Dr Quan Hua
Staff Profile
Role at ANSTO
Quan Hua is a Senior Research Scientist within the Institute for Environmental Research at ANSTO. He has over 15 years working experience in radiocarbon dating and its applications in Quaternary and climate change studies. His current research focuses on radiocarbon calibration, and high resolution proxy records of climate series from coral, speleothems, tree rings and sediments. He has also contributed to developing the capability in preparing ultra-small radiocarbon samples for AMS analysis.
Expertise
Radiocarbon, tree rings, corals, speleothems, AMS, small-mass radiocarbon, bomb-pulse radiocarbon, radiocarbon reservoir effects, radiocarbon calibration, atmospheric circulation, ocean circulation, archaeology, Angkor.
Qualifications & Achievements
As a team member, Quan was awarded 4,543 K$ in total for 11 successful research grant applications since 2007 (4 ARC Discovery, 1 CERF, 4 ARC LIEF, 1 National Geographic and 1 Environmental Trust Grant). Was awarded a FY 2008 JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Invitation Fellowship Program for Research in Japan to visit 6 AMS facilities in Japan to discuss and collaborate with Japanese scientists on various aspects of radiocarbon in climate change studies.
Publication of 80 refereed research articles in international journals. Ph.D. in Radiocarbon and Earth sciences, University of Sydney. B.Sc. in Nuclear Physics, Dalat University (Vietnam). Affiliations Member of the AINSE (the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering) Archaeology and Geosciences Specialist Committee. This committee adjudicates about 40-50 projects requesting a total of 500 K$/year. Member of the Asian Dendrochronology Association (ADA) Committee. Member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and the Australasian Quaternary Association (AQUA).
Publications
Hua, Q., M. Barbetti, V.A. Levchenko, R.D. D'Arrigo, B.M. Buckley, and A.M. Smith (2012), Monsoonal influence on Southern Hemisphere 14CO2, Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L19806, doi:10.1029/2012GL052971.
Hua, Q., J. McDonald, D. Redwood, R. Drysdale, S. Lee, S. Fallon, and J. Hellstrom (2012), Robust chronological reconstruction for young speleothems using radiocarbon, Quaternary Geochronology, 14, 67-80, doi:10.1016/j.quageo.2012.04.017.
Clarke, L.J., S.A. Robinson, Q. Hua, D.J. Ayre, and D. Fink (2012), 14C bomb spike reveals biological effects of Antarctic climate change, Global Change Biology, 18, 301-310, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02560.x.
Yu, K., Q. Hua, J.-x. Zhao, E. Hodge, D. Fink, and M. Barbetti (2010), Holocene marine 14C reservoir age variability: evidence from 230Th-dated corals from South China Sea,Paleoceanography, 25, PA3205, doi:10.1029/2009PA001831.
Hua, Q., M. Barbetti, D. Fink, K.F. Kaiser, M. Friedrich, B. Kromer, V.A. Levchenko, U. Zoppi, A.M. Smith, and F. Bertuch (2009), Atmospheric 14C variations derived from tree rings during the early Younger Dryas, Quaternary Science Reviews, 28, 2982-2990, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.08.013.
Hua, Q. (2009), Radiocarbon: A chronological tool for the recent past, Quaternary Geochronology, 4, 378-390, doi:10.1016/j.quageo.2009.03.006.