All COMET members are listed below:
COMET Directorate
Juliet Biggs (Bristol) – COMET Co-Director
Tim Wright (Leeds) – COMET Co-Director
Alex Copley (Cambridge) – Deputy Director (Earthquakes and Tectonics)
Susanna Ebmeier (Leeds) – Deputy Director (Volcanoes)
Don Grainger (Oxford) – Deputy Director (Earth Observation)
Luke Bateson (BGS)
Sue Loughlin (BGS)
Charlotte Royle (Leeds) – COMET Manager
Lucy Sharpson (Leeds) – COMET Research and Events Officer
Rhys Charles (Bristol) – COMET Senior Engagement and Impact Officer
COMET Scientists
As well as contributing to our objectives and partnerships through co-funded projects, COMET scientists play a key role in internal review and forward planning for the COMET science programme.
Pui Anantrasirichai (Bristol)
Brian Baptie (BGS)
Mike Burton (Manchester)
Timothy Craig (Leeds)
Melanie Duncan (BGS)
Marie Edmonds (Cambridge)
John Elliott (Leeds)
Samantha Engwell (BGS)
Laura Gregory (Leeds)
Jess Hawthorne (Oxford)
Andy Hooper (Leeds)
Ekbal Hussain (BGS)
Yasser Maghsoudi (Exeter)
Tamsin Mather (Oxford)
Brendan McCormick Kilbride (Manchester)
Ilaria Mosca (BGS)
Jurgen (Locko) Neuberg (Leeds)
Alessandro Novellino (BGS)
Qi Ou (Edinburgh)
David Pyle (Oxford)
Ed Rhodes (Sheffield)
Margarita Segou (BGS)
Richard Walker (Oxford)
Matthew Watson (Bristol)
Max Werner (Bristol)
Sam Wimpenny (Bristol)
Annie Winson (BGS)
COMET Research Staff
COMET Research Staff are partially-funded by COMET to work on the COMET National Capability science programme.
Edna Dualeh (Bristol)
Ben Esse (Manchester)
Jin Fang (Leeds)
Matthew Gaddes (Leeds)
Milan Lazecky (Leeds)
Isabelle Taylor (Oxford)
COMET Postdoctoral Researchers
COMET Postdoctoral Researchers usually work closely with or are supervised by COMET members.
Rami Alshembari (Exeter)
Jose Bayona (Bristol)
Matias Clunes (Portsmouth)
Timothy Davis (Bristol)
Jin Fang (Leeds)
Joaquin Julve (Cardiff)
Sacha Lapins (Bristol)
Lorenzo Mantiloni (Exeter)
Alexandra Morand (Bristol)
Camila Novoa Lizama (Leeds)
Gopal Phartiyal (Leeds)
Zachary Sudholz (Cambridge)
Shailza Sharma (Leeds)
Zakeria Shnizai (Oxford)
Giovanni Toffol (Cardiff)
Siyuan Zhao (Leeds)
Weiyu Zheng (Bristol)
COMET Emeritus
Philip England (Oxford)
Greg Houseman (Leeds)
James Jackson (Cambridge)
David Kerridge (BGS)
Barry Parsons (Oxford)
Geoff Wadge (Reading)
COMET Associates
COMET Associate Scientists are collaborators who are engaged with our science programme; this includes postdoctoral researchers with independent research fellowships who are based in COMET research teams. Associates are not funded by COMET, but are invited to annual science meetings (and other meetings as appropriate), included in internal communications, and encouraged to collaborate and engage with other COMET members for mutual benefit.
Philip Benson (UCL)
Lidong Bie (East Anglia)
Sarah Boulton (Plymouth)
Sophie Butcher (BGS)
Peter Clarke (Newcastle)
James Dalziel (WTW Research Network)
Amy Donavan (Cambridge)
Ake Fagereng (Cardiff)
David Ferguson (Leeds)
Matt Fox (UCL)
Ping He (Leeds)
James Hickey (Exeter)
Anna Hicks (BGS)
Adriano Gualandi (Cambridge)
Holly Hourston (BGS)
Evgenia Ilyinskaya (Leeds)
Mike Kendall (Oxford)
Craig Magee (Leeds)
Emma McAllister (BGS)
Erin Mills (BGS)
Zhenhong Li (Newcastle)
Zoe Mildon (Plymouth)
Andy Nowacki (Leeds)
Clive Oppenheimer (Cambridge)
Tom Pering (Sheffield)
Sandra Piazolo (Leeds)
Margherita Polacci (Manchester)
Chris Rollins (Leeds/GNS)
Dylan Rood (Imperial)
Peter Rowley (Bristol)
Susanne Sargeant (BGS)
Victoria Smith (BGS)
Maximillian Van Wyk de Vries (Cambridge)
Charlotte Vye-Brown (BGS)
C.Scott Watson (Leeds)
Tom Wilkes (Sheffield)
Gang Zheng (Leeds)
COMET Research Students
All COMET students receive supervision from COMET members. While a few studentships are funded directly by COMET, most of the students within the COMET community are externally funded.
You can find a list of current COMET research students here.