Meet the Department
Get to know us by finding out about our earth and environmental scientists, both past and present. We’ll be putting questions to our academics and sharing their answers with you.
A New Look at an Old World: GCSE in Natural History
Meet the Department 2 August 2021
Our Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Chair of Natural History, Professor Phil Manning, has begun working with The Oxford Cambridge RSE Examination Board (OCR) to develop an exciting new GCSE in Natural History.
Finally, back to the rocks!
Meet the Department 9 June 2021
Professor Jonathan Redfern celebrates the return to fieldwork for Earth and Environmental scientists.
Sustainable Geoscience for Our Future: An interview with Professor Chris Jackson
Meet the Department 13 April 2021
In this interview, our Chair in Sustainable Geoscience, Professor Chris Jackson, discusses the ways that research, study and science communication in Earth and Environmental Sciences maps onto the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Chris also considers the title ‘sustainable geoscience’ and how, by defining this term, we can establish directions in geoscience going forward.
Choosing to Challenge: uneven playing fields
Meet the Department 8 March 2021
Ever since she was young, Katherine Morris – Professor of Environmental Radioactivity and Director of the Radioactive Waste Management Research Support Office – has been fascinated by science: “I even still have my Ladybird Marie Curie book from primary school, she was an early positive female role model for me”. In 2010 Katherine joined the […]
International Women’s Day 2021: Dr Sarah Crowther
Meet the Department 4 March 2021
Sarah Crowther is a Research Fellow in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Her fascinating work with extra-terrestrial materials is out of this world – and she’s keen for other women to reach for the stars as well.
International Women’s Day 2021: Prof Giles Johnson
Meet the Department 3 March 2021
It might seem odd to profile a white cis male for International Women’s Day but the fight for equality doesn’t just fall on the shoulders of women, it takes every member of society to stand up and advocate for equality. Many men are challenging the ‘norm’ and working to progress women’s rights and Giles Johnson is one of them.
Meet your interviewers
Meet the Department 5 November 2020
If you have applied to study an undergraduate programme with us at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, you may have been invited to a Virtual Visit Day. This blog post is designed to enable you to find out more about the EES interviewers as well as their research and teaching.
Winning goals: pursuing a degree and a career in science
Meet the Department 3 September 2020
In this blog post Dr Nick Marsden, Experimental Officer for the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, discusses his background and how this led to an academic and professional career in industry and research. Nick’s story showcases the ways that talent, ambition, education and industrial experience can result in a successful science career which really makes a difference.
In conversation with Dr Patricia Clay: UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellow
Meet the Department 13 July 2020
Dr Patricia Clay is a UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellow with the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Patricia is an earth and planetary scientist and her research uses the noble gas and halogen elements to understand the chemical evolution of planets. In this interview, she tells us more about her role in the Department and her research.
Meet your lecturers: introducing the first year teaching team
Meet the Department 21 May 2020
The common first year of our undergraduate degree programmes provides new students with the skills they need to specialise on any of our Pathways starting from year 2. Our common first year also allows students to transfer between courses if their interests shift during their first year – between Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Science. We would now like to introduce you to the teaching teams for the common first year…