GGE Staff
Staff within the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment are able to draw on their varied academic backgrounds, subject specialisms, research and experiences to ensure you receive expert support throughout your studies. Our staff are actively engaged with various organisations, such as The Geological Society, IEMA, and RGS, and are nationally and internationally recognised for their research, bids, and topical expertise. Our professional support staff provide an outstanding service to our both our academic staff and to our students, which greatly enhances the student experience.
Head of School

Professor Clare Holdsworth
Head of School
- William Smith: WS1.03
- +44 (0) 1782 733167
- c.m.holdsworth@keele.ac.uk
Academic and research staff

Dr. Adam Moolna
Lecturer in Environment and Sustainability
Programme Director for Natural Sciences
Expert in Conservation, climate change, wildlife, marine environments and conservation, sustainability.
- William Smith: WS1.24
- +44 (0) 1782 734115
- a.moolna@keele.ac.uk

Dr Alexandre Nobajas
Lecturer in Human Geography and GIS
- William Smith: WS1.41B
- +44 (0) 1782 734962
- a.nobajas@keele.ac.uk

Dr Alix Cage
Senior Lecturer
- William Smith: WS1.14
- +44 (0) 1782 733177
- a.g.cage@keele.ac.uk

Dr Antonia Law
Senior Lecturer in Geography
Deputy Director (Education) of the Institute for Sustainable Futures
Expert in Climate change, plastic pollution, lakes/freshwater ecosystems, pollution.
- William Smith: WS1.33B
- +44 (0) 1782 734306
- a.c.law@keele.ac.uk

Dr Mark Ashby
Lecturer in Ecology and Conservation
Programme Director for Ecology and Conservation (BSc & MSci)
Programme Director for Environment and Sustainability (BSc)
Expert in Ecology and Conservation
- William Smith, WS1.39a
- m.ashby@keele.ac.uk

Dr Daniel Allen
Lecturer in Human Geography
Expert in Animal welfare, pet theft, conservation.
- William Smith: WS1.11
- +44 (0) 1782 734961
- d.allen@keele.ac.uk

Professor Deirdre McKay
Professor of Sustainable Development; Deputy Director for KISI; Lead for coCREATE
Expert in Plastic pollution, climate policy, climate change, developing countries/low- and middle-income countries.
- William Smith: WS1.28
- +44 (0) 1782 733601
- d.c.mckay@keele.ac.uk

Dr Christian Devenish
Lecturer in Ecology and Environment
- WS1.39b William Smith Building
- +44 1782731784
- c.devenish@keele.ac.uk

Dr Glenda Jones
Research & Teaching Fellow
- William Smith Building: WS1.17
- +44 (0) 1782 734309
- g.m.jones@keele.ac.uk

Dr Ian Oliver
Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science
School Internationalisation Director
- William Smith: WS1.11A
- +44 (0) 1782 734956
- i.oliver@keele.ac.uk

Dr Ian Stimpson
Senior Lecturer in Geophysics
- William Smith: WS1.02
- +44 (0) 1782 733182
- i.g.stimpson@keele.ac.uk

Dr Jamie Pringle
Reader in Forensic Geoscience
Expert in Forensic science, geophysics.
- LJ0.19
- j.k.pringle@keele.ac.uk

Dr Katie Szkornik
Senior Lecturer
Dean of Education
Expert in Education
- William Smith: WS1.38
- +44 (0) 1782 733614
- k.szkornik@keele.ac.uk

Dr Lisa Lau
Senior Lecturer
- William Smith: WS1.29
- +44 (0) 1782 733613
- l.lau@keele.ac.uk

Dr Mark Lucherini
Lecturer in Human Geography
- William Smith: WS1.30A
- +44 (0) 1782 732866
- m.lucherini@keele.ac.uk

Dr Michael Montenari
Lecturer in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy
- William Smith: WS1.12
- +44 (0) 1782 733162
- m.montenari@keele.ac.uk

Dr Peter Knight
Reader in Geography
- William Smith: WS1.40
- +44 (0) 1782 734304
- p.g.knight@keele.ac.uk

Dr Ralf Gertisser
Reader in Mineralogy and Petrology
- William Smith: WS1.42
- +44 (0) 1782 733181
- r.gertisser@keele.ac.uk

Dr Ralf Halama
Lecturer in Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
- William Smith: WS1.41A
- +44 (0) 1782 734960
- r.halama@keele.ac.uk

Dr Richard Waller
Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography
Geography Admissions Tutor
- William Smith: WS 1.31
- +44 (0) 1782 733179
- r.i.waller@keele.ac.uk

Dr Sharon George
Senior Lecturer
Expert in Climate change, green technology, environmental sustainability, waste management, the impact of climate change on developing nations.
- William Smith: WS1.15
- +44 (0) 1782 733986
- s.m.george@keele.ac.uk

Professor Simon Pemberton
Professor of Human Geography; School Director of Research
- William Smith: WS1.36
- +44 (0) 1782 733165
- s.pemberton@keele.ac.uk

Dr Steven Rogers
Senior Lecturer in Geology
- William Smith: WS1.33A
- +44 (0) 1782 733752
- s.l.rogers@keele.ac.uk

Dr Stu Clarke
Lecturer
- William Smith: WS1.23
- +44 (0) 1782 733171
- s.m.clarke@keele.ac.uk

Dr Stuart Egan
Senior Lecturer in Geology
Programme Director for Geology
- William Smith: WS1.07
- +44 (0) 1782 733174
- s.s.egan@keele.ac.uk

Angie Turner
Lecturer in Environmental Sustainability and Green Technology
- William Smith 1.20
- +44 (0) 1782 733620
- a.c.turner@keele.ac.uk

Professor Zoe Robinson
Professor of Sustainability Science
Director of the Institute for Sustainable Futures
Expert in Sustainability, education, green technology, climate change.
- William Smith: WS1.32
- +44 (0) 1782 734303
- z.p.robinson@keele.ac.uk
Professional services staff - technical

Jenny Hillman
Technical Co-ordinator
- William Smith: WS1.10B
- +44 (0) 1782 732537
- j.e.hillman@keele.ac.uk
Professional services staff - administrative

Stef Everill
School Operations Officer
- William Smith WS 0.04
- +44 (0) 1782 734307
- s.everill@keele.ac.uk

Jim Rhead
Administrator - Geology and Environment
- William Smith: WS0.04
- +44 (0) 1782 733183
- j.d.rhead@keele.ac.uk

Maria Kyriacou
Faculty Operation Manager
- William Smith : WS1.06
- +44 (0) 1782 733318
- m.kyriacou@keele.ac.uk

Kerry Mollart Price
School Administrator
- William Smith Building, Schools Office
- +44 (0)1782 731547
- k.l.mollart.price@keele.ac.uk
Postgraduate research students

Alice Witherick
Postgraduate Research Student
- William Smith: WS1.25
- +44 (0) 1782 733620
- a.m.witherick@keele.ac.uk

Ben Davenward
Postgraduate Research Student
- William Smith: WS1.25
- +44 (0) 1782 733620
- b.j.davenward@keele.ac.uk

Betzy Jematia Bowen
PhD Researcher
- William Smith building: 1.25
- b.j.bowen@keele.ac.uk

Cathrene Rowell
Postgraduate Research Student
- William Smith: WS1.25
- +44 (0) 1782 733620
- c.j.rowell@keele.ac.uk

Chester Davies
Postgraduate Research Student
- WS 1.08
- +44 (0) 1782 734301
- c.h.c.davies@keele.ac.uk

Thomas J.H. Dodd
Post Graduate Research Student (part-time; Senior Geologist at BGS fullt-time)
- British Geological Survey, Lyell Center (Edinburgh)
- +44 (0) 7876813900
- t.j.h.dodd@keele.ac.uk

Brenda Flores Cuevas
Postgraduate Research Student
- William Smith WS 1.25
- +44 (0) 7729 867548
- b.i.flores.cuevas@keele.ac.uk

Helen Malbon
Postgraduate Research Student
- William Smith WS1.25
- +44 (0) 1782 733620
- h.malbon@keele.ac.uk

Victor Hême de Lacotte
Postgraduate Research Student
- William Smith 1.08
- v.j.p.heme.de.lacotte@keele.ac.uk

Iqtadar Shah
Postgraduate Research Student
- William Smith WS 1.25
- +44 (0) 1782 733620
- i.h.shah@keele.ac.uk

Jacob Noble
Postgraduate Research Student
- William Smith: WS1.01
- j.m.noble1@keele.ac.uk

Natasha Keeley
Postgraduate research student
- William Smith WS1.25
- n.keeley@keele.ac.uk

Laura Brennan
Postgraduate Research Student
- William Smith WS 1.25
- +44 (0) 1782 733620
- l.j.brennan@keele.ac.uk

Layth Al-Madhachi
Postgraduate Research Student
- William Smith WS 1.08
- +44 (0) 1782 734301
- l.k.m.al-madhachi@keele.ac.uk

Mark Grodner
Postgraduate Research Student
- William Smith WS 1.08
- +44 (0) 1782 734301
- m.w.grodner@keele.ac.uk

Matthew Harris
Postgraduate Research Student
- William Smith WS1.25
- +44 7743 045 761
- m.r.p.harris@keele.ac.uk

Toyin Tosin Olorunfemi
Postgraduate Research Student
- William Smith Building (WS 1.25) John Cadman Laboratory
- +44 (0) 1782 733620
- t.t.olorunfemi@keele.ac.uk

Tamsin Fisher
Research Associate
- RI: HUMSS
- +44 (0) 1782 7 tba
- t.e.fisher@keele.ac.uk

Tom Dodd
Postgraduate Research Student
- William Smith WS 1.25
- +44 (0) 1782 733620
- t.j.h.dodd@keele.ac.uk

Tomi Turner
Postgraduate Research Student
- William Smith WS 1.25
- +44 (0) 1782 733620
- t.turner@keele.ac.uk

James Whitehurst
Postgraduate Research Student
- William Smith, WS 1.25
- j.a.whitehurst@keele.ac.uk
Yaman Aljaghbeer
Postgraduate Research student
- William Smith WS 1.25
- +44 (0) 1782 733620
- y.m.aljaghbeer@keele.ac.uk
Emeritus Professors

Professor Gilbert Kelling
Emeritus Professor of Sedimentology and Marine Geology
- William Smith Building : WS 1.01
- g.kelling@keele.ac.uk

Professor Hugh Torrens
Emeritus Professor of History of Science and Technology
- William Smith Building WS 1.01
- (+44) 01782 733754
- h.s.torrens@keele.ac.uk
Honorary Professors and Honorary Senior Research Fellows

Philip Ball
Honorary Senior Research Fellow
- c/o William Smith Building : WS 1.12
Fellows of the University

Dr Bernard Besly
Honorary Research Fellow
- c/o William Smith Building 1.23
- b.besly@keele.ac.uk

Dr Brian Turton

Dr David Emley
Honorary Fellow
- c/o Wiliam Smith WS 0.04
- 01785 812804
- d.w.emley@keele.ac.uk

Dr Philip Lane
Fellow of the University
- William Smith Building : WS 1.01
- (+44) 01782 733754
School of Geography, Geology and the Environment
William Smith Building
Keele University
Staffordshire
ST5 5BG
Tel: +44 (0) 1782 733615
School email: gge@keele.ac.uk