Prof Helen Roberts PhD (University of Liverpool)
Professor, Director of Research Excellence & Impact
- Director of Research Excellence & ImpactVice-Chancellor's Office - Teaching And Research
- ProfessorDepartment of Geography and Earth Sciences - Teaching And Research
Vice-Chancellor's Office

ORCID: 0000-0001-9649-2377
- 2022
Orbital controls on eastern African hydroclimate in the Pleistocene
Lupien, R. L., Russell, J. M., Pearson, E. J., Castañeda, I. S., Asrat, A., Foerster, V., Lamb, H., Roberts, H. M., Schäbitz, F., Trauth, M. H., Beck, C. C., Feibel, C. S. & Cohen, A. S., 01 Dec 2022, In: Scientific Reports. 12, 1, 10 p., 3170.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Dating the Paleolithic: Trapped charge methods and amino acid geochronology
Penkman, K. E. H., Duller, G. A. T., Roberts, H. M., Colarossi, D., Dickinson, M. R. & White, D., 25 Oct 2022, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119, 43, 10 p., e2109324119.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Pleistocene climate variability in eastern Africa influenced hominin evolution
Foerster, V., Asrat, A., Bronk Ramsey, C., Brown, E. T., Chapot, M. S., Deino, A., Duesing, W., Grove, M., Hahn, A., Junginger, A., Kaboth-Bahr, S., Lane, C. S., Opitz, S., Noren, A., Roberts, H. M., Stockhecke, M., Tiedemann, R., Vidal, C. M., Vogelsang, R., Cohen, A. S., & 3 othersLamb, H., Schaebitz, F. & Trauth, M. H., 01 Oct 2022, In: Nature Geoscience. 15, 10, p. 805-811 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Isolating a violet stimulated luminescence (VSL) signal in quartz suitable for dating: Investigating different thermal treatments and signal integration limits
Ataee, N., Roberts, H. M. & Duller, G. A. T., 01 Aug 2022, In: Radiation Measurements. 156, 10 p., 106810.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Rapid assessment of beta dose variation inside cobbles, and implications for rock luminescence dating
Ou, X. J., Roberts, H. M. & Duller, G. A. T., 01 Aug 2022, In: Quaternary Geochronology. 72, 8 p., 101349.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
SIRIOL: A Sensitive InfraRed Instrument for phOto Luminescence measurements of feldspar
Gunn, M., Duller, G. A. T. & Roberts, H. M., 01 Jun 2022, In: Radiation Measurements. 154, p. 106782 9 p., 106782.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2021
Hydroclimate changes in eastern Africa over the past 200,000 years may have influenced early human dispersal
Schaebitz, F., Asrat, A., Lamb, H., Cohen, A. S., Foerster, V., Duesing, W., Kaboth-Bahr, S., Opitz, S., Viehberg, F. A., Vogelsang, R., Dean, J., Leng, M. J., Junginger, A., Ramsey, C. B., Chapot, M. S., Deino, A., Lane, C. S., Roberts, H. M., Vidal, C., Tiedemann, R., & 1 othersTrauth, M. H., 01 Dec 2021, In: Communications Earth & Environment. 2, 1, 10 p., 123.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Site-selective characterisation of electron trapping centres in relation to chemistry, structural state and mineral phases present in single crystal alkali feldspars
Riedesel, S., Kumar, R., Duller, G. A. T., Roberts, H. M., Bell, A. M. T. & Jain, M., 23 Sep 2021, In: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 54, 38, 385107.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Using multiple chronometers to establish a long, directly-dated lacustrine record: Constraining >600,000 years of environmental change at Chew Bahir, Ethiopia
Roberts, H. M., Ramsey, C. B., Chapot, M. S., Deino, A. L., Lane, C. S., Vidal, C., Asrat, A., Cohen, A., Foerster, V., Lamb, H., Schäbitz, F., Trauth, M. H. & Viehberg, F. A., 15 Aug 2021, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 266, 107025.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Maximum 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. K., Small, D., Burke, M. J., Saher, M., Van Landeghem, K. J. J., Duller, G. A. T., Cofaigh, C., Bateman, M. D., Benetti, S., Bradley, S., Callard, L., Evans, D. J. A., Fabel, D., Jenkins, G. T. H., McCarron, S., Medialdea, A., Moreton, S., Ou, X., & 4 othersPraeg, D., Roberts, D. H., Roberts, H. M. & Clark, C. D., 21 Jun 2021, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 36, 5, p. 780-804 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.3313