Summary
I am a Reader at Imperial College London, working on the application of AI and Machine Learning to Earth and planetary systems. My work invludes applied AI for satellite imagery, as well as computer vision for geological images, notably carbonate systems. I also run a stable isotope lab capable of doing clumped isotopes on carbonates.
My main interests include:
- Application of neural networks and machine learning for geological applications, for instance, image recognition to automatically extract information from core and thin sections.
- Clumped isotope geochemistry for carbonate paleo-thermometry, notably in the context of carbonate diagenesis
- Numerical methods and programming, such as forward modelling of stratigraphy or development of software for geochemistry
The information presented here is just a brief summary. If you are interested in more information, for instance if you want to work with me, visit the my carbonate research group website: john-lab.org
Biography
- 2018-current: Reader in Earth-Centric AI, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, UK.
- 2013-2018: Senior Lecturer, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, UK.
- 2008-2013: Lecturer, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, UK.
- 2005-2008: Staff scientist, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
- 2004-2005: Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA.
- 2003 : Ph.D. (Dr. Rer. Nat.), magna cum laude, University of Potsdam, Germany.
Research Interests
- Use of machine learning, notably neural network, for automatic feature extraction from unstructured geological data (for instance, image recognition of facies in cores)
- Forward modeling of sedimentary processes to constrain the architecture of carbonate systems and the distribution of different facies
- Clumped isotope geochemistry and thermal history of carbonate, notably applied to carbonate diagenesis
- Continental margin sediment and shallow-water carbonates. notably linked to field research
- Climate change and the environment
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
John CM, Bowen D, 2016, Community software for challenging isotope analysis: first applications of ‘Easotope’ to clumped isotopes, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, Vol:30, ISSN:0951-4198, Pages:2285-2300
Quesnel B, Boulvais P, Gautier P, et al., 2016, Paired stable isotopes (O, C) and clumped isotope thermometry of magnesite and silica veins in the New Caledonia Peridotite Nappe, Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol:183, ISSN:1872-9533, Pages:234-249
John CM, Bohaty SM, Zachos JC, et al., 2008, North American continental margin records of the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum: Implications for global carbon and hydrological cycling, Paleoceanography, Vol:23, ISSN:0883-8305
Sluijs A, Brinkhuis H, Schouten S, et al., 2007, Environmental precursors to rapid light carbon injection at the Palaeocene/Eocene boundary, Nature, Vol:450, ISSN:0028-0836, Pages:1218-U5
John CM, Karner GD, Mutti M, 2004, δ<SUP>18</SUP>O and Marion Plateau backstripping:: Combining two approaches to constrain late middle Miocene eustatic amplitude, Geology, Vol:32, ISSN:0091-7613, Pages:829-832
Chapters
Zachos JC, Bohaty SM, John CM, et al., 2007, The Palaeocene-Eocene carbon isotope excursion: constraints from individual shell planktonic foraminifer records, ROYAL SOCIETY, Pages:1829-1842