Judith Travers
Judith Travers is examining how microplastics move through fluvial sedimentary systems.
Sustainable Geosciences
Our research and teaching is all about building a sustainable future for people and our planet.We study the processes that form and shape the Earth and examine how people interact with their environment through time to help improve how we manage natural resources, protect the environment, combat climate change and preserve our cultural heritage. Discover more about our research below.
- Professor Matteo Spagnolo, Department of Geography and Environment: Tackling a water crisis in one of the driest, coldest places on Earth
- Dr Rachel Brackenridge, Department of Geology and Geophysics: Access to Clean and Affordable Energy
- Dr Clare Bond, Department of Geology and Geophysics: Carbon Capture and Storage
- Dr David Green, Department of Geography: Sustainable Coasts
- Dr Piotr Niewiadomski, Department of Geography and Environment: Sustainable Tourism
- Tristan Roberts, PhD Student, Department of Geology and Geophysics: Geothermal Energy
- Phoebe Sleath, PhD Student, Department of Geology and Geophysics: Safe Subsurface Storage
- Dr David Green, Department of Geography and Environment: Turning the Plastic Tide (TTPT)
- Professor Brice Rea, Department of Geography and Environment: Glaciers and Climate Change
- Professor Matteo Spagnolo, Department of Geography and Environment: The Challenges of Climate Change and Sea Level Fluctuations
- Lucy Ashpitel, PhD Student: Glacial Meltwater as a Water Resource
- Dr Andres Quiros, Lecturer, School of Geosciences
Our Geology researchers examined the multiple ways that geoscience can contribute to a sustainable future.
Phoebe Sleath
Phoebe Sleath’s research aims to understand how faults form in continental collision zones like the Alps.
Thomas Houghton
Thomas Houghton’s PhD project aims to improve our understanding of the Permian Carbonate – Evaporite facies across the Central North Sea.
Heather Kennedy
Heather Kennedy works to characterise and monitor geothermal fields using a passive noise analysis technique called beamforming.
Lois Greenfield
Lois Greenfield’s research assesses the suitability of UK lava fields for CO2 storage and sequestration.