Biography
- Professor of Isotope Geology, University of Portsmouth 2016-
- NERC geochemical facilities strategic manager, BGS, 2014-
- Professor of Isotope Geology, University of Leicester and Head of NIGL (BGS) 1996-2015
- Research Scientist in Geology and Geochronology, Geological Survey of Canada 1983-1996
- Instructor and Research Associate, University of British Columbia, 1981-82
- M.Sc. and Ph.D, University of British Columbia, Vancouver 1974-1976 & 1976-1982
- Middlebury College, Vermont, USA, B.A., (Geology) 1974
Research Interests
- Himalayan tectonic evolution and Neogene erosion
- The measurement of U isotopes in environmental and biological materials: assessment of exposure to depleted uranium in military conflicts and relation to Gulf War Illness.
- Dating of calcite by U-Pb dating and applications to structural geology and environmental science