![Professor David Muirhead Professor David Muirhead](/img/200x200/staffpages/uploads/s03dm2/Muirhead.jpg)
BSc (Hons), PhD, FGS, PGCert, FHEA
Head of School of Geosciences, Personal Chair
- About
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- Email Address
- dmuirhead@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 274209
- Office Address
Dr David K. Muirhead, Rm 106, Dept. Geology & Geophysics, Meston Building, Kings College, Aberdeen AB24 3UE
- School/Department
- School of Geosciences
Biography
Dave is a geologist, with further interests in mineralogy and geochemistry. He has a focus on interdisciplinary science, applying techniques such as Raman spectroscopy to not only geological processes, but further into environmental sciences (wildfires), archaeology (cremations) and more recently in collaboration with medical colleagues studying cancers.
In January 2020 Dave took over the role as Head of School of Geosciences.
Dave obtained his BSc in Earth Science from the University of Glasgow and then his PhD from the University of Aberdeen.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Head of School, Geosciences, (Jan 2020 - present)
Director of PGT Programmes, School of Geosciences (2016-2019)
College of Physical Sciences College Council (2013 - 2016)
College of Physical Sciences Teaching and Learning Committee (2013 - 2016)
Personal Tutor
- External Memberships
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Education Committee, Geological Society of London. (2013 - 2016)
- Research
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Research Overview
Raman spectroscopy of carbon
Geofluids
Contact Metamorphism
Intrusion and petroleum system interactions
Astrobiology
Geology of Scotland
Geothermometry applied to fold-thrust belts
Current Research
- Thermal alteration of sedimentary rocks in fold and thrust belts.
- Application of Raman Spectroscopy to sedimentary organic matter to assess thermal maturity.
- The effects of igneous intrusions on petroleum systems with respect to thermal maturity and extractable organic matter potential.
- Raman spectroscopy of charcoal from wildfires through time.
- Application of Raman to archaeological and biological materials.
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Course Tutor
GL1005 Earth Through Geological Time
GL1505 Earth's Materials
GL2015 Petrology and Mineralogy
GL2510 Introduction to Field Geology
GL3026 Field and Mapping Techniques
GL4028 Petroleum Geology: Geochemistry and Geofluids
- Publications
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Raman spectroscopy in thrust-stacked carbonates: an investigation of spectral parameters with implications for temperature calculations in strained samples
Solid earth, vol. 13, no. 9, pp. 1495–1511Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAssessing Modern Calluna Heathland Fire Temperatures using Raman Spectroscopy: Implications for Past Regimes and Geothermometry
Frontiers in Earth Science, vol. 10, 827933Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHydrothermal generation of hydrocarbons in basement rocks, Southern Tuscany
Italian Journal of Geosciences, vol. 141, no. 2, pp. 231-244Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRaman spectroscopy: current applications in breast cancer diagnosis, challenges and future prospects
British Journal of Cancer, vol. 126, no. 8, pp. 1125-1139Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-021-01659-5
- [ONLINE] https://europepmc.org/article/med/34893761
Carbonaceous residues in the Southern Uplands accretionary prism of Ireland and Scotland
Scottish Journal of Geology, vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 1-8Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAn insight on the polyphase thermal history of the Internal Rif (Northern Morocco) through Raman micro-spectroscopy investigation
Italian Journal of Geosciences, vol. 141, no. 1, pp. 104-119Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3301/IJG.2022.01
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/21940/1/Schito_etal_IJG_an_insight_on_AAM.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Geology and Petroleum Prospectivity of the Sea of Hebrides Basin and Minch Basin, Offshore Northwest Scotland
Petroleum Geoscience, vol. 27, no. 4, petgeo2021-003Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRaman spectral shifts in naturally faulted rocks
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems , vol. 22, no. 10, e2021GC009923Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDubiofossils from a Mars-analogue subsurface palaeoenvironment: the limits of biogenicity criteria
Geobiology, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 473-488Contributions to Journals: ArticlesObservations of reservoir quality alteration in proximity to igneous intrusions for two distinct sandstones units in Scotland
Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 129, 105071Contributions to Journals: Articles