Qualifications
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| 1986 |
PhD in Seismology, University of Edinburgh. |
| 1980 |
MSc advanced course in Geophysics, University of Durham. |
| 1979 |
BSc in Physics, University of St. Andrews. |
Professional Experience |
| 2000- |
Professor of Seismology and Rock Physics, University of Edinburgh. |
| 1989-2000 |
Lecturer, then Reader (since 1996) in Seismology and Rock Physics,
University of Edinburgh. |
| 1985-1989 |
Lecturer in Geophysics, University of Reading. |
| 1982-1985 |
PhD Student at the British Geological Survey, Edinburgh. |
| 1981-1985 |
Part-time lecturer in Physics, Napier College, Edinburgh. |
| 1978 |
Carnegie Summer Scholarship for undergraduate research in Laser Physics |
Awards |
| 2010 |
Awarded a Scottish Government/Royal Society of Edinburgh research fellowship.
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| 2009 |
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
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| 1997 |
Bullerwell Lecturer, Royal Astronomical Society |
Professional service |
| Current |
Member of: the HEFCE Research Excellence Framework (REF) Panel on Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences; the Research Advisory Forum of the Scottish Energy Technology Partnership (ETP); and the Scottish Regional Advisory Group for Enhanced Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance (ELRHA).
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| 20011-2012 |
Contributor, UK Government Foresight Project on the Future of Computer Trading in Financial Markets. (See its Final Report)
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| 2009-2012 |
Member, Royal Society of Edinburgh Sectional committee in Earth Science and Chemistry
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| 2010-2011 |
Member, International Commission on Earthquake Forecasting for civil protection (ICEF) See its findings and recommendations and the peer-reviewed full report
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| 2009 |
Chair, College of Science and Engineering review of non-specialist teaching in Mathematics.
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| 2005-2009 |
Co-Director, Edinburgh Collaborative of Subsurface Science and Engineering (ECOSSE); Board Member, Edinburgh Regional Partnership in Engineering and Mathematics (ERPem)
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| 2003-2007 |
Convenor, School of Geoscience Research group in Subsurface GeoScience (now
Earth and Planetary Sciences; Member, School of GeoScience Executive Group; Member, School of GeoScience Research Strategy Group.
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| 2000-2004 |
Convenor, College of Science & Engineering Computing Committee.
Member, University Communications and Information Technology Committee, and the College of Science & Engineering Undergraduate Studies Committee.
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| 1999-2010 |
Associate Editor, Natural Hazards.
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| 1997-2001 |
Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research.
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| 1994-1997 |
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Geology. |
| 1991-1995 |
Member, International Association for Seismology & Physics of the
Earth's Interior (IASPEI) Sub-commission on Modelling the Earthquake Source. |
| 1990-1994 |
Member, IASPEI Sub-commission on Significant Earthquake Precursors. |
| 1988-1989 |
Board member, International Seismological Centre (ISC) Governing Council. |
Major invited lectures since 2005 |
| 2012 | "Earthquake clustering - does the evidence support it?", International Underwriting Association meeting on Catastrophe Risk Management, London. |
| 2011 | ‘Model selection and uncertainty in seismic hazard analysis’, International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP), Zurich, Switzerland. |
| 2010 | ‘Entropy production and self-organised (sub) criticality in earthquake dynamics’, AGU Chapman conference on Complexity and Extreme events in the Geosciences, Hyderabad, India. |
| 2009 | ‘Physics of time-dependent failure: a theoretical and laboratory-based perspective’ IASPEI 2009, Cape Town, South Africa. |
| 2008 | ‘Statistical properties of damage in volcanic materials’ ESF-FWF Conference in Partnership with LFUI on ,
‘New challenges in earthquake dynamics: observing and modelling a multi-scale system, Obergurgl, Austria. |
| 2007 | ‘Statistical mechanics and earthquake statistics’ 5th International Workshop on Statistical Seismology, Erice, Sicily. |
| 2007 | ‘Fluid rock interactions: imaging reservoir response through flow rate inversion’. Euroconference on Rock Physics and Geomechanics, Erice, Sicily. |
| 2006 |
'Maximum entropy production in earthquake dynamics, European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Union Session on Nonlinear Processes'. |
I still enjoy playing the guitar and singing in sessions in the old town, or running (very slowly) around the Meadows.
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