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Academic Staff
Name
Title
Prof Mark Allen
Head of Department, Chair of the Board of Studies, Professor
Prof Andrew Aplin
Professor
Prof. James Baldini
Professor
Dr Richard James Brown
Undergraduate Admissions Director, Associate Professor
Prof Kevin Burton
Professor of Geochemistry
Prof Nicola De Paola
Professor of Structural Geology and Rock Mechanics
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 Robert (Bob) Holdsworth
Professor of Structural Geology
Prof. Claire Horwell
Professor of Geohealth
Dr Madeleine Humphreys
Associate Professor
Dr Jenny 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, Director of Postgraduate Studies
Professor Yaoling Niu
Professor
Professor Christine Peirce
Professor of Marine Geophysics
Dr Julie Prytulak
Associate Professor
Dr Christopher Saville
Assistant Professor (Teaching)
Prof. Dave Selby
Chair
Dr Martin Smith
Associate 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
Professor Fred Worrall
Professor of Environmental Chemistry
Research Staff
Name
Title
Dr Heda Agic
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Mr Fernando Andreu
Research Computing Platforms Engineer
Dr Matthieu Cartigny
Independent Research Fellow
Dr Melissa Drignon
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dr Alexander Iveson
Leverhulme Trust Early Career Research Fellow
Dr Theresa Jezierski
GED Research Fellow
Dr. Charline Lormand
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dr Martin Mangler
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dr Julien Mouli-castillo
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dr Geoff Nowell
Senior Research Officer
Dr Chris Ottley
Senior Research Officer
Dr. Stephen Pansino
Royal Society Newton International Fellow
Mr Gary Wilkinson
Petroleum Geology Experimental Officer
Professional Support Staff
Name
Title
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
Miss Emma Rusby
Postgraduate Coordinator (Maternity Cover)
Mrs Sandra Rust
Learning & Teaching Administrator
Mrs Dianne Whatcott
Senior Research Administrator
Technical Staff
Name
Title
Miss Anna Bird
Experimental Officer in Marine Instrumentation
Mr Ian Chaplin
Thin Section Technician
Mr Andrew Clegg
Experimental Officer in Marine Instrumentation
Miss Sophie Edwards
Trainee Thin Section Technician
Dr Alex Gonzales-Nakazawa
Experimental Officer in Seabed Instrumentation
Mrs Claire Long
'Technical Manager (Facilities)
Ms Joanne Peterkin
Res. Lab. Technican
Mrs Samantha Thorpe
Geoscience Apprentice Technician
Research Student
Name
Title
Miss Naeema Al Nofeli
PhD
Mr. Sultan Alhasawi
PhD
Miss Ceri Allgood
PhD
Mr Oluwafemi Aro
PhD
Miss Imogen Bailes
MScR
Mrs Aimee Barroso
PhD
Miss Eloise Bretagne
PhD
Mr Joshua Brown
PhD
Mrs Erika Calderon-medina
PhD
Mr. Ugurcan Cetiner
PhD
Ms Natasha Chapplow
PhD
Miss Ipshita Chatterji
MScR
Miss Raquel Chun
PhD
Mr Fadul Dawood
Rock Mechanics Lab Technician (also PhD student)
Mr. Alavya Dhungana
PhD
Mr Robert (Bob) Elliott
PhD
Mr. Hector Escamilla-garcia
PhD
Miss Annabelle Foster
PhD
Mr Malte Froemchen
PhD
Miss Janina Gillies
PhD
Mr Mohammad Daud Hamidi
PhD
Miss Francesca Haywood
MScR
Miss Lucy Jackson
MScR
Miss Honor James
MScR
Mr. Alexander Jefferies
MScR
Daniel Jones
PhD
Miss Shubhangi Khobragade
PhD
Mr Akos Kiss
PhD
Mr Karl Kraavi
MScR
Mr. Thomas Lark
PhD
Miss Amy Le
MScR
Mr Jack Lee
PhD
Mr. Chung Leung
MScR
Miss Ariane Loisel
PhD
Mr Joel Lozano
PhD
Mr Joshua Marsh
MScR
Mr. Zak Milner
PhD
Mr. Ernest Mulaya
PhD
Miss Nadia Narayan
PhD
Miss Chimaobi Nwachukwu
PhD
Miss Emma Ownsworth
PhD
Miss Sophie Page
PhD
Mrs Laksmi Rachmawati
PhD
Miss Rahmawati Rahayu
PhD
Miss Rebecca Robertson
PhD
Mr. Sean Ruffell
PhD
Mr. Jack Salisbury
PhD
Dr Catriona Sellick
PhD
Mr. Gustav Semanchik
MScR
Ms Anza Shakeel
PhD
Mr. Gustavo Soares
PhD
Mr. David Squirrell
MScR
Miss Madeleine Stow
PhD
Mr Rory Sutton
MScR
Miss Alexandra Sweeney
PhD
Miss Jennifer Talbot
MScR
Mrs Alexandra Tamas
PhD
Ms Jennifer Taylor
PhD
Mr. Jeremy Teale
MScR
Mr Joseph Tedd
MScR
Mr Niall Tracey
PhD
Miss Rebecca Winstanley
PhD
Miss Zihan Yang
PhD
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Title
Emeritus Professor Gillian Foulger
Emeritus Professor of Geophysics
Emeritus Professor David Harper
Emeritus Professor of Palaeontology
Emeritus Professor Richard Hobbs
Emeritus Professor
Emeritus Dr Grenville Holland
Emeritus
Emeritus Professor Roger Searle
Emeritus Professor of Geophysics
Emeritus Professor Maurice E Tucker
Emeritus Professor of Geological Sciences
Honorary Staff
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Title
Doré, Professor Tony
Honorary Professor
Julian, Dr Bruce
Honorary Research Fellow
Swarbrick, Professor Richard
Honorary Professor
Vye-Brown, Charlotte
Honorary Fellow
Alonso-Rasgado, Teresa
Honorary Professor
Imber, Jonny
Honorary Fellow
Grocott, Professor John
Honorary Professor
Visitors
Name
Title
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
Geospatial Research Ltd
Name
Title
Dr Susan Daniels
GRL Research Fellow
Dr Richard R. Jones
GRL Research Fellow
Dr Michele McErlean
GRL