Biography

I combine skills in engineering and Earth sciences to create, develop, and assess solutions to climate change. Particularly, I'm interested in how rocks, minerals, and wastes can be used to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. I'm originally from here.

Work

Professor

-Associate Director Research Centre Centre Carbon Solutions

Heriot-Watt University

2023  - Present

Associate Professor

-Associate Director Research Centre Centre Carbon Solutions

Heriot-Watt University

2019  - 2023

Lecturer in Engineering Geology

-Chair Staff/Student Committee (Earth Sci.)-Deputy Director of Research (Earth Sci.)

Cardiff University

2014  - 2018

James Martin Research Fellow

University of Oxford

2011  - 2014

Research Associate

Newcastle University

2011

Education


MEng - Civil and Environmental Engineering

Newcastle University

2007 

PhD - Civil (Geoenvironmental) Engineering

Newcastle University

2011 

PgC - Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Cardiff University

2016 

Professional Memberships


CEng - Chartered Engineer

2022 

CGeol - Chartered Geologist

2022 

Member - Institution of Civil Engineers

2005

Fellow - The Geological Society

2009