Principal Geologist
CurrentMy career at BGS has involved the followingPrimary and revision geological mapping at 1:10 000 scaleScientific writing for specialists and the laymanWireline log interpretation with specialism in Mesozoic rocksOne of the leading experts in geology of the East and West Midlands in the UKExpert in the Triassic geology of the UK One of the leading experts in the Mercia Mudstone Group in the UKBorehole core loggingArranging drilling programmes and siting boreholes3D modellingEditing maps and textsAssessment of resourcesGeodiversityGeoconservationSedimentologyLooking at Permo Triassic rocks of the Sellafield site for proposed disposal of radioactive wasteCo-author of Stratigraphical Framework reports on the Mercia Mudstone Group and Sherwood Sandstone GroupWinning contracts for money from the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund to look at geodiversity in Leicestershire and Rutland and the National Forest. Involved producing maps, writing books, themed walks, DVDs, site audits, installing interpretation boards, creating viewing areas for quarriesGeoEnergy Test Bed Project at Sutton Bonnington, Nottinghamshire, advising on geology of site and logging boreholesFormation Expert for HS2 Phase 1 London to Birmingham for Triassic, in particular the Mercia Mudstone Group, Upper Carboniferous, Triassic, Lower Jurassic and Quaternary rocks.In April 2018 recruited as a Formation Expert for the Triassic (Mercia Mudstone Group and Sherwood Sandstone Group) for Phase 2A of HS2 (Lichfield to Crewe)I regularly lead fieldtrips to various geological localities in the East Midlands