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Professor of Geology

 

Professional memberships

Fellow of the Geological Society of London
Member of Geological Society of America
Member of the European Geosciences Union (EGU)
Executive Member of the Geological Society of Norway
Member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Academic Associate, Higher Education Academy (HEA)

Roles on external bodies

Trustee and elected Council member, Geological Society 2022-present Member of the Publications and Information Committee, Geological Society 2022-present Treasurer, University Geoscience UK 2022-present Chair, Geological Society Accreditation Review Panel 2020-2022 Chair, University Geoscience UK 2018-2020 Executive Secretary, Committee of Heads of University Geoscience Departments 2009-2016 Committee member, Geological Society Higher Education Network 2011-2017 Chair, Geological Society of London, SW Regional Group, 2010 - 2012 Deputy Chair, Geological Society of London, SW Regional Group, 2007-2010 and 2013  Geological Society of London, SW Regional Group Committee Member, 2001 - 2013 Ussher Society, Chair, 2010-2012  Ussher Society, Vice-Chair, 2009-2010  Ussher Society Elected Committee Member, 1995-1997 and 2000-2004

Supervised research degrees

Ms Olatundun Aihie (2nd supervisor)  Excavation Disturbance Zone Evolution in UK Jurassic and Triassic Mudrocks – implications on fluid flow in a nuclear waste repository.

Ms Nathalie Dawe (Director of Studies) - Structural development and fluid flow along strike-slip faults in the Variscan belt of SW England. 

Mr. Joe Connolly (Director of Studies) - Partitioning of fluid flow along faults and fractures in the Bristol Channel Basin: implications for low carbon geoscience projects in SW England.

Dr Francesca Prando (2nd supervisor) - Brittle-viscous deformation cycles in quartz veins at the base of the seismogenic zone. PhD awarded February 2024.

Dr Grant Cole (3rd supervisor) - Combined salt and extensional tectonic controls on facies distribution in the Early Cretaceous of the Maesrat Basin, Spain. PhD awarded May 2020

Dr Giulia Delgi Alessandrini (3rd supervisor) - Strain localisation in the mafic lower crust. PhD awarded August 2018

Dr Israel Etobro (2nd supervisor) - Sequence stratigraphy and structure of Dahomey Embayment. PhD awarded December 2017

Dr Hazel Gibson (4th supervisor) - Underground Britain. PhD awarded February 2017

Dr Mohammed Chaanda (3rd supervisor) - Terrestrial climate reconstructions across Cenozoic greenhouse and icehouse climate events using new organic and inorganic climate proxies. PhD awarded June 2016

Dr Matt Meyer (2nd supervisor) - An integrated palaeomagnetic and geochemical investigation of lower oceanic crustal accretion using ophiolitic analogues. PhD awarded January 2016.

Dr Ahmed Fatih Omer (2nd supervisor) - Integrated geophysical, geochemical and structural analyses of the Mersin ophiolite, Turkey. PhD awarded September 2014

Dr Chinwendu Elenwa (2nd supervisor) - Regional versus localised controls on the nature of deep-sea petroleum reservoirs in tectonically active settings using a sequence stratigraphic approach . PhD awarded April 2014

Dr Ben Dashwood (2nd supervisor) Palaeomagnetic and structural insights into the Central Andean Rotation Pattern, Chile. PhD awarded September 2007

Dr Jenny Inwood (2nd supervisor) Palaeomagnetic and structural analyses of the tectonic evolution of the Hatay ophiolite, southern Turkey. PhD awarded March 2006

Dr Alison Warwick (Director of Studies) Mineral Growth and fluid flow in mid-crustal shear zones. PhD awarded 2000   
Dr John Rogers (Director of Studies) The interpretation and characterisation of lineaments identified from Landsat TM imagery of SW England. PhD awarded 1997

 

Teaching interests

Teaching in structural geology, mapwork and tectonics across the Earth Sciences, with special interest in interpretation of the sub-surface in relation to fluid flow and deformation.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
  • SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
  • SDG 14 - Life Below Water
  • SDG 15 - Life on Land
  • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

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