Biography
Professor in Petroleum Geoscience and the Head of research in Faculty of Science and Engineering at University of manchester. His research has applied petrographic, geochemical and mineralogical analysis (e.g. optical and electron microscopy, XRD, stable isotope analysis, CL, Raman, synchrotron X-ray analysis) to sediment and mudstone systems. He has been instrumental in integrating field- and basin-scale observations with pore-scale analysis, which has had significant implications for predicting shale and sandstone reservoir properties. He is currently coordinating research initiatives in shale-reservoir sedimentology, petrography and diagenesis linked to high-resolution X-ray CT scanning and experimental mechanical analysis and petrophysical data. He is also involved with research into environmental impacts of unconventional resources, nuclear waste disposal, carbon sequestration and geothermal reservoirs. He has received funding from both the international oil and gas industry, and the UK research councils, has undertaken consultancy, has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers and has supervised over 35 PhD students. He is an Associate Editor of Geology..