Earth Sciences - About us

The Department of Earth Sciences is part of the School of Life Sciences and the Environment.

Department of Earth Sciences
Queens Building
Royal Holloway University of London
Egham Hill
Egham, Surrey
TW20 0EX

For Undergraduate enquiries, please contact Professor David Waltham
For MSc in Energy Geosciences, please contact Dr Nic Scarselli
For MSc in Environmental Diagnosis and Management, please contact Dr Nathalie Grassineau
For MSc in Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, please contact Professor Richard Ghail
For PhD or MSc by Research enquiries: DoctoralSchool@royalholloway.ac.uk
For General enquiries: LSE-School@royalholloway .ac.uk

The Department has been awarded the Athena Swan Bronze award.

The Athena Swan Charter is a framework which is used across the globe to support and transform gender equality within higher education (HE) and research. Established in 2005 to encourage and recognise commitment to advancing the careers of women in science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine (STEMM) employment, the Charter is now being used across the globe to address gender equality more broadly, and not just barriers to progression that affect women.

Key Staff

Head of Department	Dr Kevin Clemitshaw	01784 414026
UG Recruitment Lead	Professor David Waltham	01784 443617
MSc in Environmental Diagnosis and Management	Dr Nathalie Grassineau	01784 443810
MSc in Energy GeoSciences	Dr Nic Scarselli	01784 443597
MSc in Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology	Professor Richard Ghail	01784 276766
Technical Operations Manager	Mr Dan Parsonage	01784 443595

Academic Staff

Adam, Jürgen	Professor in Structural Geology	QB276
Chan, Queenie	Senior Lecturer in Earth Sciences	QB279
Chiarella, Domenico	Professor in Sedimentary Geology	QB281
Clemitshaw, Kevin	Reader in Environmental Geoscience	QB216
Collinson, Margaret	Professor of Plant Palaeobiology	QB254
Dickson, Alex	Professor in Isotope Geochemistry	QB253
Falcon-Lang, Howard	Professor	QB277
Fisher, Rebecca	Reader in Atmospheric Science	QB244
Ghail, Richard	Professor in Planetary and Engineering Geology	QB245
Gudmundsson, Agust	Professor of Structural Geology	QB282
Grassineau, Nathalie	Lecturer in Geochemistry	QB249
King, Martin	Professor in Atmospheric and Cryospheric Science	QB238
Lowry, David	Reader in Stable Isotopes & Greenhouse Gases	QB252
Manning, Christina	Senior Lecturer in Igneous Geochemistry	QB245
Paul, Jonathan	Senior Lecturer in Geoscience	QB250
Scarselli, Nicola	Senior Lecturer in Subsurface Imaging & Evaluation	QB280
Waltham, David	Professor in Mathematical Geology	QB247
Watkinson, Ian	Senior Lecturer in Regional Tectonic Analysis	QB278

Support Staff

Parsonage, Dan	Technical Operations Manager	QB215
Lehane, Frank	IS Manager	QB224
Gibbons, Sharon	Palaeontology Technician	QB261
Brakeley, James	XRD & Geochemistry Lab Manager	QB041
Morris, Jerry	Science Workshop Engineer	Science Workshop
D'Souza, Kevin	Photography & Deputy TOM	QB219

Research Staff

James France	Postdoctoral Research Associate
Mathias Lanoisellé	Postgraduate Research Assistant	QB201
Scott, Andrew	Distinguished Research Professor

Emeritus, Honorary & Visiting Staff

David Alderton	Honorary Research Associate
Derek Blundell	Emeritus Professor of Geophysics, Basin Dynamics
Dan Bosence	Emeritus Professor of Carbonate Sedimentology
Trevor Burchette	Visiting Professor in Earthsciences
Robert Hall	Emeritus Professor
Ian Davison	Visiting Professor in Earthsciences
Martin Insley	Visiting Professor in Petroleum Geology
Amando Lasabuda	Visiting Researcher in Sedimentary Geology
David Mattey	Emeritus Professor in Geochemistry
John Mather	Emeritus Professor in Hydrogeology & Environmental Geochemistry
Ken McClay	Emeritus Professor in Structural Geology
Martin Menzies	Emeritus Professor in Volcanology and Geochemistry
Moreton Moore	Emeritus Professor and Honorary Fellow
Ted Rose	Honorary Research Fellow
Mike Simmons	Visiting Professor of Petroleum Geology
John Wright	Honorary Fellow
Bernie Vining	Visiting Professor in Petroleum Geology
Sirwan Yamulki	Honorary Research Fellow