Dr Matthew Pound

Associate Professor

School: Geography and Natural Sciences

2013 - Research Fellow in Physical Geography, Northumbria University
2012 - 2013 Research Assistant in Physical Geography, Northumbria University
2008 - 2012 PhD "Middle to Late Miocene terrestrial biota and climate", University of Leeds/ British Geological Survey
2004 - 2008 MSci Geology (Hons), University of Bristol

I am a member of:
Fellow of the Geological Society, London
AASP - The Palynology Society
The Micropalaeontological Society
Young Earth Scientists Network

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Key Publications

Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
A global dataset of fossil fungi records from the Cenozoic, Hodgson, E., McCoy, J., Webber, K., Nuñez Otaño, N., O’Keefe, J., Pound, M. 21 Feb 2025, In: Scientific data
Climate change and land use threaten global hotspots of phylogenetic endemism for trees, Guo, W., Serra-Diaz, J., Eiserhardt, W., Maitner, B., Merow, C., Violle, C., Pound, M., Sun, M., Slik, F., Blach-Overgaard, A., Enquist, B., Svenning, J. 31 Oct 2023, In: Nature Communications
Global beta-diversity of angiosperm trees is shaped by Quaternary climate change, Xu, W., Guo, W., Serra-Diaz, J., Schrodt, F., Eiserhardt, W., Enquist, B., Maitner, B., Merow, C., Violle, C., Anand, M., Belluau, M., Bruun, H., Byun, C., Catford, J., Cerabolini, B., Chacón-Madrigal, E., Ciccarelli, D., Cornelissen, J., Dang-Le, A., de Frutos, A., Dias, A., Giroldo, A., Gutiérrez, A., Hattingh, W., He, T., Hietz, P., Hough-Snee, N., Jansen, S., Kattge, J., Komac, B., Kraft, N., Kramer, K., Lavorel, S., Lusk, C., Martin, A., Ma, K., Mencuccini, M., Michaletz, S., Minden, V., Mori, A., Niinemets, Ü., Onoda, Y., Onstein, R., Peñuelas, J., Pillar, V., Pisek, J., Pound, M., Robroek, B., Schamp, B., Slot, M., Sun, M., Sosinski, Ê., Soudzilovskaia, N., Thiffault, N., van Bodegom, P., van der Plas, F., Zheng, J., Svenning, J., Ordonez, A. 5 Apr 2023, In: Science Advances
A global modern pollen and spore dataset, Pound, M., O’Keefe, J. 3 Apr 2025, In: Palynology
Pollen and microplastics in hedgehog (Erinaceus europeaus) faeces as a means to identify landscape use in urban and sub-urban environments of the United Kingdom, Webber, K., McCoy, J., Rogers, A., Carel, T., Pound, M. 3 Apr 2025, In: Palynology

PGR Supervision

Bela McCoy Rupelian to Messinian (33.9-5.33 Ma) terrestrial ecosystems and climate dynamics from the edge of northwest Europe Start Date: 01/10/2021 End Date: 17/10/2025
Abbie Rogers Quantifying, and assessing the impact of, microplastics in U.K. woodlands Start Date: 01/10/2023
Jessica O'Connor Understanding the legacy of Cenozoic climates to better inform future forest conservation and management strategies Start Date: 01/10/2024
Abbie Rogers Quantifying, and assessing the impact of, microplastics in U.K. woodlands Start Date: 01/10/2023 End Date: 17/10/2025
Bela McCoy Rupelian to Messinian (33.9-5.33 Ma) terrestrial ecosystems and climate dynamics from the edge of northwest Europe Start Date: 01/10/2021
Jessica O'Connor Understanding the legacy of Cenozoic climates to better inform future forest conservation and management strategies Start Date: 01/10/2024 End Date: 17/10/2025