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Staff

General Contact Information

Administrative Function Email address 
Head of Department earthsci.hod@durham.ac.uk
Undergraduate Teaching/Programme earth.ugadmin@durham.ac.uk
Postgraduate Programme earthsci.pgadmin@durham.ac.uk
Finance earth.finance@durham.ac.uk
Research earth.research@durham.ac.uk
Operations earth.ops@durham.ac.uk

Academic Staff

NameTitle
Professor Mark AllenProfessor
Professor James BaldiniProfessor
Dr Jotis BaronasAssistant Professor
Sam BithellCareer Development Fellow
Dr Richard James BrownAssociate Professor, Undergraduate Admissions Director
Professor Kevin BurtonProfessor of Geochemistry
Professor Nicola De-PaolaProfessor of Structural Geology and Rock Mechanics
Professor Jon GluyasOrsted/Ikon Chair in Geoenergy, Carbon Capture & Storage
Professor Chris GreenwellProfessor of Geochemistry
Professor Darren R. GrockeProfessor of Stable Isotope Geochemistry
Dr Catherine HirstAssistant Professor
Professor Robert (Bob) HoldsworthProfessor of Structural Geology
Professor Claire HorwellProfessor of Geohealth
Professor Madeleine HumphreysProfessor
Dr Jenny JenkinsAssistant Professor
Dr Stuart JonesAssociate Professor, Director of EDI
Julia KnappAssociate Professor
Professor Ed LlewellinProfessor of Volcanology and Director of Research
Professor Colin MacphersonProfessor, Chair of Board of Examiners
Professor Ken McCaffreyHead of Department, Chair of the Board of Studies, Professor
Dr Catriona MenziesAssociate Professor
Professor Stefan NielsenProfessor, Director of Postgraduate Studies & Postgraduate Admissions
Professor Christine PeirceProfessor of Marine Geophysics
Professor Julie PrytulakProfessor of Geochemistry
Dr Christopher SavilleAssistant Professor (Teaching Fellow)
Professor Dave SelbyProfessor
Dr Martin R. SmithAssociate Professor in Palaeontology and Director of Education
Professor Peter TallingProfessor in Submarine Geohazards
Dr Andrew ValentineAssociate Professor
Professor Jeroen Van-HunenProfessor
Professor Fred WorrallProfessor of Environmental Chemistry

Research Staff

NameTitle
Dr Heda AgicPostdoctoral Research Associate
Fernando AndreuResearch Computing Platforms Engineer
Dr Matthieu CartignyIndependent Research Fellow
David ColbyPostdoctoral Research Associate
Dr Amanda LindooPostdoctoral Research Associate
Dr Rachel MeachPostdoctoral Research Assistant
Dr Geoff NowellSenior Research Officer / Associate Professor (Research)
Dr Chris OttleySenior Research Officer / H&S Co-ordinator
Dr Emma OwnsworthPostdoctoral Research Associate
Dr Kristijan RajicPostdoctoral Research Associate
Dr Patrick SullivanPostdoctoral Research Associate
Dr Timur TezelSponsored Researcher Post
Dr Yuxiao WangPostdoctoral Research Associate
Gary WilkinsonGIS Officer

Professional Support Staff

NameTitle
Joshua AllchurchFinance Adminstrator
Karen AtkinsonFinance Manager, Travel Reporter and Approver
Louise BowronPostgraduate Coordinator
Katherine ChambersLearning and Teaching Administrator
Paula ElliottFinance Administrator
Jill HoultDepartment Manager
Janice OakesLearning & Teaching Manager
Sarah RichardsonOperations Administrator
Sandra RustLearning & Teaching Coordinator
Dianne WhatcottSenior Research Administrator

Technical Staff & Experimental Officers

NameTitle
Anna BirdExperimental Officer in Marine Instrumentation
Ian ChaplinThin Section Technician
Fadul DawoodExperimental Officer in Rock Mechanics
Sophie EdwardsThin Section Technician
Claire Long'Technical Manager (Facilities)
Dr Chris OttleySenior Research Officer & H&S Co-ordinator
Joanne PeterkinRes. Lab. Technican
Ben PitcairnExperimental Officer in Seabed Instrumentation
Poppy ReillyResearch Technician
Samantha ThorpeGeoscience Intermediate Technician

Emeritus Staff

NameTitle
Prof Gillian FoulgerEmeritus Professor of Geophysics
Professor David HarperEmeritus Professor of Palaeontology
Prof Richard HobbsEmeritus Professor
Dr Grenville HollandEmeritus
Prof Maurice TuckerEmeritus Professor of Geological Sciences

Honorary Staff

NameTitle
Professor Andrew AplinProfessor
Dr Mathieu DellingerHonorary Fellowship
Prof John GrocottHonorary Professor

Visitors

NameTitle
Acelya Balli-CetinerVisitor
Dr Xin DongSenior Scientist from Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
Dr Kang LiAcademic Visitor
Dr Julien Mouli-CastilloAcademic Visitor
Dr Richard WalkerAcademic Visitor