Summary
My research combines fieldwork, optical and electron microscopy to study the structures associated with earthquake faulting at a variety of scales in the geological record. I cam particularly interested in the varied mechanisms of deformation recorded in the microstructures around faults. Recent research during a postdoc at the University of Plymouth investigated the nucleation of deep crustal earthquakes and their subsequent effect on lower crustal strength, whilst my PhD research at the University of Leeds looked at the geological record of upper crustal earthquakes and their spatial, structural and microstructural variation over an exhumed major fault zone.