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Stephen Edwards
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| Specialisation |
Environmental earth science, especially natural and man-made hazards; igneous geology, especially volcanology; mineralogy; geochemistry; field studies and mapping; education and e-learning; public understanding of science. |
| Research interests |
Volcanic processes and environmental change. |
| Telephone |
+44 (0)20 7679 7880 |
| Fax |
+44 (0)20 7679 2390 |
| s.edwards@ucl.ac.uk | |
| Short curriculum vitae |
Stephen Edwards is the first Development Manager at the Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre, a position that utilises his expertise in Earth science, hazardous natural processes, interdisciplinary project development and management, education, and communication of science to professionals and the public. Stephen is well travelled, having undertaken university teaching and research throughout the world. Following completion of his PhD as a Commonwealth Scholar in Canada, he held lectureships in Earth science at Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Greenwich, and a visiting professorship in Earth science at the University of Papua New Guinea. Stephen is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London and the Higher Education Academy, and a member of the Earth Science Teachers’ Association and the editorial board of Geology Today. |
| Recent publications |
Edwards, S., Hudson-Edwards, K., Cann, J., Malpas, J. & Xenophontos,
C. (in press) Classic Geology in Europe Field Guide 7: Cyprus. Terra
Publishing. Hudson-Edwards, K. A. & Edwards, S. J. 2005. Mineralogical controls on storage of As, Cu, Pb and Zn at the abandoned Mathiatis massive sulphide mine, Cyprus. Mineralogical Magazine, 69, 695–706. Zhou, M.-F., Robinson, P. T., Malpas, J., Edwards, S. J. &
Qi, L. 2005. REE and PGE geochemical constraints on the formation
of dunites in the Luobusa Ophiolite, southern Tibet. Journal of
Petrology, 46, 615-639. Coogan, L. A., Thompson, G. M., MacLeod, C. J., Dick, H. J. B., Edwards, S. J., Hosford Scheirer, A. & Barry, T. L. 2004. A combined basalt and peridotite perspective on 14 million years of melt generation at the Atlantis Bank segment of the Southwest Indian Ridge: evidence for temporal changes in mantle dynamics? Chemical Geology, 207, 13-30. |
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