Heriot-Watt staff and students

Dr Juliane Bischoff
Laboratory manager, geosciences
Email: J.Bischoff@hw.ac.uk

Dr Heidi L Burdett
Assistant Professor
Email: h.burdett@hw.ac.uk

Dr Andreas Busch
Professor of earth sciences — geoenergy
Email: a.busch@hw.ac.uk

Dr Aaron Cahill
Assistant Professor
Email: a.cahill@hw.ac.uk

Anna Clark
Project Co-ordinator
Email: A.E.Clark@hw.ac.uk

Rory Davis
Technician
Email: R.Davis@hw.ac.uk

Dr Daniela Diz
Associate Professor
Email: D.Diz@hw.ac.u

Dr Rob Harbour
Postdoctoral research associate
Email: R.Harbour@hw.ac.uk

Dr Sabine den Hartog
Associate Professor
Email: s.den_Hartog@hw.ac.uk

Dr Babette Hoogakker
Associate Professor
Email: B.Hoogakker@hw.ac.uk

Dr Nathaniel Forbes Inskip
Postdoctoral research associate
Email: NF73@hw.ac.uk

Dr Andrew Johnson
Assistant Professor
Email: aj214@hw.ac.uk

Dr Michel Kaiser
Heriot–Watt University’s Chief Scientist
Professor of fisheries conservation
Email m.kaiser@hw.ac.uk

Dr Ingrid Kelling
Assistant Professor
Email: i.kelling@hw.ac.uk

Vyacheslav Khon
Postdoctoral research associate
Email: V.Khon@hw.ac.uk

Morgan Lord
Research Assistant
Email:

Dr John Ludden, CBE
Bicentennial Research Professor
(environmental governance and diplomacy)
Email: J.Ludden@hw.ac.uk

Dr Clayton Magill
Assistant Professor
Email: C.Magill@hw.ac.uk

Paul Miller
Technician (PTC)
Email: p.miller@hw.ac.uk

Alba Navarro Rodriguez
Technician
Email: A.Navarro_Rodriguez@hw.ac.uk

Katrina Nilsson-Kerr
Technician
Email: K.Nilsson-Kerr@hw.ac.uk

Dr Ryan Pereira
Assistant Professor
Email: R.Pereira@hw.ac.uk

Dr Kristina Peterson
Research & Logistics Manager for the Deep–Sea Ecology and Biogeochemistry research group
Email: KP35@hw.ac.uk

Dr Alex Poulton
Associate professor in biological oceanography
Email: A.Poulton@hw.ac.uk

Dr Jennifer Pratscher
Assistant Professor
Email: J.Pratscher@hw.ac.uk

Dr Julia Rosa de Rezende
Assistant Professor
Email: j.de.rezende@hw.ac.uk

Emma Samson
Aquarium Technician
Email: E.Samson@hw.ac.uk

Dr Marija Sciberras
Assistant Professor
Email: m.sciberras@hw.ac.uk

Xiang Shi
Postdoctoral research associate
Email: XS6@hw.ac.uk

Dr Andrew K Sweetman
Professor of deep–sea ecology,
leader of the marine benthic ecology and in-situ technology group
Email: A.Sweetman@hw.ac.uk

Dr Stephen Votier
Professor of Seabird Ecology
Email: S.Votier@hw.ac.uk

Dr Thomas Wagner
Professor of earth system science, EGIS
Email: T.Wagner@hw.ac.uk

Dr Qingping Zou
Professor of risk, hazards and uncertainty
Email q.zou@hw.ac.uk

Sevda Norouzi Alibabalou
Postgraduate student
Constraining the Global CO2 Flux Between Atmospheric and Water Stores
Email: SN57@hw.ac.uk

Georgy Borisochev
Postgraduate student
Bridging pore scales in mudrocks to predict fluid flow from micropores to fractures
Email: gb168@hw.ac.uk

Marta Maria Cecchetto
Postgraduate student
Assessing benthic ecosystem functioning across the deep-sea biome of the western Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean and Andvord Bay in the Antarctic Peninsula.
Email: mc118@hw.ac.uk

Daniëlle S.W. de Jonge
Postgraduate student
The impact of multiple stressors on deep soft-sediment ecosystem functioning
Email: dsd3@hw.ac.uk

Valentina DaCosta
Postgraduate student
Mainstreaming marine biodiversity into coastal and marine governance for sustainable development in the Southeast Pacific.
Email: VD2002@hw.ac.uk

Hannah Fennell
Postgraduate student
Global effects of static gear fisheries on seabed habitats and the causes and consequences of ghost–gear on marine ecosystems’ Funded by Young’s Seafood, Sainsbury’s PLC, The Coop, and the Global Ghost Gear Initiative
Email: HF4@hw.ac.uk

Mairi Fenton
Postgraduate student
Understanding the consequences of scallop dredging in relation to seabed habitat types, conservation features and other industry sectors
Email: MMF13@hw.ac.uk

Karen Fung
Postgraduate student
Recover, Recycle, Reengineer: A microbial and biotechnological solution to tackle the waste tyre problem
Email: KCLF2000@hw.ac.uk

Lara Funk
Postgraduate student
Examining social responsibility tools and worker wellbeing in global seafood supply
Email: LAF2001@hw.ac.uk

Sebastian Garrido
Postgraduate student
Changes in the expansion of the South East Pacific Oxygen Minimum Zone since the Last Glacial Maximum using benthic foraminifera community ecology.
Email: sag15@hw.ac.uk

Paula Sofia Gonzalez
Postgraduate student
Advancing Knowledge on Subsurface Fugitive Gas Migration Associated with Geoenergy Activities
Email: PSG4@hw.ac.uk

Matthew Gravener
Postgraduate student
Microbial methane oxidation
Email: MG167@hw.ac.uk

Nick Harpers
Postgraduate student
Effects of flow–through of undersaturated geothermal fluids on the hydraulic and frictional properties of fractures under geothermal conditions
Email: NH57@hw.ac.uk

Muhammad Sabiu Jibrin
Postgraduate student
De-risking unconventional hydrocarbon/energy exploration through novel biogeochemical approaches: towards a systematic understanding of organic matter processes in the subsurface and their impact on the environment
Email: msj6@hw.ac.uk

Beau Marsh
Postgraduate student
Role of the world's deepest living marine algae in the global carbon cycle
Email: bcm2@hw.ac.uk

Will McMinn
Postgraduate student
Autonomous insights into algal nutrient uptake
Email: wrm3@hw.ac.uk

Melanie Mertesdorf
Postgraduate student
High-sulphur source rock systems — expanding the potential of unconventional resources
Email: mvm4@hw.ac.uk

Annabell Moser
Postgraduate student
Developing the next generation of sediment profile imaging camera/ planar optode system for use on autonomous platforms
Email: am331@hw.ac.uk

Cornelia Simon Nutbrown
Postgraduate student
Using genetics, physiology and modelling to improve marine ecosystem conservation
Email: ccs3@hw.ac.uk

Jiawei Pan
Postgraduate student
marine contourites' potential for carbon burial
Email: JP48@hw.ac.uk

Tommaso Paoloni
Postgraduate student
Lessons from the past: carbon cycling
Email: TP47@hw.ac.uk

Tom Phillips
Postgraduate student
Fluid transport in fractures of caprocks for CO₂ storage
Email: tp45@hw.ac.uk

Tessa Plint
Postgraduate student
Combining stable isotopes and organic biomarkers to reconstruct paleoenvironmental conditions in East Africa
Email: tp46@hw.ac.uk

Hasrizal Abd Rahman
Postgraduate student
Biocide-based souring mitigation strategy
Email: ha2015@hw.ac.uk

Amirsaman Rezaeyan
Postgraduate Student
Using small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) for a systematic understanding of the pore structure of mudrocks of different origin
Email: ar104@hw.ac.uk

Sahriza Salwani Bt Md Shah
Postgraduate student
Implication of mineralogical and petrophysical property changes on the mechanical integrity of reservoir and seal rocks for safe CO₂ storage
Email: sahriza_mdshah@petronas.com.my

Wan Muhammad Luqman bin Sazali (known as Luqman)
Postgraduate student
Characterization of porosity and permeability in reservoir seals using an experimental and upscaled modelling approach
Email: ws2001@hw.ac.uk

Xiang Shi
Postgraduate student
Understanding the role of diverse microbial populations in reservoir souring and microbially induced corrosion
Email: xs6@hw.ac.uk

Alycia Smith
Postgraduate student
Quantifying seafloor biogeochemistry and ecosystem processes in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone prior to polymetallic nodule mining
Email: ajs2000@hw.ac.uk

Lavinia Maria Stancampiano
Postgraduate student
Reconstructing early human landscape: combined organic matter-mineral insights to terrestrial ecohydrology
Email: LS80@hw.ac.uk

Bruce Steel
Postgraduate student
Microbial lignocellulose degradation in the environment
Email: bs54@hw.ac.uk

Apiradee Suwannathong
Postgraduate student
Characterisation of the effect of pore characteristics in different depositional settings on gas flow mechanism in shale reservoirs by digital rock analysis
Email: A-S1@hw.ac.uk

Naomi Villiot
Postgraduate student
Unlocking the inner cell of coccolithophores
Email: nv53@hw.ac.uk

Ming Wen
Postgraduate student
The effect of cyclic subsurface hydrogen storage on the mechanical and transport properties of reservoir rocks
Email: mw107@hw.ac.uk

Helge Winkelbauer
Postgraduate student
Lessons from the past: deoxygenation of the ocean
Email: HAW2@hw.ac.uk

Dr Zeinab Smillie
Zeinab Smillie is Daphne Jackson/NERC Assistant Professor with an expertise in mineralogy, petrology, and geochemistry. Zeinab's current research concentrates on deep-water sedimentary systems and processes, especially the contourite deposits from the IODP Expedition 339 on Mediterranean outflow.
Email: z.smillie@hw.ac.uk

Dr James Spray
James is investigating the photochemical and microbial degradation of organic matter (OM) as it passes through rivers, for both temperate streams and tropical rainforest headwaters. These processes alter the concentration and composition of OM, and contribute to the release of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. He is also exploring virtual reality and gamification as tools for science communication, with a focus on bringing the Iwokrama Rainforest to life as a virtual experience.

Fenella Watson
Executive Assistant
Email: Fenella.Watson@hw.ac.uk