School of Geosciences Staff

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Key contacts within the School are also listed on this page.

Department people pages are here: Archaeology, Geography and Environment, Geology and Geophysics, Planetary Sciences.

Head of School

• Dr David Muirhead 

Administrative Team

• Mrs Ann Simpson (School Administration Manager - a.simpson@abdn.ac.uk) 
• Mrs Hazel Hay (School Administrator - hazel.hay@abdn.ac.uk)
• Mrs Jan Walker (Technical Resources Officer - jan.walker@abdn.ac.uk)
• Ms Julie Forbes (School Administration Coordinator PGR - pgr-geosciences@abdn.ac.uk)
• Mrs Daniela van Heerden (School Administration Coordinator PGT - pgt-geosciences@abdn.ac.uk)
• Mrs Elizabeth Euington (School Administration Assistant - geology@abdn.ac.uk)
• Dr Deniz Cem Gülen (School Administration Assistant - archaeology@abdn.ac.uk and geography@abdn.ac.uk)

School Support Staff

• Mr Jamie Bowie (Technician Cartography)
• Mr Jason Donald (Technician)
• Mrs Jennie Johnston (Technician Cartography)
• Mr Walter Ritchie (Technician Photographer)
• Mr John Still (Technician Microprobe & SEM)
• Mr Colin Taylor (Technician Geochemistry Laboratory)

Archaeology 

• Prof Kate Britton (Senior Lecturer, Head of Department)
• Dr Orsolya Czere (Research Fellow)
• Dr Rebecca Crozier (Lecturer)
• Dr Robert Dinnis (Lecturer)
• Dr Jenna Dittmar (Research Fellow)
• Dr Nicholas Evans (Research Fellow)
• Dr Linus Girdland Flink (Lecturer)
• Dr Charlotta Hillerdal (Senior Lecturer)
• Dr Samantha Jones (Research Fellow)
• Dr Ana Jorge (Teaching Fellow)
• Dr Rick Knecht (Senior Lecturer)
• Dr Mael Lecorre (Research Fellow)
• Dr Edouard Masson-Maclean (Research Assistant)
• Dr Elisabeth Niklasson (Lecturer)
• Prof Gordon Noble (Personal Chair)
• Dr Jeff Oliver (Senior Lecturer)
• Prof Marc Oxenham (Personal Professor)
• Dr James O'Driscoll (Research Fellow)
• Dr Joshua Wright (Lecturer)

Geography and Environment

• Prof Matteo Spagnolo (Personal Chair & Head of Department)
• Dr Michail Bitzios (Research Fellow)
• Mr Joel Blackburn (Research Assistant)
• Dr Jean-Christophe Comte (Senior Lecturer)
• Dr Paula Duffy (Lecturer)
• Miss Jennifer Dodsworth (Research Assistant)
• Dr Gillian Dowds (Research Fellow)
• Dr Josie Geris (Senior Lecturer)
• Dr David Green (Reader)
• Dr David Haro Monteagudo (Lecturer)
• Dr Dmitri Mauquoy (Senior Lecturer)
• Mr Ralph Mellor (Research Assistant)
• Dr Tim Mighall (Reader)
• Dr Syed Mustafa (Honorary Research Fellow)
• Dr Piotr Niewiadomski (Lecturer)
• Dr Rachel Oien (Lecturer)
• Dr Katya Dimitrova Petrova (Research Assistant)
• Dr Lorna Philip (Senior Lecturer)
• Dr Joseph Pierce (Senior Lecturer)
• Prof Tavis Potts (Senior Lecturer))
• Dr Katrin Prager (Senior Lecturer)
• Prof Brice Rea (Personal Chair)
• Dr Andres Quiros (Royal Society Newton International Fellow)
• Dr Ed Schofield (Senior Lecturer)
• Dr Nick Spedding (Lecturer)
• Dr Flurina Wartmann (Lecturer)

Geology and Geophysics

• Dr Malcolm J. Hole (Senior Lecturer, Head of Department)
• Professor Ian Alsop (Chair in Geology)
• Dr Clare Bond (Reader)
• Dr Stephen Bowden (Senior Lecturer)
• Dr Alex Brasier (Senior Lecturer)
• Dr Matthew Brettle (Senior Research Fellow)
• Dr Brian Burnham (Research Fellow)
• Professor Rob Butler (Chair in Tectonics)
• Dr Rachel Brackenridge (Lecturer)
• Dr M. Ara Carballo-Meilan (Technician)
• Miss Magda Chmielewska (Research Assistant)
• Dr David Cornwell (Lecturer)
• Dr Alena Ebinghaus (Honorary Research Fellow)
• Dr Iraklis Giannakis (Lecturer)
• Dr Amy Gilligan (Lecturer)
• Dr Antonio Grippa (Honorary Research Fellow)
• Professor Adrian J. Hartley (Chair in Sedimentology & Stratigraphy)
• Dr Dave Healy (Reader)
• Mr Daniel Holden (Research Assistant)
• Professor John Howell (Chair in Virtual Geosciences)
• Professor Andrew R. Hurst (Professor of Production Geoscience)
• Professor David Jolley (Chair in Geology)
• Dr Katrin Loer (Lecturer)
• Dr Alessandro Magnione (Research Fellow)
• Dr Gail Maxwell (Research Fellow)
• Dr Aaron Neill (Research Fellow)
• Dr Joyce Neilson (Senior Lecturer)
• Dr Colin P. North (Senior Lecturer)
• Professor John Parnell (Chair in Geology & Petroleum Geology)
• Mr Andrea Schito (Research Fellow)
• Dr Nick Schofield (Reader)
• Professor Chris Soulsby (Chair in Hydrology)
• Professor Randell Stephenson (Emeritus Professor)
• Mr Robert Waltham (Research Assistant)
• Dr Gustavo Zvirtes (Research Fellow)

Planetary Sciences

• Professor Javier Martin-Torres (Personal Chair, Head of Department)
• Dr Anshuman Bhardwaj (Senior Lecturer)
• Dr Thasshwin Mathanlal (Research Fellow)
• Dr Miracle Israel Nazarious (Research Fellow)
• Mr Juan Antonio Ramirez Luque (Research Assistant)
• Dr Shaktiman Singh (Lecturer)
• Dr Lydia Sam (Lecturer)
• Professor Maria-Paz Zorzano Mier (Chair)

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Name	Position	Department	Research Theme
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Professor Ian Alsop	Chair in Geology	Geology and Geophysics	Earth Sciences (Tectonics and Geophysics)
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Dr Michail Bitzios	Research Fellow	Geography & Environment	Human Geography
Mr Joel Blackburn	Research Assistant	Geography & Environment	Earth Sciences (Earth Surface Processes)
Dr Clare Bond	Reader	Geology and Geophysics	Earth Sciences (Tectonics and Geophysics)
Mr Jamie Bowie	Technician Cartography	School Support Staff
Dr Stephen Bowden	Senior Lecturer	Geology and Geophysics	Earth Sciences (Tectonics and Geophysics)
Dr Alex Brasier	Senior Lecturer	Geology and Geophysics	Earth Sciences (Basin Fill)
Dr Matthew Brettle	Senior Research Fellow	Geology and Geophysics
Dr Kate Britton	Reader	Archaeology	Archaeology and Palaeoecology
Dr Brian Burnham	Research Fellow	Geology and Geophysics	Earth Sciences (Basin Fill)
Professor Rob Butler	Chair in Tectonics	Geology and Geophysics	Earth Sciences (Tectonics and Geophysics)
Dr Rachel Brackenridge	Lecturer	Geology and Geophysics	Earth Sciences
Dr Anshuman Bhardwaj	Senior Lecturer	Planetary Sciences
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Dr M. Ara Carballo-Meilan	Technician	Geology and Geophysics
Ms Magda Chmielewska	Research Assistant	Geology and Geophysics	Earth Sciences (Basin Fill)
Mrs Judith Christie	Computing Officer	IT Services
Dr Jean-Christophe Comte	Senior Lecturer	Geography & Environment	Earth Sciences (Earth Surface Processes)
Dr David Cornwell	Lecturer	Geology and Geophysics	Earth Sciences (Tectonics and Geophysics)
Miss Orsolya Czere	Research Fellow	Archaeology
Dr Rebecca Crozier	Lecturer	Archaeology	Archaeology and Palaeoecology
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Dr Jenna Dittmar	Research Fellow	Archaeology
Dr Paula Duffy	Lecturer	Geography & Environment	Human Geography
Mr Jason Donald	Technician	School Support Staff
Ms Jennifer Dodsworth	Research Assistant	Geography & Environment	Human Geography
Dr Gillian Dowds	Research Fellow	Geography & Environment	Human Geography
Dr Robert Dinnis	Lecturer	Archaeology	Archaeology and Palaeoecology
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Dr Alena Ebinghaus	Honorary Research Fellow	Geology and Geophysics	Earth Sciences (Basin Fill)
Mrs Elizabeth Euington	School Administration Assistant	School Administration
Dr Nicholas Evans	Research Fellow	Archeology
F
Ms Julie Forbes	School Administration Coordinator PGR	School Administration
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Dr Josie Geris	Senior Lecturer	Geography & Environment	Earth Sciences (Earth Surface Processes)
Dr Amy Gilligan	Lecturer	Geology and Geophysics	Earth Sciences (Tectonics and Geophysics)
Dr David Green	Reader	Geography & Environment	Earth Sciences (Earth Surface Processes)
Dr Antonio Grippa	Honorary Research Fellow	Geology and Geophysics	Earth Sciences (Tectonics and Geophysics)
Dr Linus Girdland	Lecturer	Archaeology	Archaeology and Palaeoecology
Dr Iraklis Giannakis	Lecturer	Geology and Geophysics	Earth Sciences
Dr Deniz Gülen	School Administartion Assistant	School Administartion
H
Dr David Haro Monteagudo	Lecturer	Geography & Environment	Earth Sciences (Earth Surface Processes)
Professor Adrian J. Hartley	Chair in Sedimentology & Stratigraphy	Geology and Geophysics	Earth Sciences (Basin Fill)
Mrs Hazel Hay	School Administrator	School Administration
Dr Dave Healy	Reader	Geology and Geophysics	Earth Sciences (Tectonics and Geophysics)
Mrs Daniela van Heerden	School Administration Coordinator PGT	School Administration
Dr Charlotta Hillerdal	Senior Lecturer	Archaeology	Archaeology and Palaeoecology
Mr Daniel Holden	Research Assistant	Geology and Geophysics
Dr Malcolm J. Hole	Senior Lecturer	Geology and Geophysics	Earth Sciences (Basin Fill)
Professor John Howell	Chair in Virtual Geosciences	Geology and Geophysics	Earth Sciences (Basin Fill)
Professor Andrew R. Hurst	Professor of Production Geoscience	Geology and Geophysics	Earth Sciences (Tectonics and Geophysics)
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Professor David Jolley	Chair in Geology	Geology and Geophysics	Earth Sciences (Basin Fill)
Dr Samantha Jones	Research Fellow	Archaeology	Archaeology and Palaeoecology
Mrs Jennie Johnston	Technician (Cartography)	School Support Staff
Dr Ana Jorge	Teaching Fellow	Archaeology	Archaeology and Palaeoecology
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Dr Mael Lecorre	Research Fellow	Archaeology	Archaeology and Palaeoecology
Dr Katrin Loer	Lecturer	Geology & Geophysics
M
Dr Alessandro Magnione	Research Fellow	Geology & Geophysics
Dr Edouard Masson-Maclean	Research Assistant	Archaeology	Archaeology and Palaeoecology
Dr Dmitri Mauquoy	Senior Lecturer	Geography & Environment	Physical Geography and Palaeoecology
Dr Gail Maxwell	Research Fellow	Geology and Geophysics	Earth Sciences (Basin Fill)
Mr Ralph Mellor	Research Assistant	Geography & Environment
Dr Tim Mighall	Reader	Geography & Environment	Enviromental Archaeology and Palaeoecology
Dr David Muirhead	Head of School, Senior Lecturer	Geology and Geophysics	Earth Sciences (Basin Fill)
Dr Syed Mustafa	Honorary Research Fellow	Geography & Environment	Earth Sciences (Earth Surface Processes)
Professor Javier Martin-Torres	Personal Chair	Planetary Sciences
Mr Joshua Milne	School Administration Assistant	School Administration
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Dr Aaron Neill	Research Fellow	Geology and Geophysics
Dr Joyce Neilson	Senior Lecturer	Geology and Geophysics	Earth Sciences (Basin Fill)
Dr Piotr Niewiadomski	Lecturer	Geography & Environment	Human Geography
Prof Gordon Noble	Personal Chair	Archaeology	Archaeology and Palaeoecology
Dr Colin P. North	Senior Lecturer	Geology and Geophysics	Earth Sciences (Basin Fill)
Dr Elisabeth Niklasson	Lecturer	Archaeology	Archaeology and Palaeoecology
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Dr Jeff Oliver	Senior Lecturer	Archaeology	Archaeology and Palaeoecology
Dr James O'Driscoll	Research Fellow	Archaeology
P
Professor John Parnell	Chair in Geology & Petroleum Geology	Geology and Geophysics	Earth Sciences (Basin Fill)
Dr Katya Dimitrova Petrova	Research Assistant	Geography & Environment
Dr Lorna Philip	Senior Lecturer	Geography & Environment	Human Geography
Dr Joseph Pierce	Senior Lecturer	Geography & Environment	Human Geography
Dr Tavis Potts	Professor & Interim Director for the Centre for Energy Transition	Geography & Environment	Human Geography
Dr Katrin Prager	Senior Lecturer	Geography & Environment	Human Geography
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Dr Andres Quiros	Royal Society Newton International Fellow	Geography & Environment	Earth Sciences (Earth Surface Processes)
R
Mr Juan Antonio Ramirez Luque	Research Assistant	Planetary Science
Prof Brice Rea	Personal Chair	Geography & Environment	Earth Sciences (Earth Surface Processes)
Mr Walter Ritchie	Technician (Photographer)	School Support Staff
S
Mr Andrea Schito	Research Fellow	Geology and Geophysics
Dr Ed Schofield	Senior Lecturer	Geography & Environment	Enviromental Archaeology and Palaeoecology
Dr Nick Schofield	Reader	Geology and Geophysics	Earth Sciences (Basin Fill & Tectonics and Geophysics)
Dr Shaktiman Singh	Lecturer	Planetary Sciences
Dr Lydia Sam	Lecturer	Planetary Sciences
Mrs Ann Simpson	School Administration Manager	School Administration
Professor Chris Soulsby	Chair in Hydrology	Geology and Geophysics	Earth Sciences (Earth Surface Processes)
Dr Matteo Spagnolo	Personal Chair	Geography & Environment	Earth Sciences (Earth Surface Processes)
Dr Nick Spedding	Lecturer	Geography & Environment	Earth Sciences
Professor Randell Stephenson	Emeritus Professor	Geology and Geophysics	Earth Sciences (Tectonics and Geophysics)
Mr John Still	Technician (Microprobe & SEM)	School Support Staff
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Mr Colin Taylor	Technician (Geochemistry Laboratory)	School Support Staff
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Mrs Jan Walker	Technical Resources Officer	School Support Staff
Mr Robert Waltham	Research Assistant	Geology and Geophysics
Dr Flurina Wartmann	Lecturer	Geography & Environment	Human Geography
Dr Joshua Wright	Lecturer	Archaeology	Archaeology and Palaeoecology
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Dr Gustavo Zvirtes	Research Fellow	Geology and Geophysics