Category: People

PhD student Hachem Kassem awarded first prize at Aquatec Equipment Awards

G&G phd student Hachem Kassem has recently accepted an  award for the AQUAscat 1000R acoustic suspended profiler; the first prize at the Aquatec Equipment Awards 2014 for his research on vertical turbulence structures in the benthic boundary layer. The award comprises a 3 month instrument loan and a travel grant, to deploy the instrument in an upcoming field campaign. The… Read More PhD student Hachem Kassem awarded first prize at Aquatec Equipment Awards

Hachem Kassem

EU grant awarded to Dr Karen Weitemeyer for project: “Breakthrough Solutions for Mineral Extraction and Processing in Extreme Environments – Blue Mining”.

Karen Weitemeyer and the Marine Electromagnetics Laboratory (Marine EM Lab) is part of an international European consortium of 19 large industry and research organisations with various maritime fields of expertise that will develop solutions that bring deep sea mining closer to reality. The “Blue Mining” project will address all aspects of the value chain in… Read More EU grant awarded to Dr Karen Weitemeyer for project: “Breakthrough Solutions for Mineral Extraction and Processing in Extreme Environments – Blue Mining”.

Karen Weitemeyer

NERC grant awarded to Dr Derek Keir for project: Rift Volcanism: Past, Present and Future

Derek Keir has recently been awarded a little over half a million pounds through a NERC large grant. Project Rift Volcanism: Past, Present and Future aims to use various geophysical techniques, petrology and geology to understand volcano behavior and hazards in the Ethiopian rift. Derek will be leading the seismology component in collaboration with the… Read More NERC grant awarded to Dr Derek Keir for project: Rift Volcanism: Past, Present and Future

Hachem Kassem

Two Marine Geoscience Post-Doctoral Positions Available: A joint collaboration between OES and NOCS Marine Geosciences Group

We are advertising two (2 year) Post-Doctoral positions in Marine Geosciences to further strengthen the strong research links between OES staff (Geology & Geophysics, Geochemistry and Palaeoceanography and Palaeoclimate Research Groups) and the NOCS Marine Geosciences Group. We are looking for excellent candidates either in established areas of collaborative research or for new links between the… Read More Two Marine Geoscience Post-Doctoral Positions Available: A joint collaboration between OES and NOCS Marine Geosciences Group

Justin Dix

Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Texas

Geology & Geophysics PhD student, Bedanta Goswami, presented a poster at the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems held at Hotel Galvez, Galveston, Texas, USA from March 23rd­-28th, 2014. Bedanta presented his poster titled: “Resistivity Imaging of Gas Hydrates at the Vestnesa Ridge, West Svalbard Margin using marine CSEM”. He is a… Read More Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Natural Gas Hydrate Systems, Texas

Hachem Kassem

Off-rift volcanism in rift zones determined by crustal unloading, new paper in nature Geoscience

Volcanoes commonly form on the flanks of young continental rifts, whereas in more evolved rifts the volcanism is more commonly in the rift centre. Derek Keir, Lecturer in Earth Science from the Geology and Geophysics research Group, contributed to a team that modelled the stress field below rift grabens of varying width and depth caused… Read More Off-rift volcanism in rift zones determined by crustal unloading, new paper in nature Geoscience

Hachem Kassem

Ocean Sciences, 2014, Hawaii: Benthic-pelagic coupling and exchange.

At this years Ocean Sciences Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii (23-28th February), Dr Charlie Thompson, Research Fellow in G&G, was co-convener of a session on ‘ Benthic-pelagic coupling and exchange across the sediment-water interface’, alongside Dr Fay Couceiro (University of Portsmouth),  Dr. Linda Kalnejais (University of New Hampshire) and Dr. Kai Ziervogal (University of North Carolina). The… Read More Ocean Sciences, 2014, Hawaii: Benthic-pelagic coupling and exchange.

Shari Gallop

Southampton undergraduates at AAPG Imperial Barrel Award

This year’s AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) Imperial Barrel Award team (Alice Wenborn, Suzanne Millis, Sam Bunnett, Ben James and Chris Wilkinson) were placed 5th in the European Regional Competition in Prague. In an extremely closely fought competition featuring 26 teams from throughout Europe, they were the highest ranking UG team, beaten only by… Read More Southampton undergraduates at AAPG Imperial Barrel Award

Shari Gallop