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Academic Staff
Name
Position
Prof Mark Allen
Professor
Prof Andrew Aplin
Head of Department, Chair of the Board of Studies, Professor
Prof. James Baldini
Professor
Dr Richard James Brown
Undergraduate Admissions Director, Associate Professor
Prof Kevin Burton
Professor of Geochemistry
Dr Nicola De Paola
Associate Professor
Prof Jon Gluyas
Ørsted/Ikon Chair in Geoenergy, Carbon Capture & Storage
Dr Darren R. Gröcke
Associate Professor (Reader)
Prof. Chris Greenwell
Professor of Geochemistry
Professor David Harper
Professor of Palaeontology
Professor Robert Holdsworth
Professor of Structural Geology
Prof. Claire Horwell
Professor of Geohealth
Dr Madeleine Humphreys
Associate Professor
Dr Jennifer Jenkins
Assistant Professor
Dr Stuart Jones
Associate Professor, Director of Postgraduate Admissions
Dr Julia Knapp
Assistant Professor
Prof. Ed Llewellin
Professor of Volcanology
Prof Colin Macpherson
Professor, Chair of Board of Examiners
Prof Ken McCaffrey
Professor
Prof Jim McElwaine
Professor of Geohazards
Dr Catriona Menzies
Assistant Professor
Prof Stefan Nielsen
Professor
Professor Yaoling Niu
Professor
Professor Christine Peirce
Professor of Marine Geophysics
Dr Julie Prytulak
Associate Professor, Director of Postgraduate Studies
Dr Christopher Saville
Assistant Professor (Teaching)
Prof. Dave Selby
Chair
Dr Martin Smith
Assistant Professor in Palaeontology
Professor Peter Talling
Professor in Submarine Geohazards
Dr Andrew Valentine
Assistant Professor
Prof Jeroen van Hunen
Professor
Dr Fabian Wadsworth
Associate Professor
Dr Richard Walters
Associate Professor
Professor Fred Worrall
Professor of Environmental Chemistry
Research Staff
Name
Position
Dr Antonio Capponi
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dr Matthieu Cartigny
Independent Research Fellow
Dr Matthew Funnell
Post Docotoral Research Associate
Dr Alexander Iveson
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dr Theresa Jezierski
GED Research Fellow
Dr Martin Mangler
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dr Geoff Nowell
Senior Research Officer
Dr Chris Ottley
Senior Research Officer
Dr Thomas Phillips
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
Dr Florian Pohl
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Global Seafloor Listening Network Based on Hydrophones
Dr Matthias Sinnesael
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Mr Gary Wilkinson
Petroleum Geology Experimental Officer
Dr Miles Wilson
Research Assistant in Impact of Shale Gas Exploitation
Technical Staff and Experimental Officers
Name
Position
Miss Anna Bird
Experimental Officer in Marine Instrumentation
Dr Alex Gonzales-Nakazawa
Experimental Officer in Seabed Instrumentation
Mr Ben Pitcairn
Experimental Officer in Seabed Instrumentation
Emeritus Staff
Name
Prof Gillian Foulger
Emeritus Professor of Geophysics
Prof. Richard Hobbs
Emeritus Professor
Dr Grenville Holland
Emeritus
Prof. Roger Searle
Emeritus Professor of Geophysics
Prof. M.E Tucker
Emeritus Professor
Visitors
Name
Position
Dr Xin Dong
Senior Scientist from Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
Dr Yang Yan
Senior Engineer - Development and Research Centre, China Geological Survey in Beijing
Administrative Staff
Name
Position
Mrs Karen Atkinson
Finance Manager Travel Reporter and Travel Approver
Miss Louise Bowron
Postgraduate Coordinator
Mrs Paula Elliott
Finance Administrator
Miss Holly Gardner
Learning & Teaching Administrator
Mrs Jill Hoult
Department Manager
Miss Kendra Johnson
Senior Assistant Finance (p/t Thurs-Fri)
Mrs Janice Oakes
Learning & Teaching Manager
Ms Sarah Richardson
Operations Administrator
Mrs Sandra Rust
Learning & Teaching Administrator
Mrs Dianne Whatcott
Senior Research Administrator
Technical Staff
Name
Position
Mr Ian Chaplin
Thin Section Technician
Mr Andrew Clegg
Experimental Officer in Marine Instrumentation
Mr James Dyson
Departmental Superintendent
Miss Sophie Edwards
Trainee Thin Section Technician
Ms Joanne Peterkin
Res. Lab. Technician
Mrs Samantha Thorpe
Geoscience Apprentice Technician
Research Student
Name
Position
Miss Peace Aaron
PhD
Miss Naeema Al Nofeli
PhD Student
Miss Ceri Allgood
PhD
Mr Nikolaos Apeiranthitis
PhD Student
Mr Timothy Armitage
PhD Student
Mr Oluwafemi Aro
PhD Student
Miss Imogen Bailes
MScR
Mrs Aimee Barroso
PhD Student
Mr Abdulwahab Bello
PhD Student
Mr. Fakhri Bintang
MScR
Mr Oliver Bowers
MScR
Miss Eloise Bretagne
PhD Student
Mr Joshua Brown
PhD Student
Mrs Erika Calderon-medina
PhD
Mr Xu Cao
PhD Student
Ms Natasha Chapplow
PhD Student
Mr Dimitrios Charlaftis
PhD Student
Miss Hoi Cheung
PhD Student
Miss Raquel Chun
PhD Student
Mr Sudirman Dawing
PhD Student
Mr Fadul Dawood
Rock Mechanics Lab Technician (also PhD student)
Mr. Alavya Dhungana
PhD Student
Miss Eleanor Dunn
MScR
Mr Robert (Bob) Elliott
PhD Student
Mr. Hector Escamilla-garcia
PhD Student
Mr Georgios-Pavlos Farangitakis
PhD Student
Miss Annabelle Foster
MScR
Mr Maximilian Franzel
PhD Student
Mr Malte Froemchen
PhD
Miss Catherine Gallagher
Ph.D. Student
Miss Eshbal Geifman
MScR
Miss Janina Gillies
PhD
Miss Megan Green
MScR
Miss Katharine Groves
PhD Student
Mr Mohammad Hamidi
PhD Student
Ms. Yu Harasawa
PhD Student
Mr Kit Hardman
PhD Student
Miss Francesca Haywood
MScR
Ms Kate Heerema
PhD Student
Miss Tammy Hsu
PhD Student
Mr. Josh Hughes
MScR
Mr. Alexander Jefferies
MScR
Mr Akos Kiss
PhD
Mr Karl Kraavi
MScR
Mr Jack Lee
PhD Student
Mr. Matthew Likely
MScR
Miss Ariane Loisel
PhD Student
Mr Joel Lozano
PhD Student
Mr Joshua Marsh
MScR
Mr. Ernest Mulaya
PhD Student
Miss Nadia Narayan
Ph.D. Student
Miss Chimaobi Nwachukwu
Ph.D Student
Miss Veda Ong
MScR
Miss Emma Ownsworth
PhD Student
Miss Sophie Page
PhD Student
Miss Alice Paine
MScR
Mrs Laksmi Rachmawati
PhD Student
Miss Rahmawati Rahayu
PhD Student
Miss Rebecca Robertson
PhD
Mr Lewis Robinson
MScR
Mr. Sean Ruffell
PhD Student
Mr. Jack Salisbury
PhD
Mrs Catriona Sellick
PhD Student
Ms Anza Shakeel
PhD Student
Miss Eleanor Smart
MScR
Mr. Gustavo Soares
PhD
Mr. David Squirrell
MScR
Miss Madeleine Stow
PhD Student
Mr Rory Sutton
MScR
Mrs Alexandra Tamas
PhD Student
Ms Jennifer Taylor
MScR
Mr Joseph Tedd
MScR
Mr Niall Tracey
PhD
Mr Christos Vasilopanagos
PhD Student
Mr. Tom Verniers
PhD Student
Ms Natalia Wasielka
PhD Student
Miss Rebecca Winstanley
MScR
Geospatial Research Ltd
Name
Position
Dr Susan Daniels
GRL Research Fellow
Dr Richard R. Jones
GRL Research Fellow
Dr Michele McErlean
GRL
Mr David Oxlade
GRL Research Assistant