- Research Team
- Professor Wagner, Nikki
- Professor Kinnaird, Judith
- Ms Mashego, Segopotso
- Professor Altermann, Wladyslaw
- Professor Ashwal, Lewis
- Dr Bailie, Russell
- Professor Beukes, Nic
- Professor Bolhar, Robert
- Professor Büttner, Steffen
- Dr Bybee, Grant
- Professor Cairncross, Bruce
- Associate Professor de Kock, Michiel
- Professor Durrheim, Raymond
- Professor Elburg, Marlina
- Dr Enslin, Stephanie
- Dr Frei, Dirk
- Professor Harris, Christopher
- Associate Professor Hofmann, Axel
- Dr Howarth, Geoffrey
- Dr Kovaleva, Elizaveta
- Professor Latypov, Rais
- Dr Lenhardt, Nils
- Dr Manzi, Musa S.D
- Dr Master, Sharad
- Dr Moroeng, Marvin
- Associate Professor Nex, Paul
- Professor Ogola, Jason Samuel
- Dr Owen-Smith, Trishya
- Dr Prevec, Stephen
- Associate Professor Roelofse, Frederick
- Mr Senzani, Freeman E.D.
- Dr Smart, Kathleen A.
- Dr Smith, Bertus
- Associate Professor Tappe, Sebastian
- Dr Tostevin, Rosalie
- Professor Viljoen, Fanus
- Dr von der Heyden, Bjorn
- Dr Vorster, Clarisa
- Dr Wabo, Hervé
- Associate Professor Webb, Susan J.
- Research Team
- Professor Wagner, Nikki
- Professor Kinnaird, Judith
- Ms Mashego, Segopotso
- Professor Altermann, Wladyslaw
- Professor Ashwal, Lewis
- Dr Bailie, Russell
- Professor Beukes, Nic
- Professor Bolhar, Robert
- Professor Büttner, Steffen
- Dr Bybee, Grant
- Professor Cairncross, Bruce
- Associate Professor de Kock, Michiel
- Professor Durrheim, Raymond
- Professor Elburg, Marlina
- Dr Enslin, Stephanie
- Dr Frei, Dirk
- Professor Harris, Christopher
- Associate Professor Hofmann, Axel
- Dr Howarth, Geoffrey
- Dr Kovaleva, Elizaveta
- Professor Latypov, Rais
- Dr Lenhardt, Nils
- Dr Manzi, Musa S.D
- Dr Master, Sharad
- Dr Moroeng, Marvin
- Associate Professor Nex, Paul
- Professor Ogola, Jason Samuel
- Dr Owen-Smith, Trishya
- Dr Prevec, Stephen
- Associate Professor Roelofse, Frederick
- Mr Senzani, Freeman E.D.
- Dr Smart, Kathleen A.
- Dr Smith, Bertus
- Associate Professor Tappe, Sebastian
- Dr Tostevin, Rosalie
- Professor Viljoen, Fanus
- Dr von der Heyden, Bjorn
- Dr Vorster, Clarisa
- Dr Wabo, Hervé
- Associate Professor Webb, Susan J.
Dr Rosalie Tostevin
Lecturer at the University of Cape Town
Interests: Sedimentology, isotope geochemistry, trace metal geochemistry, Precambrian geology and geobiology
Address: Room 502, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa.
Phone: +27 (0)21 650 2140
Email: rosalie.tostevin@uct.ac.za
Website: Rosalietostevin.com
Research
I’m interested in the interactions between life and the environment on the early Earth. To address this, I use a combination of field work, sedimentary geochemistry and experiments to infer how oxygen levels and nutrient availability have changed through time on local and global scales. I then tie these constraints directly to geobiological records.
My specific research interests include:
- Origins of banded iron formation
- Patterns of metal availability in seawater through time
- Bio-availability of phosphoro in anoxic oceans
- The marine sulfur cycle in the modern ocean and deep time
- The origin and diversification of animals
- Changes in oxygen availability in the oceans through time
Biography
Degrees:
- PhD, University College London, 2014
- MSci (with 1st class honours), University of Cambridge, 2011
Employment:
- Lecturer, University of Cape Town, 2019 – present
- Postdoctoral research associate, University of Oxford, 2015–2019
- Postdoctoral research associate, University of Otago, 2015