Education
The Open University, U.K. PhD, 2010-2014, "An integrated metamorphic and isotopic study of crustal extrusion along the Main Central Thrust, Sikkim Himalaya" NERC studentship/ CASE award with BGS Supervisors: Professor N. Harris, Professor R. Parrish, Dr C. Warren, Dr T. Argles The University of St Andrews, U.K. B.Sc (First Class Honours), 2006-2010 Geoscience. Dissertation "Reconstructing the deformational and metamorphic history of Dawros, Connemara, Western Ireland" King Edward VI School, Lichfield, 1999-2006 |

Research and Positions
University of Portsmouth, U.K. Associate Professor (Reader) in Geology and BSc. Earth Science and Geology course lead. 2023-current
University of Portsmouth, U.K. Senior Lecturer in Structural Geology and Tectonics and BSc Geology Course Lead 2019 - 2023
University of Portsmouth, U.K. Lecturer in Structural Geology and Tectonics, 2017-2019
Dalhousie University, Canada, Killam postdoctoral fellow 2016-2018
University of California, Santa Barbara, Fulbright scholar, 2014-2015,
Post-doctoral research into petrochronology and accessory phase geochronology, structure and geochemistry
The Open Univeristy, NERC funded PhD student, 2010-2014
"An integrated metamorphic and isotopic study of crustal extrusion along the Main Central Thrust, Sikkim Himalaya"
University of St Andrews, U.K. Nuffield Undergraduate Research Scholarship, 2009
University of Portsmouth, U.K. Associate Professor (Reader) in Geology and BSc. Earth Science and Geology course lead. 2023-current
University of Portsmouth, U.K. Senior Lecturer in Structural Geology and Tectonics and BSc Geology Course Lead 2019 - 2023
University of Portsmouth, U.K. Lecturer in Structural Geology and Tectonics, 2017-2019
Dalhousie University, Canada, Killam postdoctoral fellow 2016-2018
University of California, Santa Barbara, Fulbright scholar, 2014-2015,
Post-doctoral research into petrochronology and accessory phase geochronology, structure and geochemistry
The Open Univeristy, NERC funded PhD student, 2010-2014
"An integrated metamorphic and isotopic study of crustal extrusion along the Main Central Thrust, Sikkim Himalaya"
University of St Andrews, U.K. Nuffield Undergraduate Research Scholarship, 2009
Awards, grants and fellowships
Diamond Light Source funding, 2023 Royal Society Research funding, March 2021 NERC Arctic Office UK-Canada Research Bursary, March 2018, May 2019, July 2020 Geological Society Elspeth Matthews fund grant, March 2016 National Geographic Waitt fund fieldwork, February, 2016- Sikkim and Bhutan Himalaya Ramsay Medal, Tectonic Studies Group, January 2016 (http://tectonicstudiesgroup.org/ramsay-medal/) Killam postdoctoral fellow, 2016-2018 (http://www.dal.ca/dept/killam-laureates/about.html) Fulbright scholar, 2014-2015 (http://www.fulbright.org.uk/) |
Membership of Professional Societies Previous Chair and committee member of the Metamorphic Studies Group. Member of the The Mineralogical Society, The International Association of Geoanalysts, The Geological Society of America & The European Association of Geochemistry. Member of the Society of Economic Geologists |