Dr Frances Cooper
BHP Billiton Lecturer
PhD (2008) “Exhumation of the northern Snake Range metamorphic core complex, Nevada”
1) The Twitter challenge: Describe your PhD in 140 characters (if you can remember it)
I tested different models for how the metamorphic rocks of the northern Snake Range were brought to the surface from the middle-lower crust.
Dr Matt Watson
Senior Lecturer in Natural Hazards
PhD (2000) “Remote Sensing of Tropospheric Volcanic Plumes”
1) The Twitter challenge: Describe your PhD in 140 characters (if you can remember it)
I used ground- and satellite-based data to quantify volcanic emissions in order to look at volcanic plumbing systems and plume chemistry.
2) What was the best part of your PhD?
Fieldwork with Clive Oppenheimer and Peter Francis. Their schoolboy excitement and English eccentrism coupled with a significant mischievous streak (mostly Clive) set against the backdrop of Etna, Masaya and Soufriere Hills made for some memorable experiences. [Read More]
Professor Mike Kendall
Professor in Earth Sciences
School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol
PhD (1992) “Contributions to the theory and modelling of seismic waves in anisotropic inhomogeneous media”
Supervisor: Prof. C.J. Thomson
1) The Twitter challenge: Describe your PhD in 140 characters (if you can remember it)
Developed theory and numerical methods to track seismic waves through subduction zones, testing the signature of different geodynamic models. [Read More]
