I joined BAS in February 2025 as a postdoctoral researcher in the Palaeo-environments, Ice sheets and Climate Change (PICC) team. I will be working on the Sensitivity of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to 2C Warming (SWAIS2C) project to deliver important information on ice sheet history, spanning recent changes to glacial-interglacial intervals and beyond.

Horan, K., Coburn, J., Kourdache, K., Day, P.S., Harborne, D., Brinkley, L., Carnall, H., Hammond, L., Millard, S.W., Weller, R. and Pfau, T. (2024) Hoof slip duration at impact in galloping Thoroughbred ex-racehorses trialling eight shoe-surface combinations. PLOS ONE, 19(10): e0311899, 1–19.

Grant, K. E., Dellinger, M., Dickson, A., Ogric, M, Horan, K., Petsch, S. and Hilton, R. G. (2024) Validating the rhenium proxy of rock organic carbon oxidation using weathering profiles. Chemical Geology, 671, 1–12.

Caure, S., Dendauw, P., Thesee, L., Villedey, E., Malinvaud, A., Cousty, M., Prie, V., Horan, K. and Weller, R. (2024) Effects of different shoeing conditions on equine cervical and back kinematics during walking and trotting on a soft surface. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science. 142, 105194, 1–10.

Horan, K., Price, H., Day, P., Mackechnie-Guire, R. and Pfau, T. (2023) Timing differences in stride cycle phases in retired racehorses ridden in rising and two-point seat positions at trot
on turf, artificial and tarmac surfaces. Animals, 13, 2563, 1–20.

Horan, K., Coburn, J., Kourdache, K., Day, P.S., Harborne, D., Brinkley, L., Carnall, H., Hammond, L., Millard, S.W. and Pfau, T. (2022) Hoof impact and foot-Off accelerations in galloping Thoroughbred racehorses trialling eight shoe–surface combinations. Animals, 12, 2161, 1–31.

Horan, K., Kourdache, K., Coburn, J., Day, P.S., Carnall, H., Harborne, D., Brinkley, L., Hammond, L., Millard, S.W., Lancaster, B. and Pfau, T. (2021) The effect of horseshoes and surfaces on horse and rider centre of mass displacements at gallop. PLoS ONE, 16 (11): e0257820, 1–31.

Horan, K., Coburn, J., Kourdache, K., Day, P.S., Harborne, D., Brinkley, L., Carnall, H., Hammond, L., Peterson, M., Millard, S.W. and Pfau, T. (2021) Influence of speed, ground surface and shoeing condition on hoof breakover duration in galloping Thoroughbred racehorses. Animals, 11, 2588, 1–17.

Horan, K., Kourdache, K., Coburn, J., Day, P.S., Brinkley, L., Carnall, H., Harborne, D., Hammond, L., Millard, S.W. and Pfau, T. (2021) Jockey perception of shoe and surface effects on hoof-ground interactions and implications for safety in the galloping Thoroughbred racehorse. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, 97 (103327), 1–11.

Day. P., Collins, L., Horan, K., Weller, R. and Pfau, T. (2020) The effect of tungsten road nails on upper body movement asymmetry in horses trotting on tarmac. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, 90, 1–5.

Horan K., Hilton, R.G., McCoy-West, A.W. and Burton, K.W. (2020) Unravelling the controls on the molybdenum isotope composition of river waters. Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 13, 1–6.

Horan, K., Hilton, R.G., Dellinger, M., Galy, V., Gaillardet, J., Tipper, E., Selby, D., Ottley, C. and Burton, K.W. (2019) Carbon dioxide emissions by rock organic carbon oxidation and the net geochemical carbon budget of the Mackenzie River Basin. American Journal of Science, 319 (6), 473–499.

Li, Y., McCoy-West, A.J., Zhang, S., Selby, D., Burton, K.W. and Horan, K. (2019) Controlling mechanisms for molybdenum isotope fractionation in porphyry deposits: Implications for mineralization and elemental cycling. Economic Geology, 114 (5), 981–992.

Horan, K., Stone, P. and Crowhurst, S.J. (2018) A sedimentary record of Early Permian deglaciation in southern Gondwana from the Falkland Islands. The Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 475.

Horan, K., Hilton, R.G., Selby, D., Ottley, C.J., Hicks, M. and Burton, K. (2017) Mountain glaciation drives rapid oxidation of rock-bound organic carbon. Science Advances, 3 (10), 1–8.

Stone, P. and Horan, K. (2016) Early Permian climate change in the Falkland Islands. Geology Today, 32 (3), 107–114.

Horan, K. (2015) Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) in the Permo-Carboniferous: From Icehouse to Greenhouse. Springer Earth System Sciences.

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive