Work includes using Geology in forensic sciences, both in the search for hidden objects (bodies, buried materials) and in trace evidence analysis.

I currently supervise three PhD students. 1.  Ben Rocke (crime scene mapping and sampling); 2. Amy Lally (Deglaciation in Iceland); 3. Amy O'Keefe (Multi-proxy Spatial Approach to Mapping Water)

Overview

• Geoforensics Impact Statements in UK Government Research Excellence Framework (2014 and 2021).
• Published over 170 peer-reviewed papers and one book.
• Completed ~200 consultancy projects, mainly on Geoforensics.
• Collaborative projects in 10 countries worldwide, Training Officer for the IUGS-funded Initiative on Forensic Geology
• Teaching includes geology, geomorphology, GIS, climate change, field classes throughout the UK, Ireland, Mediterranean, Geoforensics, Masters in Climate Change.

Interests

- Non-destructive analysis for landscape, forensic, archaeological, geological and geomorphological research.

- Triassic climate change.

- Forensic research. Multiproxy methods (remote sensing, geophysics, landscape interpretation) for the search of buried and sunk items. Trace evidence analysis methods for criminal investigations.

- Consultancy for engineering companies, the police and environment agencies and the Independent Commission for the Recovery of Victims Remains.

GGY1007 Earth Fire and Ice

GGY2002 Landscapes & Geographic Information Systems

GGY3049 Geoforensics

The Science of Climate Change (Masters)