School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences staff directory

Meet the people behind the school

Senior Leadership Team

Professor Jon Shaw

Head of School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Dr Sarah Boulton

Deputy Head of School and Associate Head of School - Marketing and Recruitment
Mrs Sarah Fear

Project and Knowledge Exchange Manager
Dr Stephen Grimes

Associate Head of School - Education and Student Experience
Dr Martin Stokes

Associate Head of School - Graduate Outcomes
Dr Simon Ussher

Associate Professor of Marine and Analytical Chemistry

Associate Head of School (Research)
Dr Anita Young

Science and Engineering School Technical Manager

Academic staff

Professor Mark Anderson

Professor of Geology
Professor Ian Bailey

Professor of Environmental Politics
Dr Matt Bailey Ross

Lecturer in Environmental and Engineering Geology
Dr Uwe Balthasar

Lecturer in Palaeontology
Professor Simon Belt

Professor of Chemistry
Professor Will Blake

Professor of Catchment Science
Dr Sarah Boulton

Deputy Head of School and Associate Head of School - Marketing and Recruitment
John Bull

Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Pollution Ecology
Dr Souran Chatterjee

Lecturer in Energy Transitions -Environmental Management & Sustainability
Dr Paul Cole

Associate Professor of Volcanology
Professor Sean Comber

Professor of Environmental Chemistry
Dr Tim Daley

Associate Professor of Physical Geography
Dr Scott Davidson

Lecturer in Ecosystem Resilience
Dr Simon Dickinson

Lecturer in Geohazards and Risk
Dr Lee Durndell

Lecturer in Chemistry
Dr Stephen Essex

Associate Professor in Geography
Dr Sophie Fauset

Lecturer in Environmental Science
Dr Meriel FitzPatrick

Lecturer in Earth Sciences (Education)
Professor Mark Fitzsimons

Professor of Environmental Chemistry
Professor Ralph Fyfe

Professor
Professor David Gilvear

Emeritus Professor
Dr Stephen Grimes

Associate Head of School - Education and Student Experience
Dr Catherine Gutmann Roberts

Lecturer in Environmental Science
Dr Nichola Harmer

Lecturer in Human Geography
Dr Michelle Harris

Associate Professor in Earth Sciences
Dr Mark Holton

Associate Professor in Human Geography
Dr Katie Jones

Lecturer in Environmental Chemistry
Dr Giuliano Laudone

Lecturer in Physical Chemistry
Dr Anthony Lewis

Associate Professor in Environmental Organic Chemistry
Dr Roy Lowry

Associate Professor (Teaching Fellow)
Dr Paul Lunt

Associate Professor in Environmental Science
Dr Hayley Manners

Lecturer in Organic Chemistry
Professor Anne Mather

Professor in Geomorphology
Dr Zoe Mildon

Associate Professor in Earth Sciences
Dr Angela Milne

Lecturer in Environmental Science
Professor Tony Morris

Professor in Geophysics and Geodynamics
Dr Thomas Murphy

Industrial Research Fellow - Green Wall - Low Carbon Devon

Lecturer in Environmental Science
Professor Gregory Price

Professor of Earth Sciences
Dr Lynda Rodwell

Associate Professor in Ecological Economics
Professor Jon Shaw

Head of School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Dr Paul Simpson

Associate Professor of Human Geography
Dr Christopher Smart

Associate Professor (Reader) in Palaeontology
Dr Alan Smith

Lecturer in Environmental Management
Professor Iain Stewart MBE

Professor of Geoscience Communication, Sustainable Earth Institute
Dr Alison Stokes

Associate Professor (Education) in Earth and Environmental Sciences
Dr Martin Stokes

Associate Head of School - Graduate Outcomes
Dr Matt Telfer

Associate Professor of Physical Geography
Dr Alison Turner

Lecturer in Chemistry and Environmental Geochemistry (Education)
Dr Andrew Turner

Associate Professor (Reader) in Environmental Sciences
Dr Simon Ussher

Associate Professor of Marine and Analytical Chemistry
Dr Kim Ward

Lecturer in Human Geography
Dr Matthew Watkinson

Associate Professor in Energy Geoscience
Dr Ruth Weaver

Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Physical Geography
Dr Michael Wilde

Lecturer
Dr Olivia Wilson

Lecturer in Human Geography (Spatial Planning)
Dr Jessie Woodbridge

Lecturer
Professor Richard Yarwood

Director of Doctoral College

Technical staff

Mr Tim Absalom

Senior Technician
Louise Argent

Senior Technician
Dr Rob Clough

Technical Specialist
Dr Marc Davies

Senior Technician (Isotope Mass Spectrometry)
Dr Vannia Dos Santos Durndell

Senior Technician
Dr Jodie Fisher

Technical Specialist
Richard Hartley

Technical Specialist
Shaun Lewin

Technical Instructor
Jamie Quinn

Technician (Cartographer)
Mr Billy Simmonds

Technician
Dr Paul Sutton

Technical Specialist
Jane Thorning

Senior Technician
Jenny Wiggins

Paleomagnetic Senior Technician
Dr Claire Williams

Technician
Dr Anita Young

Science and Engineering School Technical Manager

Research staff

Dr Billy Andrews

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Fault Analysis and Earthquake Hazard
Dr Sam Berlin

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Miss Jade Cox

Research Assistant in Geochemistry
Dr Claire Kelly

Senior Research Fellow
Jessica Kitch
Dr Klara Lucznik

Research Fellow in Health, Well-being and Economy
Dr Andy Parsons

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Marine Geoscience
Dr Emma Rendle

Project Manager
Ms Constanza Rodriguez Piceda

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Geocomputing and Earthquake Hazard
Dr Rob Schindler

Researcher (Efficacy of Biosolids)
Dr Katrin Schmidt

Research Assistant
Dr Andrew Seedhouse

Director of Transport
Dr Ian Selby

Director of Sustainable Geoscience
Dr Alessandro Sgarabotto

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Dr Alex Taylor

Research Fellow (ELMS-Exchange)

Administrative staff

Donella Bone

Senior Support Administrator
Mrs Alanna Deykin

Assistant Administrator (School Support)