Rate My Professor Andrew McIntyre

Dr Andrew McIntyre is an IODP Research Associate in the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment at the University of Leicester. He received his BSc in Geography and Geology from the University of Leicester in 2016, an MSc in Geochemistry from the University of St Andrews in 2017, and a PhD in Palaeoceanography from The Open University in 2022. His doctoral research reconstructed early-middle Eocene Atlantic Ocean circulation using geochemical and micropaleontological approaches. In 2022, he participated in IODP Expedition 390 as a Physical Properties Specialist and Stratigraphic Correlator, contributing to objectives related to hydrothermal fluid-rock exchange, microbial communities, and Cenozoic climate responses. He joined the University of Leicester IODP group in December 2022, where he supports planning and operations for IODP Mission Specific Platforms, organises the ECORD Summer School on Downhole Logging, and assists the community with physical properties and logging expertise.

McIntyre’s research focuses on the geochemical reconstruction of Cenozoic palaeoceanography and climate, with particular emphasis on the Paleogene period and Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation using sedimentary archives, microfossils, and geochemical methods from IODP cores. His work has been supported by a UKRI PhD studentship and a UK IODP Moratorium Grant. He has received the St Andrews Geochemistry Prize and a NERC CENTA DTP Studentship. Key publications include data reports from IODP Expedition 390/393 and studies on ocean acidification and stratigraphy. He actively presents at conferences such as EGU and the International Conference on Palaeoceanography and contributes to summer schools and workshops.