icarus, 212 (1), pp. 390-402.
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• Parnell, J., Boyce, A., Thackrey, S., Muirhead, D., Lindgren, P., Mason, C., Taylor, C., Still, J., Bowden, S., Osinski, G.R., Lee, P.
• Sulfur isotope signatures for rapid colonization of an impact crater by thermophilic microbes
• (2010) Geology, 38 (3), pp. 271-274.