• Diffusion mechanisms in crystals and interaction with dissolution and growth surfaces
• Computer programming in C++ for development of diffusion modelling software
• Development of the CSDslice package for objective determination of crystal shape

• 2009-present - Co Investigator on NERC grant NE/G003645/1, The importance of crystal exchange and magma mixing in volcanic systems: eruption triggering mechanisms and timescales (collaboration, grant hosted at Durham University)
• 2009-present (As an invited associate investigator) Marsden Grant 08-UOA-090: Magma forensics at New Zealand’s supervolcanoes (NZ$ 940,000, 2009-12, based in Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
• 2008: Teaching Award - TCAP5 funding for teaching microscopes (£180,000, university infrastructure, leading purchasing process)
• 2006-2008, Co-Investigator on NERC grant NE/C510316/1 (£161,143, based at Durham), Measuring timescales of magma mixing and eruption triggering at Nea Kameni, Santorini, Greece.
• 2006-2008, Recognised Researcher on NERC grant NE/C510316/1 (£161,143, based at Durham), Measuring timescales of magma mixing and eruption triggering at Nea Kameni, Santorini, Greece.
• 2006-2007, Principal Investigator, EC Framework 6 Marie Curie fellowship MEIF-CT-2006-025204: Timescales in Metamorphic Processes – Accessing New Information (TIMPANI). (€158,786).

Martin, VM; Morgan, DJ; Jerram, DA; Caddick, MJ; Prior, DJ; Davidson, JP (2008) Bang! Month-scale eruption triggering at Santorini volcano, SCIENCE, 321(5893), pp1178-1178. doi:10.1126/science.1159584

Chadwick, JP; Troll, V; Ginibre, C; Morgan, DJ; Gertisser, R; Waight, TE; Davidson, JP (2007) Carbonate Assimilation at Merapi Volcano, Java, Indonesia: Insights from Crystal Isotope Stratigraphy , Journal of Petrology, 48(9), pp1793-1812. doi:doi:10.1093/petrology/egm038

Morgan, DJ; Jerram, DA; Chertkoff, D; Davidson, JP; Pearson, DG; Kronz, A; Nowell, GM (2007) Combining CSD and isotopic microanalysis: Magma supply and mixing processes at Stromboli Volcano, Aeolian Islands, Italy., Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 260(3-4), pp419-431. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.05.037

Davidson, JP; Morgan, DJ; Charlier, BLA (2007) Isotopic microsampling of magmatic rocks, ELEMENTS, 3(4), pp253-259.

Davidson, JP; Morgan, DJ; Charlier, BLA; Harlou, R; Hora, JM (2007) Microsampling and isotopic analysis of igneous rocks: Implications for the study of magmatic systems, ANNU REV EARTH PL SC, 35, pp273-311.

Charlier, BLA; Bachmann, O; Davidson, JP; Dungan, MA; Morgan, DJ (2007) The upper crustal evolution of a large silicic magma body: Evidence from crystal-scale rb-sr isotopic Heterogeneities in the fish canyon magmatic system, Colorado, J PETROL, 48(10), pp1875-1894.

Morgan, DJ; Blake, S; Rogers, NW; De Vivo, B; Rolandi, G; Davidson, JP (2006) Magma chamber recharge at Vesuvius in the century prior to the eruption of A.D. 79, Geology, 34(10), pp845-848. doi:10.1130/G22604.1

Morgan, DJ; Blake, S (2006) Magmatic residence times of zoned phenocrysts: introduction and application of the binary element diffusion modelling (BEDM) technique, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 151(1), pp58-70. doi:10.1007/s00410-005-0045-4

Charlier, BLA; Ginibre, C; Morgan, DJ; Nowell, GM; Pearson, DG; Davidson, JP; Ottley, CJ (2006) Methods for the microsampling and high-precision analysis of strontium and rubidium isotopes at single crystal scale for petrological and geochronological applications, Chemical Geology, 232, pp114-133. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.02.015

Morgan, DJ; Jerram, DA (2006) On estimating crystal shape for crystal size distribution analysis, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 154, pp1-7. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2005.09.016

Gagnevin, D; Daly, JS; Poli, G; Morgan, DJ (2005) Microchemical and Sr isotopic investigation of zoned K-feldspar megacrysts: insights into the petrogenesis of a plutonic system and disequilibrium processes during crystal growth, Journal of Petrology, 46(8), pp1689-1724. doi:10.1093/petrology/egi031

Gagnevin, D; Daly, JS; Waight, TE; Morgan, DJ; Poli, G (2005) Pb isotopic zoning of K-feldspar megacrysts determined by laser ablation multiple-collector ICP-MS: insights into granite petrogenesis, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 69, pp1899-1915. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2004.10.007

Morgan, DJ; Blake, S; Rogers, NW; De Vivo, B; Rolandi, G; Macdonald, R; Hawkesworth, CJ (2004) Time scales of crystal residence and magma chamber volume from modelling of diffusion profiles in phenocrysts: Vesuvius 1944, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 222(3-4), pp933-946. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2004.03.030