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: 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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NAME: Dr. Chuck Magee CURRENT TITLE: Geoscience Applications Specialist AREA OF EXPERTISE: Geochemical analysis YEARS EXPERIENCE: Five years in this job, and 6 years in previous analytical positions EDUCATION: Ph.D. in geology WEBSITE: http://www.asi-pl.com.au/ What’s your job like? I’m a geologist…
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Earlier this year, I was approached by GeoDrilling International to write an article for their magazine. Since their September issue focused primarily on coring, I prepared an article related to the work we do in water resources. I have a…
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NAME: Dr. Joseph Cook CURRENT TITLE: Lecturer in Life and Natural Sciences, University of Derby, United Kingdom AREA OF EXPERTISE: My background is in glaciology, in particular the “bioglaciological” processes that operate on ice surfaces. My PhD thesis focussed upon carbon…
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NAME: Chris Skinner CURRENT TITLE: Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Modelling Fluvial Geomorphology at the University of Hull, United Kingdom, since June 2014. AREA OF EXPERTISE: I’m kind of in between being a Hydrometeorologist and a Geomorphologist. That’s where I like to…
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NAME: Jimmy O’Keeffe CURRENT TITLE: PhD student at Imperial College London AREA OF EXPERTISE: Water resources YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: Almost 5 years in consultancies in the UK and Ireland; mainly on a variety of water resource and land contamination projects….
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NAME: Dan Peppe CURRENT TITLE: Assistant Professor of Geology (Update: Promoted to Associate Professor in Spring 2015!) AREA OF EXPERTISE: Paleobotany, paleoclimatology, sedimentology and stratigraphy, paleomagnetism YEARS EXPERIENCE: 11 (5 as graduate student, 1 as post-doc, 5 as Assistant Professor)…
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NAME: Dr. Christopher Brough CURRENT TITLE: Consultant Mineralogist at SRK Consulting AREA OF EXPERTISE: Mineralogy YEARS EXPERIENCE: 12 (9 years of education and 3 years in industry) EDUCATION: Two Master’s degrees and one PhD What’s your job like? Mostly fascinating. The…
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NAME: Dr. Matt Westoby CURRENT TITLE: Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Department of Geography, Northumbria University, Newcastle, United Kingdom AREA OF EXPERTISE: Glacial hazards / high-mountain glaciology; numerical dam-breach and outburst flood modelling; high-resolution topographic surveying methods for glaciological applications (TLS, SfM, etc.) YEARS…
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