A science blog that brings you closer to the world of geology! Featuring the "A Day in the GeoLife" and "GeoProject" guest blog series from geoscientists around the world.
NAME: Adrienne MacArtney CURRENT TITLE: PhD researcher on ‘crust-atmosphere coupling and carbon sequestration on early Mars’ at the University of Glasgow. In normal vernacular, this is understanding how Mars lost some of its early atmosphere into the rocks, and how…
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NAME: Scott Watson CURRENT TITLE: PhD Student at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom (2015 – present) AREA OF EXPERTISE: Himalayan glaciology/remote sensing EDUCATION: BSc Geography at the University of Leeds (2009 – 2012). MSc River Basin Dynamics and Management…
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NAME: Jerome Mayaud CURRENT TITLE: PhD student at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom AREA OF EXPERTISE: Dryland Geomorphology, Glaciology, Computational Modelling YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 3rd year of PhD EDUCATION: PhD Dryland Geomorphology, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford; MPhil…
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NAME: Dave Harper CURRENT TITLE: Professor of Palaeontology and Principal of Van Mildert College in Durham University, United Kingdom (UK); President, Palaeontological Association; Chair-elect, International Commission on Stratigraphy AREA OF EXPERTISE: Geology, mainly palaeontology and stratigraphy YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: Worked in the…
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NAME: Jill Pelto CURRENT TITLE: Professional Artist, University of Maine (UMaine) Alumnus AREA OF EXPERTISE: Communication of Scientific Research through Art YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 4.5 years undergraduate; 7 years as a field assistant on three separate projects; and 3 years student research…
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NAME: Andrew Britton CURRENT TITLE: Assistant Staff Scientist at Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS), San Diego, California AREA OF EXPERTISE: Planetary geology of Mars; remote sensing YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 9 years (image processing). EDUCATION: M.Sc. Space Science, University College London (2012); B.S….
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NAME: Brian Ricketts CURRENT TITLE: Semi-retired consultant YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 40+ AREA OF EXPERTISE: Sedimentology (classics, carbonates, volcaniclastics), sequence stratigraphy, sedimentary basin analysis, hydrogeology, basin-scale fluid flow, geochemistry, well-site geology, wireline log interpretation, project management, university teaching, consulting EDUCATION: I…
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NAME: Homero Paltan CURRENT TITLE: PhD Candidate in Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, United Kingdom. Topic of research: ‘Rivers and Hydrology in Cold Regions: Sensitivity to Climate Change’ AREAS OF INTEREST: River dynamics, water sources and climate change;…
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NAME: Shaun Harrigan CURRENT TITLE: PhD Student AREA OF EXPERTISE: Hydroclimatology [I study what drives changes in hydrological extremes (floods and droughts), from climate change to human alterations within catchments]. YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 5 (two years as a research assistant…
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NAME: Zahid Majeed CURRENT TITLE: Geologist AREA OF EXPERTISE: I am a geologist for the Geological Survey of India, and my current division is Glaciology. YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 4 EDUCATION: I have a Master’s from the University of Kashmir, Srinagar…
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NAME: Charlie Barrington CURRENT TITLE: Volcanologist, Department of Volcanology, Instituto Geofisico, Escuela Politécnica Nacional in Quito, Ecuador AREA OF EXPERTISE: Volcanic degassing, Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS) YEARS EXPERIENCE: ~1 (including placements at the Centre for Exchange and Research in Volcanology,…
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NAME: Circe Verba CURRENT TITLE: Research Geologist AREA OF EXPERTISE: My expertise has fluctuated from my original area of study in planetary geology (2003-2009) to geochemistry of engineered natural systems (2009-current). Both require image analysis and interpretation from a microscale…
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NAME: Mauri Pelto CURRENT TITLE: Dean of Academic Affairs, 2016; Associate Dean, Professor of Environmental Science at Nichols College since 1989; Director of the North Cascade Glacier Climate Project since 1984. United States representative to the World Glacier Monitoring…
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