Employment
University of Victoria, BC
Professor & Canada Research Chair (Tier 2)
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
2022 –
Associate Professor & Canada Research Chair (Tier 2)
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
2017 – 2022
Colorado School of Mines
Assistant Professor
Department of Geophysics
2012 – 2016
Arizona State University
Exploration Postdoctoral Fellow
School of Earth and Space Exploration
2011 – 2012
University of Cambridge, UK
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Bullard Laboratories, Department of Earth Sciences
2008 – 2011
Education
University of Oxford, UK
D.Phil. in Earth Sciences, University College
2004 – 2009
University of Cambridge, UK
M.Sc. in Natural Sciences (Geology – First Class Honors)
2003 – 2004
B.A. in Natural Sciences (Geology – First Class Honors)
2000 – 2003
Research Interests
Active tectonics
Geodesy
Earthquake seismology
Tectonic geomorphology
Remote sensing (InSAR, lidar)
Bio
I grew up in West London but developed a love of the outdoors from holidays in the hills of South Wales. I went to Cambridge to study Chemistry, but got hooked on Geology instead. I moved to archrival Oxford for my PhD, before returning to Cambridge for a post doc.
After eleven years in Oxbridge, I felt the call of North America and moved first to the South-western US (Arizona and Colorado) and then to the Pacific Northwest. I love living and working in western North America where earthquake science is so relevant and impactful.