Professor Zoe Shipton

Professor Zoe Shipton

Chair of Science and Programme Committee

Zoe Shipton OBE FRSE is Professor of Geological Engineering at the University of Strathclyde, where she collaborates with scientists, engineers, and social scientists to deliver subsurface solutions for the energy transition.

Dr Annock Gabriel Chiwona

Dr Annock Gabriel Chiwona

Annock Gabriel Chiwona is Chief Geologist in the Geological Survey of Malawi with research collaborations in agro-geology, soil remineralisation and geohazards.

Professor Lorna Dawson

Professor Lorna Dawson

Lorna Dawson, Professor at Robert Gordon University and Head of Centre of Forensic Soil Science at James Hutton Institute, CBE in 2018, FRSE in 2019, FRSA in 2016 and awarded the Royal Society of Edinburgh Medal for Earth sciences, 2023.

Dr Katriona Edlmann

Dr Katriona Edlmann

Katriona Edlmann is a Senior Lecturer and Chancellor’s Fellow in Energy at University of Edinburgh. Katriona integrates detailed experimental studies with numerical modelling and field data to address environmental geology problems that tackle the issues of natural resource and energy supply in a responsible and sustainable way.

Dr Ana Maria Esteves

Dr Ana Maria Esteves

Ana Maria Esteves is CEO and founder of Community Insights Group, a social impact management consultancy, and Visiting Professor at University of Strathclyde.

Dr Anita Parbhakar-Fox

Dr Anita Parbhakar-Fox

Anita Parbhakar-Fox is a Principal Research Fellow in Applied Geochemistry at the W.H. Bryan Mining and Geology Research Centre within the Sustainable Minerals Institute and leads the Mine Waste Transformation through Characterisation (MIWATCH) group.

Professor Sanjeev Gupta

Professor Sanjeev Gupta

Sanjeev Gupta is a Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Imperial College London. His primary research is in understanding environmental evolution on planetary surfaces.

Professor Caiubi Kuhn

Professor Caiubi Kuhn

Caiubi Kuhn is Professor at the Federal University of Mato Grosso. He graduated in Geology, specialist in Public Management, Master in Geosciences from the Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT).

Dr Zoe Mildon

Dr Zoe Mildon

Zoe Mildon is Associate Professor of Active Tectonics at the University of Plymouth. She currently holds a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship for her project “Quake4D” which aims to interrogate the current approach to seismic hazard assessment.

Professor Andy Sloan

Professor Andy Sloan

Andy Sloan FRSE is Managing Director of consulting firm COWI UK and a Visiting Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Strathclyde University.

Dr Pornsawat Wathanakul

Dr Pornsawat Wathanakul

Pornsawat Wathanakul is Chair of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University Bangkok, Thailand; Former director and board member of the Gem and Jewelry Institute of Thailand (GIT, Public Organisation).