UCL Earth Sciences Careers Forum 2014
The 2014 Forum took place on the 30th of January 2014
Lyndsey Douglas (Natural History Museum): Lyndsey
works as the Digitizer Technician London at the Natural
History Museum, London. She is interested in
Palaeontology and have been employed on various
collection based projects which are based around
digitization, documentation and public engagement. Her
interest in museums began when she was Volunteering at
the NHM after graduating from UCL. She is currently
developing this by working towards the AMA
Associateship of the Museums Association.
Stephanie Robson (Environment Agency):
Stephanie is a Technical Officer (Groundwater and
Contaminated Land) at Groundwater & Contaminated
Land; Wessex Area, South West Region
Stephanie graduated from UCL in 2010 receiving
Environmental Geoscience MSci, degree.
Judith Woo (Talbot): Judith is an Exposure Management
Analyst at Talbot Underwriting Ltd with responsibilities
including the RDS submission, system development and
non-modelled catastrophe research. She joined Talbot in
2010 with previous experience in catastrophe modelling for
Guy Carpenter where she was also a member of a European
Initiative Group. Judith holds a PhD in Volcanology and is
an co-author of several papers on unrest in Campi Flegrei,
in Southern Italy. She is an honorary research associate for
University College London.
James Scotchman (NEFTEX): James works as a
Geoscientist at Neftex Petroleum Consultants Ltd, a UK
geosciences consultancy business. He holds a PhD from
UCL, Earth Sciences and his thesis was entitled
"Stratigraphic context and timing of sand supply to deepmarine Ainsa basin, Middle Eocene, Spanish Pyrenees:
Constraints from geochemistry and sedimentology". During
his PhD study James undertook the summer internship at
Exxon Mobil, Houston, USA working with the Integrated
Reservoir Performance and Prediction group.
Howard Nicholls (Spectrum Geo Ltd): Howard graduated
from UCL in 1986 with a degree in Geology. Began
working at Spectrum, a Multi-Client Seismic Company,
based in Woking, in 1989, employed as a land seismic
processing specialist. Spent over 20 years learning the dark
arts of seismic data processing, which included several
prolonged periods working abroad (South America, US,
Egypt & Libya). Travelled extensively as part of my job,
particularly US, Middle East (including Syria & Iran) and
Far East. 2 years ago moved into Spectrum’s Multi-Client
division, responsible for QC of all seismic processing for
the department in EAME. Part of a team of G & G specialists looking for opportunities for
new surveys in areas not yet explored for hydrocarbons.