Project: Sulfur Isotope Variability in Arctic Ecosystems & Quality Control for Ancient Bone Samples.

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A lab icon, having completed both her BSc and MSc with TEAL, Jen is well on her way to completing her PhD. She has worked on a variety of projects during her time at TEAL that have given her the opportunity to analyze many different materials in addition to the lab's staple: bone collagen. Of all the samples she has analyzed, feathers have been a favourite, which included some little auk feathers that made their way from Greenland to Copenhagen and then to TEAL. While Jen has stayed local for her education, she is no stranger to travel. An avid RV-er she travelled to Quebec twice this past summer. A highlight of her trips was getting a chance to see the marine life at Gaspé at the mouth of the St. Lawrence. In addition to travelling, Jen enjoys pizza and watching funny movies. A big accomplishment in this past year for Jen is having her first dissertation paper under review and hopefully she will be able to add it to her growing list of publications very soon. Bio by Em Diemer. 

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TEAL Publications

• Routledge J, Sonne C, Letcher RJ, Dietz R, Szpak P, 2023. Unprecedented shift in Canadian High Arctic polar bear food web unsettles four millennia of stability. Anthropocene 43, 100397. doi: 10.1016/j.ancene.2023.100397. [DOWNLOAD .pdf]

• Louis M, Rey-Iglesia A, Routledge J, de Jager D, Skovrind M, Heide-Jørgensen MP, Kaiser TM, Kovacs KM, Lydersen C, Rosing-Asvid A, Szpak P, Lorenzen ED. 2025 Impact of Tusk Anomalies on the Long-Term Foraging Ecology of Narwhals. Ecology and Evolution 15, e72376. doi: 101002/ece372376. [DOWNLOAD .pdf]

• Hyland C, Scott MB, Routledge J, Szpak P, 2021. Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Variability of Bone Collagen to Determine the Number of Isotopically Distinct Specimens. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. doi:10.1007/s10816-021-09533-7. [DOWNLOAD .pdf]

• Louis M, Routledge J, Heide-Jørgensen MP, Szpak P, Lorenzen ED, 2022. Sex and size matter: foraging ecology of offshore harbour porpoises in waters around Greenland. Marine Biology 169, 140. doi:10.1007/s00227-022-04123-x. [DOWNLOAD .pdf] 

• Rey-Iglesia A, Wilson T, Routledge J, Skovrind M, Garde E, Heide-Jørgensen MP, Szpak P, Lorenzen ED, 2022. Combining δ13C and δ15N from bone and dentine in marine mammal palaeoecological research: insights from toothed whales. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 1-12. doi:10.1080/10256016.2022.2145285.

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TEAL Awards and Honours

🏆 2019 Lowest δ15N Value

🥇 2021 Lab Olympics Gold Medal: Bone Cutting

🏆 2021 Matt Teeter Award for Most Glassware Broken

🏆 2021 Best Analytical Session (Shared with Kate Dougherty)

🏆 2022 Best Sample Replicate

🏆 2023 Highest δ13C Value

🥉 2023 Lab Olympics Bronze Medal: Reagent Weighing

🥉 2023 Lab Olympics Bronze Medal: Bone Cutting

🥉 2024 Lab Olympics Bronze Medal: Microbalance Speed

🥈 2024 Lab Olympics Silver Medal: Microbalance Accuracy

🏆 2024 Tess Wilson Award