Biography

• Professor Imperial College   2006-present
• Reader Imperial College   2001-2006
• Lecturer Imperial College   1973-2001
• Post doc McMaster University, Canada   1972-1973
• PhD Imperial College   1972
• MSc Structural Geology and Rock Mechanics, Imperial College   1969
• BSc Geology and Chemistry, Aston University   1968

Recent Measures of Esteem

• 2007 Award for Teaching Excellence in Engineering Education
• 2007 Imperial College Teaching Fellow award winner
• 2006 Member Swedish Nuclear Fuel & Waste Management Site Evaluation and Review Group
• 2004 Paul Fourmarier Prize and Gold Medal, Royal Academy of Belgium
• 2003 Geologists' Association council member

Research Interests

• The links between stress, fracture and fluid flow in the crust
• The movement of fluids through low permeability rocks
• The generation of fractured rock masses and their properties.
• The links between structural geology and rock mechanics