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
Professor Sarah Boulton

Deputy Head of School and Associate Head of School - Marketing and Recruitment
Dr Tim Daley

Associate Professor of Physical Geography

Associate Head of School (Strategy)
Ms Sarah Fear

Project and Knowledge Exchange Manager
Dr Alison Stokes

Associate Professor in Earth and Environmental Sciences

Associate Head of School (Education)
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 Ian Bailey

Professor of Environmental Politics
Dr Matt Bailey Ross

Lecturer in Environmental and Engineering Geology
Dr Uwe Balthasar

Lecturer in Palaeontology
Professor Will Blake

Professor of Catchment Science
Professor Sarah Boulton

Deputy Head of School and Associate Head of School - Marketing and Recruitment
Dr Souran Chatterjee

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

Associate Professor of Volcanology
Dr Tim Daley

Associate Professor of Physical Geography

Associate Head of School (Strategy)
Dr Scott Davidson

Lecturer in Ecosystem Resilience
Dr Craig Dedman-Jones

Lecturer in Environmental Science
Dr Simon Dickinson

Lecturer in Geohazards and Risk
Dr Lee Durndell

Lecturer in Chemistry
Dr Stephen Essex

Associate Professor in Geography
Dr Sophie Fauset

Associate Professor in Terrestrial Ecology
Professor Mark Fitzsimons

Professor of Environmental Chemistry
Professor Ralph Fyfe

Professor
Dr Stephen Grimes

Associate Professor in Stable Isotope Geochemistry and Climate Change

SoGEES Senior Tutor
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 Cho Kwong Charlie Lam

Lecturer in Environmental Science
Dr Giuliano Laudone

Lecturer in Physical Chemistry
Professor Jamie Lead

Professor of Environmental Nanoscience
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

Programme Leader for Environmental Sciences
Dr Thomas Murphy

Lecturer in Environmental Sciences
Dr Andrew Parsons

Lecturer in Geosciences
Professor Gregory Price

Professor of Earth Sciences
Dr Lynda Rodwell

Associate Professor in Ecological Economics
Professor Clive Sabel

Professor of Big Data and Spatial Science
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
Mr Nick Smith

Lecturer in Spatial Planning
Professor Iain Stewart MBE

Professor of Geoscience Communication, Sustainable Earth Institute
Dr Alison Stokes

Associate Professor in Earth and Environmental Sciences

Associate Head of School (Education)
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

Associate Head of School (Research)
Dr Kim Ward

Lecturer in Human Geography
Dr Matthew Watkinson

Associate Professor in Energy Geoscience
Dr Matt Westoby

Associate Professor of Physical Geography
Dr Michael Wilde

Lecturer
Dr Jessie Woodbridge

Lecturer
Professor Richard Yarwood

Director of Doctoral College

Technical staff

Tim Absalom

Senior Technician
Erin Adams

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
Richard Hartley

Technical Specialist
Shaun Lewin

Technical Instructor
Kat Piper

Technician
Jamie Quinn

Technician (Cartographer)
Billy Simmonds

Technician
Dr Claire Williams

Technician
Jane Thorning

Senior Technician
Dr Anita Young

Science and Engineering School Technical Manager
Dr Paul Sutton

Technical Specialist

Research staff

Dr Billy Andrews

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Fault Analysis and Earthquake Hazard
Miss Amy Beswick

Research Assistant
Dr Laura Evenstar

Associate Professor
Dr Suryodoy Ghoshal

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Landscape Evolution Modelling
Dr Claire Kelly

Senior Research Fellow
Constanza Rodriguez Piceda

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Geocomputing and Earthquake Hazard
Dr Rob Schindler

Researcher Paludiculture evaluation for phosphorus reduction in Somerset levels
Dr Katrin Schmidt

Research Fellow Marine Ecology and Biochemistry
Dr Andrew Seedhouse

Director of Transport
Dr Simon Whelan

Research Assistant in Environmental Sensors
Mr Anthony Wilson

Researcher

Administrative staff

Donella Bone

Senior Support Administrator
Mrs Jo Thomas

Assistant Administrator (School Support)

International Ocean Drilling Programme staff

Dr Jodie Fisher

IODP Science Office Scientific Communications, Applications and EDI Manager
Professor Tony Morris

Professor in Geophysics and Geodynamics

Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership staff

Mr Richard Burningham

Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership Officer
Miss Rebecca Catterall

Development Officer (Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership)
Michael Parker-Bray

Communications Officer - Citizens' Rail / INTERREG