Pronouns: she, her

Functions: SOS EDI lead, SOS Academic Integrity Officer

Room: 306 Craig Mair             Phone: 01248 383819

E-mail: m.saher@bangor.ac.uk

Web: ResearchGate

I am a teaching and scholarship lecturer, teaching Ocean Science predominantly on the longer timescales (Orbital to Tectonic timescales). My background in science starts with a MSc in geology, followed by a PhD (completed in 2007) in climate reconstruction, both from the Free University in Amsterdam. During my PhD, which dealt with the strength of the Indian Monsoon during glacial terminations, I used foraminifera as a palaeoenvironmental proxy. I kept working with these microfossils for several research projects to come; at the Norwegian Polar Institute in Tromsø, I used them for monitoring anthropogenic warming in the Barents Sea. In 2009 I went to the UK to reconstruct sea level changes in the North Atlantic on short (500 years) timescales at Plymouth University, and on Milankovitch timescales at the Universities of Plymouth and York. In 2014 I moved to Bangor University to reconstruct the demise of the last ice sheet on the British Isles. In 2017 I made a move to full-time teaching.

Research Areas

• Earth System Science and Climate Change

• PGCertHE
  2017
• PhD: History of the Indian monsoon- implications of sea surface temperatures in the Arabian Sea over Terminations I and II
  Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2001–2007
• MSc: Analogue modelling of fold-and-thrust belts
  Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2001

I am currently module leader on the following modules:

OSX1003 Earth, Climate and Evolution

OSX2011 Ice and Oceans

OSX3000 Dissertation module

OSX3025  Marine Geology & Applications

I also teach on the following modules:

ONC1001 Dadansoddi Data Amgylcheddol

ONS1001 Environmental data & analysis

OSX1000 Tutorial 1

OSX2000 Science Communication

OSX2004 Estuary & Shelf Sea Processes

OSX3007 Coastal Processes field study

OSX3021 Oceans, Atmosphere and Climate

OSX4008 Research Design & Planning

OSX4009 Research Project

OSX4010 Key Concepts and Techniques

OSX4015 Climate and Climate Change

OSX4016 Literature Review-Project Plan

2022

• PublishedGrowth and retreat of the last British–Irish Ice Sheet, 31 000 to 15 000 years ago: the BRITICE‐CHRONO reconstruction.
  Clark, C., Ely, J. C., Hindmarsh, R., Bradley, S. L., Ignéczi, A., Fabel, D., Ó Cofaigh, C., Chiverrell, R., Scourse, J., Benetti, S., Bradwell, T., Evans, D., Roberts, D., Burke, M., Callard, S. L., Medialdea, A., Saher, M., Small, D., Smedley, R., Gasson, E., Gregoire, L., Gandy, N., Hughes, A., Ballantyne, C., Bateman, M., Bigg, G., Doole, J., Dove, D., Duller, G., Jenkins, G., Livingstone, S., McCarron, S., Moreton, S., Pollard, D., Praeg, D., Sejrup, H. P., Van Landeghem, K. & Wilson, P., Oct 2022, In: Boreas. 51, 4, p. 699-758
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

• PublishedExploring controls of the early and stepped deglaciation on the western margin of the British Irish Ice Sheet.
  Benetti, S., Chiverrell, R. C., Ó Cofaigh, C., Burke, M., Medialdea, A., Small, D., Ballantyne, C., Bateman, M., Callard, S. L., Wilson, P., Fabel, D., Clark, C., Arosio, R., Bradley, S. L., Dunlop, P., Ely, J. C., Gales, J., Livingstone, S. J., Moreton, S., Purcell, C., Saher, M., Schiele, K., Van Landeghem, K. & Weilbach, K., Jul 2021, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 36, 5, p. 833-870
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMaximum extent and readvance dynamics of the Irish Sea Ice Stream and Irish Sea Glacier since the Last Glacial Maximum.
  Scourse, J. D., Chiverrell, R. C., Smedley, R., Small, D., Burke, M. J., Saher, M., Van Landeghem, K., Duller, G. A. T., O'Cofaigh, C., Bateman, M., Benetti, S., Bradley, S. L., Callard, S. L., Evans, D., Fabel, D., Jenkins, G. T-H., McCarron, S., Medialdea, A., Moreton, S., Ou, X., Praeg, D., Roberts, D. H., Roberts, H. M. & Clark, C., Jul 2021, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 36, 5, p. 780-804 25 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPattern, style and timing of British-Irish Ice Sheet retreat: Shetland and northern North Sea sector
  Bradwell, T., Small, D., Fabel, D., Smedley, R., Clark, C., Chiverrell, R., Saher, M., Callard, S. L., Burke, M., Moreton, S., Medialdea, A., Bateman, M., Golledge, N. R., Finlayson, A., Morgan, S. & O'Cofaigh, C., Jul 2021, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 36, 5, p. 681-722
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedRetreat dynamics of the eastern sector of the British–Irish Ice Sheet during the last glaciation
  Evans, D. J. A., Roberts, D. H., Bateman, M. D., Medialdea, A., Callard, L., Grimoldi, E., Chiverrell, R. C., Ely, J., Dove, D., Ó Cofaigh, C., Saher, M., Bradwell, T., Moreton, S. G., Fabel, D. & Bradley, S. L., 1 Jul 2021, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 36, 5, p. 723-751
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTiming and pace of ice-sheet withdrawal across the marine-terrestrial transition west of Ireland during the last glaciation
  O'Cofaigh, C., Callard, S. L., Roberts, D., Chiverrell, R., Evans, D., Saher, M., Van Landeghem, K., Smedley, R., Benetti, S., Burke, M., Clark, C., Duller, G., Livingstone, S., McCarron, S., Medialdea, A., Moreton, S. & Sachetti, F., Jul 2021, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 36, 5, p. 805-832
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

• PublishedFinal deglaciation of the Malin Sea through meltwater release and calving events
  Tarlati, S., Benetti, S., Callard, S. L., Ó Cofaigh, C., Georgiopoulou, A., Edwards, R., Van Landeghem, K., Saher, M., Chiverrell, R., Fabel, D., Moreton, S., Morgan, S. & Clark, C., Nov 2020, In: Scottish Journal of Geology. 56, 2, p. 117-133
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedOscillating retreat of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet on the continental shelf offshore Galway Bay, western Ireland.
  Callard, S. L., O'Cofaigh, C., Benetti, S., Chiverrell, R., Van Landeghem, K., Saher, M., Livingstone, S. J., Clark, C., Small, D., Fabel, D. & Moreton, S., Feb 2020, In: Marine Geology. 420, 106087.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

• PublishedAdvance and retreat of the marine-terminating Irish Sea Ice Stream into the Celtic Sea during the Last Glacial: Timing and maximum extent
  Scourse, J., Saher, M., Van Landeghem, K., Lockhart, E., Purcell, C., Callard, S. L., Roseby, Z., Allison, B., Pieńkowski, A., Ó Cofaigh, C., Praeg, D., Ward, S., Chiverrell, R. C., Moreton, S., Fabel, D. & Clark, C., 1 Jun 2019, In: Marine Geology. 412, p. 53-68
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEarly deglaciation of the British-Irish Ice Sheet on the Atlantic shelf northwest of Ireland driven by glacioisostatic depression and high relative sea level
  Ó Cofaigh, C., Weilbach, K., Lloyd, J., Benetti, S., Callard, S. L., Purcell, C., Chiverrell, R. C., Dunlop, P., Saher, M., Livingstone, S., Van Landeghem, K., Moreton, S., Clark, C. & Fabel, D., 15 Mar 2019, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 208, p. 76-96
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedIce-stream demise dynamically conditioned by trough shape and bed strength
  Bradwell, T., Small, D., Fabel, D., Smedley, R., Clark, C., Saher, M., Callard, L., Chiverrell, R., Dove, D., Moreton, S., Roberts, D., Duller, G. & O'Cofaigh, C., 24 Apr 2019, In: Science Advances. 5, 4, p. eaau1380 eaau1380.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe mixed‐bed glacial landform imprint of the North Sea Lobe in the western North Sea
  Roberts, D. H., Grimoldi, E., Callard, L., Evans, D. J. A., Clark, C. D., Stewart, H. A., Dove, D., Saher, M., O'Cofaigh, C., Chiverrell, R. C., Bateman, M. D., Moreton, S. G., Bradwell, T., Fabel, D. & Medialdea, A., May 2019, In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 44, 6, p. 1233-1258
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• PublishedA stratigraphic investigation of the Celtic Sea megaridges based on seismic and core data from the Irish-UK sectors.
  Lockhart, E., Scourse, J., Praeg, D., Van Landeghem, K., Mellett, C., Saher, M., Callard, S. L., Chiverrell, R. C., Benetti, S., Ó Cofaigh, C. & Clark, C. D., 15 Oct 2018, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 198, p. 156-170
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedExtent and retreat history of the Barra Fan Ice Stream offshore western Scotland and northern Ireland during the last glaciation
  Callard, S. L., Ó Cofaigh, C., Benetti, S., Chiverrell, R. C., Van Landeghem, K., Saher, M., Gales, J., Small, D., Clark, C., Livingstone, S. J., Fabel, D. & Moreton, S., 1 Dec 2018, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. p. 280-302
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedIce margin oscillations during deglaciation of the northern Irish Sea basin. Accepted for publication in the Journal of Quaternary Science
  Chiverrell, R. C., Smedley, R. K., Small, D., Ballantyne, C. K., Burke, M. J., Callard, S. L., Clark, C. D., Duller, G. A. T., Evans, D. J. A., Fabel, D., Van Landeghem, K., Livingstone, S., Cofaigh, C. Ó., Thomas, G. S. P., Roberts, D. H., Saher, M., Scourse, J. D. & Wilson, P., Oct 2018, In: Quaternary Science. 33, 7, p. 739-762
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedIce marginal dynamics of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet in the southern North Sea: Ice limits, timing and the influence of the Dogger Bank
  Roberts, D. H., Evans, D. J. A., Callard, S. L., Clark, C. D., Bateman, M. D., Medialdea, A., Dove, D., Cotterill, C. J., Saher, M., O'Cofaigh, C., Chiverrell, R. C., Moreton, S. G., Fabel, D. & Bradwell, T., 15 Oct 2018, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 198, p. 181-207
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

• PublishedRelative sea-level variability during the late Middle Pleistocene: New evidence from eastern England
  Barlow, N. L. M., Long, A. J., Gehrels, W. R., Saher, M., Scaife, R. G., Davies, H., Penkman, K., Bridgland, D. R., Sparkes, A., Smart, C. & Taylor, S., 1 Oct 2017, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 173, p. 20-39 20 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2015

• PublishedLate Holocene sea-level change in Arctic Norway
  Barnett, R. L., Gehrels, W. R., Charman, D. J., Saher, M. H. & Marshall, W. A., 1 Jan 2015, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 107, p. 214-230
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSea-level changes in Iceland and the influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation during the last half millennium
  Saher, M. H., Gehrels, W. R., Barlow, N. L. M., Long, A. J., Haigh, I. D. & Blaauw, M., 15 Jan 2015, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 108, p. 23-36
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2014

• PublishedContrasting records of sea-level change in the eastern and western North Atlantic during the last 300 years
  Long, A. J., Barlow, N. L. M., Gehrels, W. R., Saher, M., Woodworth, P. L., Scaife, R. G., Brain, M. J. & Cahill, N., Feb 2014, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 388, p. 110-122
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSalt-marsh reconstructions of relative sea-level change in the North Atlantic during the last 2000 years
  Barlow, N. L. M., Long, A. J., Saher, M. H., Gehrels, W. R., Garnett, M. H. & Scaife, R. G., 1 Sept 2014, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 99, p. 1-16
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

• PublishedSalt marshes as late Holocene tide gauges
  Barlow, N. L. M., Shennan, I., Long, A. J., Gehrels, W. R., Saher, M. H., Woodroffe, S. A. & Hillier, C., Jul 2013, In: Global and Planetary Change. 106, p. 90-110
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTestate Amoebae as Sea-level Indicators in Northwestern Norway: Developments in Sample Preparation and Analysis
  Barnett, R. L., Charman, D. J., Gehrels, W. R., Saher, M. H. & Marshall, W. A., 2013, In: Acta Protozoologica. 52, 3, p. 115-128
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2012

• PublishedChanges in distribution of calcareous benthic foraminifera in the central Barents Sea between the periods 1965-1992 and 2005-2006
  Saher, M., Kristensen, D. K., Hald, M., Pavlova, O. & Jorgensen, L. L., Dec 2012, In: Global and Planetary Change. 98-99, p. 81-96
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2011

• PublishedBelemnite-based strontium, carbon and oxygen isotope stratigraphy of the type area of the Maastrichtian Stage
  Vonhof, H. B., Jagt, J. W. M., Immenhauser, A., Smit, J., van den Berg, Y. W., Saher, M., Keutgen, N. & Reijmer, J. J. G., Nov 2011, In: Netherlands Journal of Geosciences. 90, 2-3, p. 259-270
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2009

• PublishedBenthic foraminifera assemblages in the Central Barents Sea: an evaluation of the effect of combining live and total fauna studies in tracking environmental change
  Saher, M., Kristensen, D. K., Hald, M., Korsun, S. & Jorgensen, L. L., 2009, In: NORWEGIAN JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY. 89, 1-2, p. 149-161
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedWestern Arabian Sea SST during the penultimate interglacial: A comparison of U-37(K ') and Mg/Ca paleothermometry
  Saher, M. H., Rostek, F., Jung, S. J. A., Bard, E., Schneider, R. R., Greaves, M., Ganssen, G. M., Elderfield, H. & Kroon, D., 29 May 2009, In: Paleoceanography. 24, 2
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2007

• PublishedSea surface temperatures during the SW and NE monsoon seasons in the western Arabian Sea over the past 20,000 years
  Saher, M. H., Peeters, F. J. C. & Kroon, D., 11 Jun 2007, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 249, 1-2, p. 216-228
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSea surface temperatures of the western Arabian Sea during the last deglaciation
  Saher, M. H., Jung, S. J. A., Elderfield, H., Greaves, M. J. & Kroon, D., 4 May 2007, In: Paleoceanography. 22, 2
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2002

• PublishedOrigin and significance of isotope shifts in Pennsylvanian carbonates (Asturias, NW Spain)
  Immenhauser, A., Kenter, JAM., Ganssen, G., Bahamonde, JR., Van Vliet, A. & Saher, MH., Jan 2002, In: Journal of Sedimentary Research. 72, 1, p. 82-94
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Research projects participated in:

BRITICE-CHRONO (2014-2017)

Reconstruction of the maximum extent and demise of the British-Irish Ice Sheet

iGlass (2011-2014)

Reconstruction of sea level in previous interglacials

SeaLevel500 (2009-2011)

Reconstruction of sea level in the North Atlantic realm over the past 500 years

Climate and anthropogenic impact studies on food webs connected to the benthos in the Barents Sea (2007-2009)