A science blog that brings you closer to the world of geology! Featuring the "A Day in the GeoLife" guest blog series from geoscientists around the world.
NAME: Rebecca Paisley CURRENT TITLE: PhD Student AREA OF EXPERTISE: Igneous Geochemistry, Volcanic Degassing, Isotope Disequilibria YEARS EXPERIENCE: 4 EDUCATION: PhD Student at McGill University, Canada since September 2014. MEarthSci in Earth Sciences (University of Oxford, United Kingdom). WEBSITE: https://paisleyabroad.wordpress.com/ What’s your…
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NAME: Stephanie Sykora CURRENT TITLE: PhD student and geo-blogger AREA OF EXPERTISE: Mineral exploration, ore deposits (gold and copper), structural geology, geological mapping, geotourism, blogging, travel, earth science education YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 1.5 years as a PhD research candidate at the…
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NAME: James Hickey CURRENT TITLE: PhD Student AREA OF EXPERTISE: Volcanology (& Geophysics). More specifically my research interests are in the processes controlling the dynamics of active and restless volcanoes and the geophysical signals they produce. YEARS EXPERIENCE: 3.5 years of research…
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NAME: Dr. Daniel Pastor-Galán CURRENT TITLE: Postdoctoral Fellow at Paleomagnetic Laboratory “Fort Hoofddijk”, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. AREA OF EXPERTISE: Tectonics. I try to combine the maximum number of tools including structural geology, isotope geology, thermochronology, paleomagnetism, modeling, geochemistry,…
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NAME: Marc Matterson CURRENT TITLE: PhD student and lecturer at the University of Salford, England AREA OF EXPERTISE: Glacial hydrology, sedimentology, modelling and climatology YEARS EXPERIENCE: 3 years (BSc Geography) EDUCATION: First class honours BSc Geography whilst also obtaining the…
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NAME: Mike Simpson CURRENT TITLE: Postdoctoral Research Assistant on Decision Analysis for Natural Hazards, University of Oxford, United Kingdom AREA OF EXPERTISE: Hydrology and Water Resources Modelling YEARS EXPERIENCE: 7 EDUCATION: PhD in Water Resource Assessment (nearly finished!); MSc in…
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NAME: Dr. Tom Holt CURRENT TITLE: Lecturer in Physical Geography AREA OF EXPERTISE: I am a glaciologist who uses remote sensing data and techniques to assess changes to the cryosphere, focusing on the structural and dynamic evolution of ice sheets,…
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NAME: Kathi Unglert CURRENT TITLE: PhD Candidate at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (since 2011) AREA OF EXPERTISE: Volcano seismology, other volcano geophysics, machine learning YEARS EXPERIENCE: 5 EDUCATION: After graduating with a combined BSc in geosciences from Ludwig-Maximilians-University/Technical…
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NAME: Tim I. Yilmaz CURRENT TITLE: Research and teaching assistant and Ph.D. student at Tectonics and Material Fabrics Section (TUM) in the final year. AREA OF EXPERTISE: Structural geologist specialized in large-scale hydrothermal fluid flow, mineralization, brecciation, liquefication of cataclasites,…
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NAME: Wouter Berghuijs CURRENT TITLE: PhD Student AREA OF EXPERTISE: Since January 2014, I have been a PhD student at the University of Bristol (United Kingdom), working in the field of hydrology. Hydrology is the science that tries to understand and…
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NAME: Professor Phil Ashworth CURRENT TITLE: Director of Research and Development for the Life and Physical Sciences at the University of Brighton. Also, Professor of Physical Geography. AREA OF EXPERTISE: River dynamics, fluvial sedimentology, geomorphology, alluvial architecture, hydrocarbon reservoir characterisation YEARS…
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