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Application Form for Staff in the

Academic and Research Job Family Use this form to apply for promotion to the following positions:

Senior Lecturer (non-clinical), Reader (clinical and non-clinical), Associate Professor (Business School only) Senior Research Fellow, Professor (clinical and non-clinical), Principal Research Fellow,

Send completed forms by e-mail to the Academic Promotions alias ac.pro@imperial.ac.uk

Full Name and Title Dr Christopher Aiden-Lee Jackson

Department Earth Science and Engineering

Address for Correspondence

Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2BP

E-mail Address

c.jackson@imperial.ac.uk

Daytime Phone Number

02075947450

Title and Date of Current Appointment

Statoil Reader in Basin Analysis (Oct 2012)

Title of Honorary Association (if applicable)

N/A

Proposed Grade Professor of Basin Analysis

Higher Education:

2002: PhD (University of Manchester) NERC CASE Studentship with BP 1998: BSc (Hons.) 1st Class (University of Manchester)

Membership of Professional Bodies and Learned Societies

British Sedimentological Research Group (BSRG) Member since 1998 (Member of the Executive Committee 2006-2009 and President since 2013) American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Member since 2000 Geological Society of London (GSL) Member since 2002 (Member of the Petroleum Group committee 2006-2010) Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain (PESGB) Member since 2004 European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) Member since 2004 Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Member since 2006

Applicant Number: (HR Use only)

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N.B. These professional body abbreviations are used throughout this application

APPOINTMENTS Begin with the most recent and include a brief description of responsibilities.

Title of Appointment

Dates (From/To)

Department/Other Organisation

Brief Description of Responsibilities

Statoil Reader in Basin Analysis

Oct 2012-present

Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London

MSc teaching:

• Seismic Interpretation Techniques (lecture and practicals) – MSc Petroleum Geoscience (Oct 2012-present)

• Barrel Award Exploration module - MSc Petroleum Geoscience (Oct 2012-present)

• Western US field module - MSc Petroleum Geoscience (Oct 2012-present)

• Derbyshire field module – MSc Petroleum Geoscience (Oct 2012-present)

• MSc project supervision – MSc Petroleum Geoscience (Oct 2012-present)

Undergraduate teaching:

• MSci project supervision – 4th year undergraduate (Oct 2012-present)

• Project and Tutorials I (2.15) - 1st year undergraduate (Oct 2012-present)

Administration:

• Deputy Co-Director of Postgraduate Research (June 2014-present)

• Department Steering Committee (May 2011-Nov 2013)

• Head of the Basins Research Group (BRG)

Research:

• Ten PhD students supervised

• Three PDRAs supervised

Statoil Senior Lecturer in Basin Analysis

Oct 2009-Oct 2012

Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London

MSc teaching:

• Seismic Interpretation Techniques (lecture and practicals) – MSc Petroleum Geoscience (Oct 2009-present)

• Barrel Award Exploration module - MSc Petroleum Geoscience (Oct 2009-present)

• Western US field module - MSc Petroleum Geoscience (Oct 2009-present)

• Derbyshire field module – MSc Petroleum Geoscience (Oct 2009-present)

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• MSc project supervision – MSc Petroleum Geoscience (Oct 2009-present)

Undergraduate teaching:

• MSci project supervision – 4th year undergraduate (Oct 2009-present)

• Project and Tutorials I (2.15) - 1st year undergraduate (Oct 2009-present)

Administration:

• Department Steering Committee (May 2011-Nov 2013)

• Head of the Basins Research Group (BRG)

Research:

• 11 PhD students supervised

• Four PDRAs supervised

Statoil Lecturer in Basin Analysis

Oct 2004-Oct 2009

Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London

MSc teaching:

• Seismic Interpretation Techniques (lecture and practicals) – MSc Petroleum Geoscience (Oct 2004-Sept 2009)

• Seismic Interpretation Techniques module (lecture and practicals) – MSc Petroleum Geophysics (Oct 2007-Sept 2009)

• Seismic Interpretation Techniques (4.13) (lecture and practicals) – 3rd-4th year undergraduate (Oct 2007-Sept 2008)

• Seismic Interpretation of Sedimentary Basins (lecture and practicals) – MSc Petroleum Geoscience (Oct 2005-Sept 2008)

• Barrel Award Exploration module - MSc Petroleum Geoscience (Oct 2004-Sept 2009)

• Western US field module - MSc Petroleum Geoscience (Oct 2004-Sept 2009)

• Derbyshire field module – MSc Petroleum Geoscience (Oct 2005-Sept 2006)

• MSc project supervision – MSc Petroleum Geoscience (Oct 2004-Sept 2009)

Undergraduate teaching:

• MSci project supervision – 4th year undergraduate (Oct 2004-Sept 2009)

• Pyrenees field module – 4th year undergraduate (Oct 2005-Sept 2006)

Administration:

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• Head of the 3D Seismic Interpretation Research Laboratory (Oct 2004-Oct 2009)

Research:

• Eight PhD students supervised

• Two PDRAs supervised

Norsk Hydro ASA (now Statoil ASA)

July 2002-Sep 2004

Norsk Hydro Research Centre, Bergen, Norway

Seismic interpretation specialist

University of Manchester (Norsk Hydro- funded Research Fellow)

Jan 2002-June 2002

Department of Earth Science, University of Manchester, UK

‘3D seismic analysis of deep-water depositional systems of the Måløy Slope, offshore Norway’ funded by Norsk Hydro ASA.

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CURRENT AND PAST CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDUCATION CURRENT Undergraduate/Postgraduate Teaching Please note that SOLE/TOLE metrics indicated here are an amalgam of both ‘Module’ and Individual Lecturer’ feedback elements. The phrasing used on forms (e.g. ‘Strongly Agree’, ‘Agree’, etc) has been simplified to ‘Very Good’, ‘Good’, etc. Hard-copy forms, which provide a detailed breakdown of evaluation metrics, can be provided on request.

Name of Course and Years Given Type of Teaching Number of Contact Hours and Class Size

Teaching Evaluation Metrics

Postgraduate teaching (MSc Petroleum Geoscience) Seismic Interpretation Techniques (2004-present) Provides students with the ability to understand the link between geology and geophysics, interpret seismic profiles and use seismic data to explore for hydrocarbons Barrel Award Exploration module (2005-present) Consolidates students’ understanding of the key techniques used to locate hydrocarbons. Replicates the real-life conditions faced by professional petroleum geologists during exploration. Western US field module (2005-present) Consolidates the classroom-taught elements of the course, with a specific focus on sedimentology, stratigraphic analysis, structural geology and basin analysis

Classroom-based lectures and practicals Planning and management of this extended ‘practical’ module Planning and delivery of this field-based module

• 40-55 students

• Lecture (8 hours)

• Practical (16 hours)

• TOTAL = 24 hours

• 40-55 students

• Preparation (24 hours)

• Lecture (24 hours)

• TOTAL = 48 hours

• 40-55 students

• Preparation (1 day)

• Field-based teaching (5 days)

• TOTAL = c. 48 hours

2013-2014 SOLE evaluation

• Very good (74%)

• Good (24%)

• Satisfactory (2%)

• Poor (0%)

• Very poor (0%)

2013-2014 SOLE evaluation

• Very good (65%)

• Good (32%)

• Satisfactory (3%)

• Poor (0%)

• Very poor (0%) 2013-2014 SOLE evaluation

• Very good (72%)

• Good (26%)

• Satisfactory (1%)

• Poor (1%)

• Very poor (0%)

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Derbyshire field module (2012-present) Consolidates the classroom-based clastic sedimentology modules, comprising both field- and classroom-based teaching and assessment MSc project supervision (2005-present) Culmination of the MSc course. Students synthesize classroom- and laboratory-based teaching and demonstrate their ability to undertake independent research and demonstrate their ability to work in inter-disciplinary teams Tutoring and project supervision (Undergraduates) Projects and Tutorials I (2.15) (2007-present) Allows 1st year undergraduate students to enhance critical and analytical skills MSci project supervision (5.28) (2007-present) Culmination of the 4-year undergraduate course, in which students are expected to synthesize all of their classroom- and laboratory-based teaching to demonstrate their ability to undertake independent research

Planning and delivery of this classroom and field-based module Project supervision Tutorials and pastoral guidance Project supervision

• 50-55 students

• Preparation (1 day)

• Field-based teaching (2 days)

• TOTAL = c. 24 hours

• Eight students

• Internal and external project supervision (ca. one day per student)

• TOTAL = c. 64 hours

• Four tutees per group

• Four tutorials per term

• TOTAL = 4 hours

• Three students per year

• Classroom-based supervision (approximately one day per student)

• TOTAL = c. 24 hours

2013-2014 SOLE evaluation

• Very good (65%)

• Good (30%)

• Satisfactory (5%)

• Poor (0%)

• Very poor (0%)

No applicable assessment metrics

No formal TOLE evaluation metric returns in 2013-2014 (see p13 for student comments) No applicable assessment metrics

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PAST Undergraduate/Postgraduate Teaching

Name of Course Type of Teaching? Number of Contact Hours and Class Size

Teaching Evaluation Metrics

Postgraduate teaching Seismic Interpretation Techniques (2007- 2009) MSc Petroleum Geophysics

Seismic Interpretation of Sedimentary Basins (2005- 2008) MSc Petroleum Geoscience Wytch Farm Production module (2005- 2007) MSc Petroleum Geoscience and MSc Petroleum Engineering Undergraduate teaching Seismic Interpretation Techniques (2007-2008) MSci Petroleum Geoscience and MSci Geophysics

Pyrenees Field module (2005- 2006) MSci Petroleum Geoscience

Lecture and Practical Lecture and Practical Extended practical/project Lecture and Practical Field-based course

• 10-15 students

• TOTAL = 12 hours

• 35-50 students

• TOTAL = 24 hours

• 85-110 students

• TOTAL = c. 24 hours

• 5-8 students

• TOTAL = 12 hours

• 20 students

• TOTAL = c. 32 hours

SOLE evaluation not available 2007-2009 SOLE evaluation not available 2005-2008 SOLE evaluation not available 2005-2007 2007-2008 SOLE evaluation

• Very good (12%)

• Good (47%)

• Satisfactory (30%)

• Poor (11%)

• Very poor (0%)

SOLE evaluation not available 2005-2006

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MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION OF UG, PG & OTHER TEACHING IN COLLEGE PhD research management and organisation Establishment and management of research group. I am Head of the Basins Research Group (BRG), a multidisciplinary research group that uses seismic reflection, borehole and outcrop data to investigate the development of sedimentary basins (http://www.basinsresearchgroup.com/index.html). I established the group in 2010, having recognising the need for a department and college focal point for both pure and applied sedimentary basin-related research. I formulate the short- and long-term research strategy of the group, ensuring that our research is world-leading; evidence for this includes publications in outstanding journals (see p29-34), and the award of prizes to associated staff and students (see p37-38). The group currently comprises nine staff members, two PDRAs and 16 PhD students. Previous group members include four PDRAs and 10 PhD students, all of whom now work either in the oil industry or in academia (see p38).

Co-Deputy Director for Postgraduate Research. I am currently Co-Deputy Director for

Postgraduate Research in ESE. Part of my role is to: (i) implement college’s and ESE’s PhD admissions process by participating in PhD interviews; (ii) implement college’s policy regarding the structure of PhD training (e.g. cohort scheme); (iii) liaise with staff in the NERC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) to ensure that ESE are fully engaged in, compliant with and contribute to the success of this program; and (iv) assess and act on issues arising from the biennial PhD student survey. I spend approximately one day per month (c. 8 hours) on this role.

Academic English training for PhD students. To maintain its academic reputation and to

continue to attract high-quality students and industry funding, Imperial College requires large volumes of high-quality research output in world-leading academic journals. It is clear that material arising from PhD-level research is a critical part of this portfolio, despite the fact that PhD students receive, as a general rule, relatively little formal training in the preparation of manuscripts. To help improve the quality of first-submission papers arising from PhD-level research within ESE and across the college, I am currently working with Hilary Glasman-Deal in the Centre for Academic English to develop a scientific writing course specifically designed for PhD students. MSc teaching management and organisation I teach on the MSc Petroleum Geoscience (F6UK). The course is recognised by industry and other academic institutes as the best of its kind in the UK and is arguably the best of its kind in the world. This is reflected in the employment rate of our students over the last few years (i.e. >90% of the students have gained employment in the oil industry) and the comments of the external examiners (e.g. “the composition and curriculum make for a truly authoritative course; the best in the world says it all”). My current management activities and responsibilities related to this course are outlined below.

Seismic Interpretation’ (PG11). I am responsible for the planning and delivery of the ‘Seismic Interpretation’ (PG11) module. This module comprises 24 hours (8 one-hour lectures and 8 two-hour practicals) of classroom-based lecturing and practicals (see p5 for details). Barrel Award Exploration (PG20). I am responsible for the planning and delivery of the ‘Barrel Award Exploration’ (PG20) module. This module lasts five weeks, representing a synthesis of the classroom- and field-taught elements of the MSc. I coordinate room allocation, team selection, workshops timetabling, software training, dataset collation and loading, software licence arrangements, organisation of PhD student and PDRA demonstrators, organisation of external lecturing staff and project marking. Module preparation takes c. 24 hours, and student engagement during the project, project marking and feedback together take c. 24 hours. Deep-Water Sedimentology (PGD1). I am responsible for the planning and delivery of the ‘Deep-Water Sedimentology’ (PGD1) module. This field-based module takes place over a weekend, requiring c. 8 hours of preparation time (e.g. coach and hotel booking, teaching

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material preparation, organisation of teaching assistants) and approximately two days (c. 16 hours) of student contact time. Western US fieldtrip - Clastics (PG30.2). I am responsible for the planning and delivery of the Western US fieldtrip - Clastics (PG30.2) module. This field-based module lasts for five days, requiring c. 8 hours of preparation time (e.g. teaching material preparation, organisation of PhD demonstrators) and approximately five days (c. 40 hours) of student contact time. MSc Petroleum Geoscience independent project supervision. As part of the MSc Petroleum Geoscience degree, students are required to undertake an independent research project that is typically based in an oil company office location either in the UK or overseas. I supervise c. 8 projects per year, which requires approximately one day (8 hours) per student, totalling c. 64 hours per year. General MSc Petroleum Geoscience course administration. I work closely with Dr Gary Hampson, the Course Director, on the day-to-day and long-term strategic planning of the course content and delivery. I also advise on current and future staffing requirements. In consultation with both internal and external teaching staff and the course’s Industry Advisory Board, I am involved in monitoring and updating of course content. The energy industry is very dynamic in terms of the techniques used to locate and extract hydrocarbons and, to reflect this, our course content needs to constantly evolve to accurately reflect the needs of the industry.

Based on a recent, college-level periodic review in 2014, the ESE-hosted petroleum-related degrees (including MSc Petroleum Geoscience) were flagged as exemplars of good practice. Of particular note were: (i) the overall level of industry involvement, ranging from advisory board membership, the provision of software and information, the sponsorship of students and provision of project placements; (ii) the level of industry participation in setting up and running the student independent project placements; (iii) continuous review of the course content by a formal industry Advisory Board; and (iv) the quality and quantity of team-based learning. I strongly believe that this recognition is due, at least in part, to my contribution to the management and administration of the course.

Undergraduate teaching management and organisation

University Research Opportunities Program (UROP). I am keen to expose undergraduate students to research relevant to the energy industry. I have therefore been involved in the UROP scheme, offering subsurface-based projects within the BRG. These projects are typically co-supervised by one or more PDRAs and/or PhD students, thus giving them valuable supervisory experience. One previous project (Grain-size sorting in clastic intrusions) performed by one of my tutees (Katherine Jillings) was of sufficiently high quality that she presented it at the BSRG AGM in Dublin in 2012. Inter-university undergraduate research supervision. In early 2013, I was approached by a final-year MSci undergraduate student (Edoseghe Osagiede) based at UCL, asking if he could undertake his final-year project in the BRG. I agreed and, along with a PDRA and PhD student, set up a project (Synthetic seismic modelling of normal faults) that was fully integrated in our research program and which met the requirements of his degree program. This arrangement was a great success; Edoseghe achieved a 1st Class mark for his project and for his degree overall. Furthermore, his work was of a sufficiently high standard it was published in Journal of Structural Geology, the world’s premier structural geology journal (journal paper #22).

External Examining External Examiner - Postgraduate MSc Degree Course. From 2009-2012 I served as the External Examiner for the MSc Integrated Petroleum Geoscience course at the University of Aberdeen. In my role as External Examiner I was responsible for checking examination questions and model answers. As well as providing feedback on course content, I was explicitly asked to establish whether this vocational course met the training demands of the oil industry. Furthermore, I was required to determine if the course was of equivalent academic standing to other, internationally recognised, petroleum-related MSc degree courses, such as the

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comparable MSc course at Imperial College. The course had 40-50 students per year and this position required c. 10 days of my time per year.

External Examiner – Postgraduate PhD Research. (i) Nicholas Hawie (UPMC, Paris) (2014); (ii) Denis Bureau (University of Le Mans) (2014); (iii) Aji Kyari (Royal Holloway) (2014); (iv) Luis Salomón (University of Aberdeen) (2013); (v) Sten-Andreas Grundvåg (University of Bergen) (2012); (vi) Justin MacDonald (University of Adelaide) (2012); (vii) Mark Ireland (Durham University) (2011); (viii) Adiotomre Emmanuel (University of Manchester) (2010); (ix) Carlos Manuel de Assis Silva (University of Leeds) (2010); and (x) David Moy (Durham University) (2010).

Contributions to Industry through Teaching or Training

Course provider (North Sea salt tectonics), Stavanger, Norway (13th Nov 2014)

• Classroom-based course for 80 participants from companies comprising the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s ‘FORCE’ research initiative

• FORCE is a forum for improved oil and gas recovery and Improved exploration conducted by oil and gas companies and authorities in Norway; participant companies can be viewed here: http://www.force.org/About-FORCE/Membership/

Classroom-based training course (Impact of mass-transport complexes on petroleum systems development), Reading, UK (7th Nov 2014)

• Classroom-based course for 10 participants from BG Group

• Focused on the sedimentology, stratigraphic architecture and seismic expression of mass-transport complexes, and the impact of these deposits on petroleum systems development along petroliferous passive margins

Field-based training course (Lower Jurassic Deep-water depositional systems of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina), Neuquén, Argentina (18th-25th Oct 2014)

• Field- and classroom-based course for 20 participants from sponsor companies (Anardarko, Bayerngas Norge, BP, BHP-Billiton, DONG, GDF Suez, Maersk, Shell, Statoil, TOTAL, VNG, Woodside) of the universities of Leeds and Manchester consortium grant ‘LOBE2’

• Field-based analysis of deep-water deposits that serve as analogues for genetically similar reservoirs forming the key oil and gas exploration target along many of the world’s continental margins

Classroom-based training course (Tectonic controls on syn-rift reservoir distribution and quality), Bergen, Norway (7th Aug 2014)

• Classroom-based course for six participants from Petrolia ASA

• Focused on the control of syn-depositional normal faulting and folding on the distribution and quality of Upper Jurassic syn-rift reservoirs in the Halten Terrace area of the northern North Sea

Classroom-based training course (Deep-water syn-rift reservoir distribution along the western Norwegian margin), Oslo, Norway (6th Aug 2014)

• Classroom-based course for eight participants from CORE Energy

• Focused on the control of the impact of rift-related normal faulting on the distribution and quality of Upper Jurassic, deep-water syn-rift reservoirs along the western Norwegian margin

Course provider (Salt-influenced rifting), Aberdeen, UK (29th-30th Jan 2014)

• Workstation-/classroom-based course for six participants from Apache

• Focused on the influence of salt on the structure and evolution of rift basins Course provider (Seismic expression, sedimentology and stratigraphy of deep-water depositional systems), Oslo, Norway (27th-28th Sep 2012)

• Classroom-based lecture and practical course for 10 participants from VNG Norge

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• Focused on the geophysical and geological expression of deep-water depositional systems, which form the key reservoir type along large parts of the Norwegian margin

Field-based training course (Tidal heterolithic deposits of the Dir Abu Lifa Member), Egypt (28th Feb-7th Mar 2010)

• Field-based course for 19 participants from a range of oil companies, universities and government organisations (Bapetco, Norske Shell, Shell Egypt, Statoil, Petoro, Total, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate and the University of Cairo)

• Focused on field-based analysis of tidal deposits, with particular emphasis on the detailed sedimentology and stratigraphic architecture and their utility as analogues to heterolithic, tide-deposited reservoirs on the Norwegian margin

Course provider (Seismic stratigraphy and the seismic interpretation of sedimentary basins), Lagos, Nigeria (16th-20th Oct 2006)

• Classroom-based course for 20 participants from Chevron

• Teaching of a range of seismic interpretation skills required by petroleum geoscientists

Course provider (Application of seismic-stratigraphic analysis to hydrocarbon exploration and production), Imperial College London (7th May 2007)

• Classroom-based course for five participants from a range of oil companies (including PETRONAS and Shell), forming part of the Integrated Reservoir Modelling (IRM) course

• Teaching of a range of seismic interpretation skills required by petroleum geoscientists Course provider (Exploration for syn-rift hangingwall shoreline systems), Oslo, Norway (11th Feb 2011)

• Classroom-/workstation-based course for five participants from Svenska Petroleum

• Focused on the importance of integrating seismic and borehole data to identify and map syn-rift reservoirs

Outreach Conference convenor. I have acted as a Convenor for several conferences that focused on fostering collaborations between industry and academia:

• Convenor for the PESGB-hosted conference “Petroleum Geoscience Research Collaboration Showcase” – 19th-20th Nov 2014, London

• Convenor for the GSL conference “Post-graduate Research Forum” – 11th-12th Sept 2008, Aberdeen

• Convenor for the GSL conference “Collaboration between Industry and Academia” – 21st-22nd Oct 2007, London

Postgraduate Training Officer for the BSRG (2006-2009). I sat on the Executive Committee and served as Postgraduate Training Officer for the BSRG. BSRG provides a focus for sedimentological research both within the UK and internationally, and is an affiliated group of the GSL. I have been involved in the following outreach-type initiatives:

• Organised and delivered a BSRG student short course (Seismic reflection

interpretation of sedimentary basins), 14th-15th Jun 2014, Imperial College

• Lead Convenor for the BSRG AGM, 18th-21st Dec 2011, Imperial College

• Organised and delivered a BSRG student short course (Application of seismic reflection data to sedimentological and stratigraphic analysis), 18th Dec 2011, Imperial College

• Organised and led a student field course (Form and Fill of the Derbyshire Pennine Basin), 27th-29th Nov 2009, Derbyshire

• Organised a joint BSRG-AAPG student short course (Applied Ichnology), 26th Feb 2008, Imperial College

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• Organised and delivered a student short course (Seismic Interpretation: Application to Stratigraphic Analysis), 13th Nov 2007, Imperial College

• Organised and delivered a student short course (Reservoir modelling and the visualisation of geological data), 26th June 2006, Imperial College

Invited speaker at the Yorkshire Geological Society monthly meeting (2010). I gave a talk entitled 3D seismic imaging of deep-water depositional systems, which was attended by c. 40 members of the Yorkshire Geological Society. The audience contained a very wide range range of ages and experiences, with attendees from both academia and industry. A prolonged, enthusiastic Q&A allowed me to explain the importance of seismic data to a largely lay audience. Royal Parks Half-Marathon. On the 12th of Oct 2014, I, along with fifteen other members of the Department of Earth Science and Engineering, ran the Royal Parks Foundation Half-Marathon in aid of Rockwatch (http://www.rockwatch.org.uk/), the junior club of the Geologists' Association. We raised £748 and this money was used towards funding the ‘Rock Bus’, which takes rock and fossil specimens to schools, and encourages children to become engaged with geoscience. In addition, £3,000 was raised for the Royal Parks Foundation, and a few hundred for a string of other charities including Mind, Wateraid, RNLI, Stroke Association, British Heart Foundation, Arthritis UK and Medicines sans Frontieres. This was the third time I have run the Royal Parks Half-Marathon on behalf of Imperial College (2010 and 2011). Foolishly, I plan to run next year too… Invited speaker at the Geologists’ Association monthly meeting (2015). The Geologists’ Association is an affiliated group of the GSL and I will give a talk entitled ‘Terra Infirma’ to a largely lay audience. Invited speaker at the Pint of Science Festival (2015). The Pint of Science Festival (http://pintofscience.co.uk/) is being held at the Hoop and Toy pub in South Kensington and aims to introduce world-leading science to a largely lay audience in informal surroundings. The title of my talk is ‘The Rock That Wouldn’t Stay Still’.

Student Welfare and Pastoral Care Postgraduate students. I provide mentoring and pastoral care to students on the MSc Petroleum Geoscience course (typically >50 students). Typically >50% are from outside of the EU/UK and face challenges, both in terms of settling in London and in coping with an intellectually challenging MSc. Many are not used to the financial issues related to living in London or the full-time nature of the course; this is particularly acute for students who have worked for some time in industry and who are now returning to education. Pastoral care involves project supervision techniques for students who have special personal requirements; for example, some students are living with families that are based in London, whereas others are separated from their families for the duration of the course. Furthermore, some students may face health or other personal issues during the course. I support these students by highlighting the correct mechanisms by which they can report these issues and receive appropriate support.

I also mentor and provide pastoral support to my PhD students and PDRAs. Because many of my PhD students and PDRAs are from overseas, they face similar challenges to those experienced by MSc students.

Undergraduate students

• I am personal tutor to a number of undergraduate students o 2014-2015 – 4 students (TOLE evaluation not yet available) o 2010-2011 – 4 students (TOLE evaluation: 100% ‘Very good’ or ‘Good’) o 2009-2010 – 4 students (TOLE evaluation: 100% ‘Very good’ or ‘Good’)

• Some examples of the comments I have had from my tutees include: (i) “…Chris has been great at guiding me for three years so far. He’s very approachable and easy to get in contact with…”; (ii) “…the advice Chris has always given has been very helpful

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and insightful. I feel comfortable coming to him with questions…”; (iii) “Chris has been great, related his experiences and made us see how what we're learning affects the real world…his minor projects didn't seem like chores at all; they were all insightful and had that extra interesting twist”; (iv) “Very good tutor, really interesting, and always available for us when we need to ask a question, with quick and direct responses”.

• Undergraduate students taking the MSci Petroleum Geoscience or MSci/BSc Geophysics courses have almost no experience of the hydrocarbon industry. I organise group and one-on-one sessions with these students, and show them the types of data and software they might use in the industry. I also provide general advice on CVs and applications for postgraduate studies. For example, during the last year, two of my tutees, Conor O’Sullivan and Gabrielle Watson, expressed a desire to undertake MSc-level education in Petroleum Geoscience. I helped Conor internally transfer from the MSci Petroleum Geoscience to the MSc Petroleum Geoscience degree, recognising that, rightly or wrongly, industry view the latter as a true, fully-fledged industrial training course. I assisted Gabrielle in preparing her application for Petroleum Geoscience degrees at the universities of Manchester and Aberdeen; she has recently started the course in Manchester supported by a PESGB bursary.

Further Details about Your Contributions to Education Postgraduate Education I have received excellent student feedback scores at Imperial College related to my classroom- and field-based teaching (p5-7). I remain fully committed to providing college-leading teaching and I continue to improve all of the modules for which I am responsible: Seismic Interpretation (PG11). I have continued with my back-to-basics approach to the teaching of seismic stratigraphy and have added new lecture material (e.g. Seismic Interpretation of Structures, and Seismic Artefacts and Interpretation Pitfalls). I have added new practical exercises, which, together with the lecture material, continue to provide students with an improved grounding in the key elements of the subject; this better prepares them for the large project-based modules that come later in the course (e.g. Wytch Farm - PG29.1; Barrel Award Exploration - PG20), in addition to their independent projects. These new practical exercises allow students to progressively develop their skills and build confidence through teamwork and group discussions. I am prepared to go ‘off-script’ in class, move away from simple Powerpoint-based lectures, and engage the students in informal discussions, drawing on my own experiences in industry to highlight the importance of the key concepts discussed in class. Due to the increase in class size over the last seven years and the increased complexity of the practical exercises, I now have at least two fully-trained, Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTA) in each practical class; this ensures that all of the students receive adequate support and feedback during classes. To stimulate student engagement in my lectures I now use Mentimeter (https://www.mentimeter.com). Mentimeter allows me to pose questions to the class and, via cell phones, tablets, and any other Internet-connected device, and get instant answers to those questions. This is especially important for shy students, many of whom may be from overseas and thus have concerns about verbalising their ideas in front of the whole class.

Barrel Award (PG20). I am responsible for the planning and delivery of the ‘Barrel Award’, an educational module highly regarded and now copied by many major universities and is now known as the ‘Imperial Barrel Award’, reflecting the high regard with which this module and our MSc is held by the oil industry and other academic institutes. It has also been adopted by the AAPG, the largest international professional applied geoscience organisation in (c. 31000 members in >100 countries). Around 500 students now compete in the global version of this module (http://www.aapg.org/iba/); despite its international success I am nevertheless extremely keen to continue developing and improving the Barrel Award program. Over the last ten years, I have increased the number of datasets from three to eleven, and this has improved the educational experience for both students and staff. I have acquired subsurface datasets from all the major oil companies and by liaising with major software vendors and via the acquisition of academic licence agreements, our students continue to be taught with industry-

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standard software. I have also made the following improvements to the Barrel Award during the last three years:

• The students typically find it difficult to integrate different types of data during the Barrel Award. To address this problem I asked Professor Alastair Fraser, the EGI Chair of Petroleum Geoscience with >25 years of industry experience, to develop a new module called “Exploration Geoscience”. This runs immediately prior to the start of the Barrel Award and provides a potted version of the key workflows undertaken during basin exploration.

• A one-day workshop on basin modelling, provided by Schlumberger, now takes place during the Barrel Award. The timing of this workshop is significant; it takes place early enough for students to analyse the initial dataset and still have time to incorporate the results generated in the later stages of the project.

• Addition of a number of focused workshops that run during key phases of the Barrel Award: i.e. (i) Petrophysics; (ii) Pitfalls in Petroleum Exploration; (iii) Risking of petroleum systems, plays and prospects; and (iv) Visual communication.

Deep-Water Sedimentology (PGD1). To reflect increasing industry focus on deep-water

reservoirs and to fill an obvious gap in our course content, in 2012 I designed and led a new field-based module based in Derbyshire, UK. This module involves field- and classroom-based exercises. Two oil industry professionals attend this trip (Dr Ian Kane, Senior Exploration Geoscientist at Statoil ASA; Professor Michael Mayall, BP and now Visiting Professor in Sedimentology at Imperial College); both have extensive experience in the exploration for and production of hydrocarbons from deep-water reservoirs, providing the students with invaluable real-world insights into the importance of the module contents. During the initial stages of planning, I spent c. 14 days organising logistics and preparing new teaching materials.

Migration of MSc Petroleum Geoscience subsurface teaching datasets. In 2013 it was

decided that all subsurface-based teaching, on all three petroleum-related MSc degree programs, would be delivered in Schlumberger’s ‘Petrel’ software. This was to have a major impact on the MSc Petroleum Geoscience degree because all seismic-based subsurface analysis was being conducted in IHS’s ‘Kingdom Suite’ software package and during my 9 years at Imperial College I had amassed a considerable amount (c. 10 TB) of teaching-related data that was only loaded in Kingdom Suite. I positively engaged with this decision, requesting that Schlumberger migrate the data on our behalf; accurate migration of the data was essential so that the student experience was not negatively impacted by incorrectly loaded data. Schlumberger visited the college for three days and I hosted them, ensuring that all the necessary hardware, software and datasets were ready and able to handle the migration. As a result of the migration, an issue arose related to the delivery of Petrel teaching to the large MSc cohorts. My Course Director (Dr Gary Hampson) and I persuaded Schlumberger to return to Imperial College and deliver a bespoke training course. I then liaised with Schlumberger training staff to define the course content.

Development of a bespoke seismic interpretation module for MSc Petroleum Geophysics

(F6UM) students. From 2007-2009, I taught the MSc Petroleum Geophysics students together

with the MSc Petroleum Geoscience students. Not only did this result in a class size (c. 70 students) that rendered workstation-based teaching impractical, but it also highlighted the major gap in basic geological understanding between the geoscientists, many of whom who had Geology first degrees, and the geophysicists, many of whom had Maths or Physics first degrees. The geophysicists struggled to understand basic geological concepts and were thus unable to interpret seismic reflection data. I recommended that we design a bespoke module for MSc Petroleum Geophysics that Dr Nigel Banks, a seismic interpretation expert with >20 years of experience in Shell, ran during the first term, linking basic geology with seismic interpretation. I planned the module content with Dr Banks, in consultation with the then course director, Professor Helmut Jakubowicz. The MSc Petroleum Geophysics students have provided positive informal feedback on this course and they now enjoy examination marks on a par with those of their geoscience peers.

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Design of bespoke seismic interpretation module for undergraduate students. During

2007-2008, 3rd- and 4th-year undergraduate students took my Seismic Interpretation module. Because this course was designed for MSc students, undergraduate students struggled to understand some of the more complex geological concepts. As a result, I designed a new module specifically tailored to the needs of undergraduate students. This module (Seismic Interpretation Techniques – 4.13) is now taken by c. 70, 3rd- and 4th-year undergraduate students and is delivered Dr Rebecca Bell (a former PDRA and now Research Lecturer in ESE), consisting of 24 hours of teaching. This module represents the first bespoke seismic interpretation course ever delivered to undergraduate students at Imperial College. Dr Rebecca Bell acts as Module Coordinator, and I continue to mentor and develop her teaching and assessment skills by providing advice on lecture and practical content, and exam question setting and marking. In 2013, Rebecca won the ‘Best Feedback Award’ at the 2012/2013 Student Academic Choice Awards (SACA).

MSci project design and supervision. I design and run 2-4 MSci student projects per year. I

recognise that MSci students are not exposed to subsurface datasets during their undergraduate degrees, despite the fact that many wish to pursue a career in the oil industry. In 2012 I decided that I needed to be more pro-active in highlighting the exciting geological research that could be conducted with geophysical data (e.g. seismic reflection data); to this end, I invited the 3rd-year undergraduates to come and see me about seismic-based projects and showed them the type of geophysical data they could use in their projects. I secured four high-quality students to undertake projects in my research group. Since then, I am typically inundated with requests from students who wish to undertake their MSci projects on subsurface datasets in the BRG.

Department seminar organisation. During 2009-2011, Dr Mark Rehkamper, Dr Matthew

Piggott and I organised the Department Seminar Series. We were responsible for compiling the list of speakers and organising logistics related to their visit. The seminars also served as part of an assessed undergraduate module (Research Methods - 5.30) and a key challenge was selecting speakers who could give an enthusiastic talk that was accessible to an audience with a wide range of interests and experience.

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RESEARCH STUDENTS SUPERVISED Since becoming a full-time academic in 2004, I have managed seven Post-Doctoral Research Associates (PDRA) based at Imperial College and co-managed three based at other universities. I have supervised (or co-supervised) 25 PhD students; 13 of these students have successfully completed their PhDs, eight of these have successfully transferred from MPhil to PhD and two are awaiting their transfer examination. 24 peer-reviewed publications have arisen from MSci, MSc and PhD-led research. The PDRAs and PhDs who have left Imperial College now work for major international oil companies. One ex-PDRA (Dr Rebecca Bell) is currently a Research Lecturer at Imperial College.

Type of Degree Start Date Writing Up/ Awaiting Viva/ End Date

Name of Student (and transfer date, if applicable)

Title of Project Name of Primary Supervisor

Name of Secondary Supervisor(s) if applicable

PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD

Oct 2014 Oct 2014 Oct 2013 Oct 2013 Jun 2013 Mar 2013

Awaiting transfer Awaiting transfer Transferred Transferred Transferred Transferred

Gaia Stucky de Quay Alexander Coleman Thomas Phillips Matthew Reeve Idrus Puasa Anjte Lenhart

Uplift and erosion histories of ancient buried landscapes Fault-related folding in rifts Impact of pre-existing structures and salt on rifting Multiphase extension during continental breakup Seismic and sedimentological characterisation of thin-bedded reservoirs Impact of pre-existing structures on rift style and evolution

Dr Gareth Roberts Dr Christopher Jackson Dr Christopher Jackson Dr Rebecca Bell Prof. Howard Johnson Dr Christopher Jackson

Dr Christopher Jackson Dr Oliver Duffy Dr Rebecca Bell, Dr Oliver Duffy Dr Christopher Jackson, Dr Oliver Duffy, Dr Ian Bastow Dr Peter Fitch, Dr Christopher Jackson Dr Rebecca Bell, Dr Oliver Duffy

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PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD

Feb 2013 Jan 2012 Nov 2011 Oct 2011 Jan 2011 April 2010 July 2010 May 2009 Jan 2010 Nov 2009 June 2009

Transferred Transferred Transferred Transferred Finished (Feb 2014) Finished (Sep 2014) Finished (Aug 2014) Finished (Sep 2014) Withdrawn Finished (Mar 2014) Withdrawn

Adamu Suleiman Azli Abu Bakar Thilo Wrona Johan Claringbould Aruna Mannie Abdulaziz Al-Balushi Hayley Allen Benoît Massart Kehinde Olafiranye Matthew Lewis Elizabeth Evrard

Structure and igneous characteristics of continental rifts Salt control on depositional systems Fluid-flow on continental margins Tectonic interactions during extension Salt control on transgressive systems Impact of the Messinian Salinity Crisis on hydrocarbon maturation 3D seismic analysis of the Messinian Salinity Crisis Characterization of sandstone reservoirs Seismic analysis of MTDs Evolution of fault-propagation folds Facies variability in a saline giant

Prof. Alastair Fraser Prof. Howard Johnson Dr Christopher Jackson Dr Christopher Jackson Dr Christopher Jackson Prof. Alastair Fraser Prof. Alastair Fraser Prof. Matthew Jackson Dr Christopher Jackson Dr Christopher Jackson Dr Christopher Jackson

Dr Christopher Jackson Dr Christopher Jackson Dr Rebecca Bell Dr Gary Hampson Dr Christopher Jackson Dr Christopher Jackson Prof. Howard Johnson, Dr Gary Hampson, Dr Christopher Jackson

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PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD PhD

Oct 2009 Oct 2009 Feb 2007 April 2007 Feb 2007 April 2006 Oct 2005 Feb 2005

Finished (Mar 2014) Finished (Jun 2013) Finished (June 2011) Finished (Jan 2012) Finished (Nov 2010) Finished (Nov 2010) Finished (April 2010) Finished (Aug 2010)

Nicholas Holgate Stefano Patruno Paul Whipp Evelina Dmitrieva Faisal Alqahtani Rachel Kieft Andrew McAndrew Abdullah Adli Zakaria

Shoreline trajectories in rifts Link between shelf and slope systems Fault-related folding in extensional settings Controls on deep-water depositional systems Seismic imaging of fluvial systems Sedimentology of marine sediments Geometry of canyons in syn-rift settings Sedimentology of fans in NW Borneo

Dr Christopher Jackson Dr Christopher Jackson Dr Christopher Jackson Dr Christopher Jackson Prof. Howard Johnson Dr Christopher Jackson Dr Christopher Jackson Prof. Howard Johnson

Dr Gary Hampson Dr Gary Hampson Dr Christopher Jackson Dr Gary Hampson Dr Christopher Jackson

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RESEARCH I am an internationally recognised expert in the application of 3D seismic and borehole data to constrain the temporal and spatial evolution of sedimentary basins; this is demonstrated by external measures of esteem (see p38-42), funding quantity (see p28), publication quantity and quality (see p29-34). My research focuses on: 1. Subsurface Analysis of Sedimentary Basins. The integration and application of seismic

reflection and borehole data to constrain the temporal and spatial development of sedimentary basins (depressions in the Earth’s crust that accumulate and preserve rocks). My research provides crucial insights into the way in which the structure or geomorphology of the Earth’s surface influences how sediments are eroded, transported, deposited and preserved. My research is important because the ability to locate and extract hydrocarbons from sedimentary basins relies on a robust understanding of the basic structural and sedimentary processes that occur either on or in the Earth.

2. Application of 3D Seismic Data to Understanding Geological Processes. The use of 3D seismic reflection and borehole data to investigate a range of sedimentological, magmatic and geodynamic processes that occur in sedimentary basins. The availability of 3D seismic reflection data is one of the most exciting developments in Earth Sciences. These data, which provide us with the ability to map deeply-buried (i.e. >500 m) geological features to a resolution of a few tens of metres over thousands of square kilometres, have been referred to as the “geological Hubble”, essentially providing a CT scan of the Earth. My research is important because many of the geological features I study are too large to be investigated using field data or other classic analytical methods, thus an understanding the physical processes responsible for their formation can only be achieved by using these data.

Major Research Contributions (1): Subsurface analysis of sedimentary basins A series of complex structural, erosional and depositional processes occur during the formation and filling of sedimentary basins. Sedimentary rocks record the various physical processes such as climate change, sea-level variations and tectonics that occur during sediment transport and deposition. However, these processes are extremely sensitive to spatially and temporally variable patterns in uplift and subsidence related to faulting and folding that occur during the deformation of the Earth’s surface. Unravelling the complex structural-stratigraphic interactions that occur during the evolution of the Earth’s crust thus requires an integrated approach; the distinguishing aspect of my research is that I combine subsurface and field techniques to provide a truly holistic understanding of sedimentary basin development. This research approach demands excellence in all of the individual study disciplines, including sedimentology, stratigraphic analysis and structural geology. I am internationally recognised for my research in this area, as evident from the following measures:

• A strong publication record, with a large number (79) of papers published or ‘in press’ in internationally-renowned, generic Earth Science or basin research-related journals (e.g. Earth and Planetary Science Letters - impact factor 4.724; Geology - impact factor 4.638; Basin Research - impact factor 3.464; Sedimentology - impact factor 2.741; Journal of Structural Geology - impact factor 2.420; Sedimentary Geology - impact factor 2.134; Journal of Sedimentary Research - impact factor 1.943), as well as in petroleum-related journals that are widely read amongst industry funders (e.g. Marine and Petroleum Geology - impact factor 2.469; AAPG Bulletin - impact factor 1.832; Petroleum Geoscience - impact factor 0.8), and peer-reviewed conference proceedings and memoirs.

• Convenor for six international research conferences (Deep-water Sedimentary Systems, SEPM, Oct 2016; Rift Petroleum Systems, GCSSEPM, Dec 2015; Normal Faults, GSL, June 2014; Deep-Water Margins, GSL, Oct 2012; Tectonics and Surface Processes, GSL, Nov 2011; Fault Zones, GSL, Sept 2008), one national research conference (BSRG AGM, Dec 2012) and two specialist conferences focused on the way in which academic research is incorporated into industry working practices

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(Petroleum Geoscience Research Collaboration Showcase, PETEX, Nov 2014; Post-graduate Research Forum, PETEX, Oct 2008; Collaboration between Industry and Academia, GSL, Oct 2007). I have also served as a technical session Chair at the AAPG AGM.

• Invitation to contribute a chapter (Application of 3D seismic data to understanding the structure and stratigraphy of sedimentary basins) to a book; “Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins: Recent Advances”, edited by Cathy Busby (University of California) and Antonio Azor (University of Granada). This is a major academic textbook in the USA, published by Wiley-Blackwell. I was invited to contribute to this book because of my international reputation for undertaking integrated, novel investigations of sedimentary basins.

• A track record of repeated and/or long-term research funding from large, multinational oil companies (e.g. PETRONAS, Shell, Statoil, TOTAL, VNG); since joining Imperial College in 2004 I have raised £3,935,319 in research funding, including £1,875,120 since my last promotion in 2012.

Major research contribution in this area include:

• Critical testing of existing models and development of new models for normal faulting and continental extension. My research has provided new constraints on the timescales over which brittle deformation (faulting) occurs and migrates in the Earth’s crust. These new insights have only been possible because I have successfully integrated stratigraphic and structural data derived from detailed subsurface- and outcrop-based analysis (e.g. Jackson et al. 2002, journal paper #78; Jackson et al. 2005, journal paper #76; Gawthorpe et al. 2003, journal paper #77). My rift-related research has also demonstrated that the ductile component of deformation (folding) is far more common and significant than previously thought; this has implications for the way in which landscapes develop in areas of crustal extension (e.g. Jackson et al. 2006, journal paper #73; Cardozo et al. 2011, journal paper #56). The publications resulting from my rift-related research have been influential, receiving a substantial and increasing number of citations (e.g. Jackson et al. 2002, 34 citations; Jackson et al. 2005, 27 citations; Jackson et al. 2006, 18 citations; Gawthorpe et al. 2003, 53 citations). My research in this area is important for two reasons: (i) constraining the way in which strain is accommodated in and the timescale over which it migrates through the Earth’s crust, is important for predicting earthquakes; and (ii) large volumes of hydrocarbons are contained in rifts, and my work helps reduce risk in frontier exploration areas and helps locate new reserves in ‘mature’ hydrocarbon provinces.

My research in this area resulted in a 1-year funded industrial sabbatical from StatoilHydro ASA (now Statoil ASA) in 2009 and invitations to convene a number of international technical conferences (Rift Basin Petroleum Systems, GCSSEPM, Dec 2015; Normal Faults, GSL, Jun 2014; Fault Zones, GSL, Sept 2008; Tectonics and Surface Processes, GSL, Nov 2011; Deep-Water Margins, GSL, Oct 2012), and to sit as a technical session Chair at a special Rift Basins session at the AAPG AGM (New Orleans, USA, April 2010). My receipt of the Bigsby Medal from the GSL, the Distinguished Lecturer award from AAPG and the Roland Goldring Award from the BSRG are testament to the unique way in which I integrate apparently disparate datasets and research methods to provide novel, influential insights into the tectono-stratigraphic evolution of sedimentary basins.

• Constraining of the role of salt during continental extension and formulation of new tectono-stratigraphic models. I have demonstrated that rifts that evolve in areas of the crust that contain weak layers such as salt are markedly different to those that form in homogenous crust (e.g. Jackson and Larsen, 2008, 2009, journal papers #70 and #69; Kane et al. 2010, journal paper #61; Jackson et al. 2011, journal paper #54; Wilson et al. 2013, journal paper #37). This research is significant because the landscapes or seascapes that form in these rifts are different to those that form in rifts lacking salt. As a result, the way in which sediment is eroded and transported is different to that

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predicted by existing models; this research is therefore of general importance to sedimentologists and exploration geoscientists, stratigraphers and geomorphologists.

Much of my research in this area was conducted as part of the Salt-Influenced Rift Basin (SIRB) project, a multi-institutional, Statoil-funded project involving researchers from the universities of Manchester and Bergen. One PDRA and two PhD students were funded as part of this project, which was worth £537,717 to Imperial College. The quality of my research in this area was recognised by a world-leading research group based in a Global Top 75 university, resulting in a Visiting Research Fellowship and subsequent Visiting Scientist position at the Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG), University of Texas, USA.

Major Research Contributions (2): Application of 3D seismic reflection data to understanding geological processes Understanding the 3D geometry, scale and distribution of various structural and stratigraphic features through time and space is critical because they provide important insights into the underpinning physical processes, and the timescales over which they operate. However, some of the features are too large to be studied in the field or replicated by physical models. 3D seismic reflection data provide a unique opportunity to understand the processes and products of a range of geological phenomena. My research in this area spans the tectono-stratigraphic development of sedimentary basins (see above), the analysis of ancient landscapes, the catastrophic remobilisation and injection of sediment, the mechanics of submarine sediment gravity flows, and the emplacement of magma in the Earth’s crust. I have been at the forefront of and have now become the world leader in the application of 3D seismic data to understanding a range of geological phenomena and this is evidenced by the following measures:

• A substantial number of papers (72) published or in press in high-impact, internationally renowned, general Earth Science journals (e.g. Earth and Planetary Science Letters - impact factor 4.724; GEOLOGY - impact factor 4.638; Geological Society of America Bulletin - impact factor 4.398; Tectonics - impact factor 3.994; Journal of the Geological Society - impact factor 2.8).

• Award of a Visiting Research Fellowship (and subsequent Visiting Scientist) position at the Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG), University of Texas, USA (see p40).

• Receipt of the AAPG Distinguished Lecturer Award (see p39).

• Convenor of two, specialist research conferences (Normal Faults, GSL, Jun 2014; Sediment Remobilisation, GSL, Oct 2008) and an invitation to sit on the Technical Committee for the 30th Annual SEPM Bob F. Perkins Research Conference (Seismic imaging of depositional and geomorphic systems, Dec 2010, Houston, USA).

• Invitation to contribute a chapter (Application of 3D seismic data to understanding the structure and stratigraphy of sedimentary basins) to the book “Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins: Recent Advances”.

• Track record of repeated and/or long-term research funding from large, international oil companies (e.g. PETRONAS, Shell, Statoil, TOTAL, VNG); since joining Imperial College in 2004 I have raised £3,935,319 in research funding, including £1,875,120 since my last promotion in 2012.

Major research contributions in this area include:

• 3D seismic analysis of the mechanics of magma emplacement and igneous intrusion structure in the Earth’s crust. Over the last three years I have been heavily involved in a research effort that has led to: (i) the first-ever detailed, quantitative analysis of the role of normal faults on the ascent of magma in the Earth’s crust and the resultant geometry of the associated intrusive igneous body (Magee et al. 2013, journal paper #42); (ii) the first-ever detailed seismic-stratigraphic and geophysical analysis of the internal structure and composition of volcanoes (Jackson, 2012, journal paper #35),

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and the impact of normal fault arrays on eruption location (Magee et al. in press; journal paper #8); and (iii) documentation of the structure and dynamics of sill-induced forced folding, which has major implications for our use of relatively low-resolution geophysical methods to predict volcanic eruption risk (Jackson et al. journal paper #29; Magee et al. 2013, journal paper #31; Magee et al. 2014, journal paper #30). Related work uses novel methods, based on seismic reflection data interpretation, to constrain magma flow directions (Schofield et al. 2012, journal paper #48) and the impact of igneous activity on petroleum systems development (Holford et al. 2013, conference proceeding #1).

This research is important because many of the world’s petroliferous sedimentary basins are located along passive margins formed due to continental break-up and hence contain large volumes of igneous material. As a result, my research has the potential to attract industry funding, in addition to funds made available by UKRC (NERC) via their ‘Oil and Gas Innovation’ initiatives. By focusing on the fundamental science underlying igneous rock emplacement, I am well-positioned to take advantage of funding opportunities arising in the near future. Although this research is in its infancy, my expertise in this area has already been recognised by an invitation to give a talk at a major international conference (AAPG, Singapore, Sep 2012), in addition to invitations to talk on the seismic analysis of igneous systems at several international and national Earth Science departments (p40-41).

• 3D seismic analysis intrasalt deformation and salt diapir kinematics. A major research effort has recently provided the first-ever three-dimensional images of the internal structure of salt diapirs; the novel aspect of this work is recognised by its rapid publication in GEOLOGY (Jackson et al. 2014, journal paper #25; see also Jackson et al. in press, journal paper #1). The data arising from this allowed me to constrain the kinematics and mechanics of diapir growth, producing hypotheses that are testable with novel physical models incorporating a density-stratified autochthonous salt analogue (Dooley et al. in press, journal paper #2). This work was only possible because of my unique ability to interpret complex subsurface structures using three-dimensional seismic reflection data and to integrate structural geology with borehole-derived evidence for subtle, but clearly influential density stratification in autochthonous salt.

This research arose directly from my Visiting Research Fellowship at the BEG, University of Texas at Austin. As a result of my contribution in this area I have been invited to give talks at the PESGB Evening Lecture series (Nov 2014), the GSL London Lecture Series (Dec 2014) and the University of Texas at El Paso (April 2013).

• Subsurface fluid dynamics and sediment deformation. 3D analysis of the processes and products associated with the catastrophic remobilisation of sediments in response to fluid flow and extreme pressure variations in the Earth. 3D seismic reflection data permit a true three-dimensional analysis of the remobilisation processes and products, and my research in this area has revealed that the structures associated with this processes are significantly more complex than previously thought. This not only provides insights into the processes controlling the development of extreme subsurface pressures, but also has direct implications for the exploration for and production from reservoirs associated with this phenomenon (Jackson and Stoddart, 2005, journal paper #75; Jackson, 2007, book contributions #5 and #6; Jackson et al. 2011, journal paper #55; Jackson and Sømme, 2011, journal paper #52; Huuse et al. 2010, journal paper #60). Note that Jackson (2007) and Huuse et al. (2010) have received 21 (N.B. citation count from Google Scholar because AAPG Memoirs are not indexed on Web of Science) and 29 citations respectively.

• Three-dimensional seismic imaging of deeply-buried (>2 km) ancient landscapes. I have led research projects that provide some of the first-ever images of ancient shorelines (c. 165 million years old; Jackson et al. 2011, journal paper #63) and river systems (c. 142 million years old; Elliott et al. in press, journal paper #47). My research in this area is significant because the very preservation of these ancient landscapes provides unique insights into the rate at which the Earth’s crust deforms, and the timing and magnitude of sea-level variations that have occurred in the geological past.

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• Three-dimensional seismic imaging of megaclasts in mass-transport complexes (MTCs). The application of 3D seismic reflection data to provide the first ever three-dimensional images of the structures developed in large pieces of rock (clasts) as they are transported from the margin of the continents to deep ocean basins (Jackson, 2011, journal paper #57). I demonstrate that these clasts interact with and erode large volumes of the seafloor. This research is important because submarine gravity flows are the process by which large volumes of sediment are transported from the continental margin to the deep ocean basins, and they may pose a geohazard to subsea installations (Jackson, 2012, journal paper #46). The results of this work can be used to interrogate models of debris flow physics that have, to date, been largely derived from physical and numerical models, or from field-based analysis.

Research plan and goals for the next five years When planning my research for the next five years I was cognisant that it has been, is and will continue to be, increasingly difficult to obtain UKRC (i.e. NERC, EPSERC) funding due to diminishing government research funds. This is particularly relevant for research that must, because of the large-scale, integrated questions it poses, utilise subsurface data, which have historically been perceived as being only of interest and/or relevance to the oil industry. I sense that the funding landscape is changing, however, with NERC now providing funding to pump-prime industry-related research. Because my world-leading fundamental research can be applied to the successful exploration for and production of hydrocarbons I am well positioned for this change, with a broad international and national network spanning numerous multinational oil companies. I have also attended NERC workshops related to their ‘Oil and Gas Innovation’ initiative, thus I am activity engaged in helping to scope future funding calls.

To maximise my alignment with current and future funding landscape I will use subsurface (seismic and borehole) data to develop the next-generation tectono-stratigraphic models for rifts, by investigating the role that crustal heterogeneity plays on the tectono-stratigraphic evolution of these basins. In addition I will be producing revised tectono-stratigraphic models for salt-bearing passive margins by the novel integration of seismic reflection and well data, kinematic restoration techniques, and physical modelling and using subsurface data to determine the mechanics of magma emplacement and its impact on petroleum systems development. My research portfolio will thus remain deliberately broad, as I firmly believe that having a degree of research agility will be crucial in an ever-shifting research environment, within which funding streams are likely to ebb and flow. Specific on-going and near-future research projects related to the general themes described above include:

• MultiRifts. Current rift models are based on areas of undeformed crust. However, pre-existing crustal weaknesses such as fractures can influence the way in which faults grow and link, and how sedimentary basins evolve. The MultiRifts project (2012-2016) encapsulates this research and has already attracted government and industry funding (£2,110,537 in total to four institutions, with £146,743 coming to Imperial College), supporting two PDRAs and three PhD students across four institutions (Imperial College, Bergen, Oslo and Manchester). I have recently published a number of papers in high-impact journals, underpinning various aspects of this research (e.g. Kane et al. journal paper #61; Faulkner et al. journal paper #59; Reeve et al. 2013, journal paper #27; Bell et al. 2014, journal paper #10; Reeve et al. in press, journal paper #9). MultiRifts-related research provides important insights into the development of petroleum systems in some of the most petroliferous sedimentary basins in the world such as the North Sea, the circum-Atlantic Rift Basins, the NW Shelf of Australia. I therefore anticipate that this research theme will attract further funding from oil companies.

• The Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC). is one of the greatest catastrophic events in Earth history. Approximately six million years ago the Mediterranean Sea was cut off from the Atlantic Ocean and sea-level fell by c. 2 km. The stratigraphic expression and geodynamic response of the Mediterranean Sea to the MSC is widely debated, stemming from a poor understanding of the time relationships between rocks observed onshore and those penetrated by offshore boreholes. Professor Alastair Fraser and I have recently graduated two students working on MSC-related projects that have

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provided crucial insights into the stratigraphic development of the MSC and the geodynamic response of the Earth’s crust to the removal and addition of large volumes of water and rock. This research is important because large hydrocarbon reserves are located in salt that formed in response to evaporation of the Mediterranean Sea, and the geodynamic response of the Earth’s crusts can cause variations in pressure, which in turn can control the maturation and migration of hydrocarbons. The Mediterranean Sea currently forms the exploration focus for a number of oil companies, thus we anticipate that large amounts of industrial research funding will be available for MSC-related research over the next 5-10 years. I was recently invited to present at an Eastern Mediterranean Symposium at IFPEN in Paris; an outcome of this is a plan to formulate a multi-university, joint EU-Industry-funded proposal to collect wide-angle refraction seismic data from the Eastern Mediterranean, with a key aim being to image and constrain the crustal architecture of the region; this is critical, because crustal architecture controls the thermal properties of sedimentary basins and therefore oil and gas source rock maturation.

• Volcanogenic evolution of sedimentary basins. 3D seismic data represent a relatively new tool with which to investigate the migration and emplacement of magma in the Earth’s crust. Constraining the timing and magnitude of magma intrusion and extrusion is important from the perspective of climate change, because volcanic gases can influence climate change over relatively long timescales. Furthermore, the timing and magnitude of magma intrusion is important from an industry perspective because they both control the thermal history of sedimentary basins, which is important for modelling hydrocarbon maturation from oil and gas source rocks. Magma emplacement can also lead to the degradation of reservoir quality and the formation of hydrocarbon traps. Many hydrocarbon-bearing basins have been influenced by magmatic activity, thus there is potential to secure research funding from oil companies. I have one PDRA working on volcanogenic sedimentary basins, in addition to a number of collaborators at the universities of Aberdeen and Adelaide. My research is novel and high-impact because I will collaborate with structural geologists and igneous petrologists to investigate the processes that occur during magma emplacement at a range of scales. This topic has both pure and applied elements and thus is ideally placed to take advantage of the UKRC funding streams discussed above.

• Intra-salt structure and its control on seismic anisotropy and sub-salt imaging. Preliminary research conducted during my Visiting Research Fellowship at the University of Texas at Austin revealed the structural and compositional complexity encountered within salt diapirs (journal papers #1, #2 and #3). Ongoing and future work will characterise how this complexity impacts how seismic waves travel through salt. This topic is economically very significant and is likely to be of interest to the oil industry because large quantities of hydrocarbons are trapped in reservoir rocks lying beneath salt. I am currently preparing a NERC Standard Grant application with colleagues from the universities of Aberdeen, Birmingham and Curtin. This project, on which I will be co-PI, is inter-disciplinary, drawing on expertise in structural geology and seismic data analysis (Imperial), seismic anisotropy and experiment seismology (Aberdeen), and rock fabric analysis (Birmingham/Curtin). To help draw attention to future research in this area I recently presented on this topic at a NERC Oil and Gas Initiative workshop (Challenging Environments), and at the PESGB Evening Lecture, Aberdeen (Nov 2014), the latter being attended by geoscientists from all the major oil companies.

INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COLLABORATION AND INTERDISCIPLINARY WORK I have collaborated in six inter-disciplinary research projects with colleagues based outside of Imperial College: IPF-Imperial College: Levant Margin. In 2014 I began a collaborative project with scientists Prof. Jean-Marc Daniel and Dr Fadi Nadar at IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) focused on the composition and deformation of a Miocene salt-bearing sedimentary succession deposited in the Eastern Mediterranean. As part of this collaboration, IFPEN hosted and I co-supervised an Imperial College MSc Petroleum Geoscience student based at IFPEN. I am currently working

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with IFPEN staff to formulate a multi-university, joint EU-Industry-funded proposal to collect wide-angle refraction seismic data from the Eastern Mediterranean. My contribution to this will include interpretation of wide angle seismic data and implementation of the results in thermal basin models.

University of Texas at Austin-Imperial College: Salt Tectonics. In 2013 I completed a fully externally-funded research sabbatical in the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory (AGL), Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG), Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin. My role as a Visiting Scientist requires month-long visits to continue my collaboration with AGL scientists. As part of this collaboration, scientists from BEG co-supervise a PhD student. My contributions include: (i) seismic analysis of intrasalt deformation; (ii) seismic-stratigraphic/kinematic analysis of salt diapirism; (iii) stratigraphic analysis of salt-related depositional systems; and (iv) design of physical models to test hypotheses generated from seismic reflection analysis.

Bergen-Oslo-Imperial College-Manchester: MultiRift. In 2012, along with co-investigators at the universities of Bergen, Manchester and Oslo, I was awarded a major grant by the Norsk Forskingsrådet (the Norwegian Research Council, which is the Norwegian equivalent of NERC). The MultiRift project focuses on the pre-existing structural controls on normal fault growth, tectonic geomorphology and sedimentation in multi-phase rifts (http://bit.ly/10k1qJR). The total grant award was £2,110,537 and I received £146,743 as part of this award. I jointly supervise a PDRA based at the University of Bergen. My contribution includes the provision of expertise in the subsurface analysis of rift basins, with a particular focus on the tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the North Sea Basin.

Leeds-Manchester-Imperial College: LOBE2 . From 2012 I have been a co-opted member of the LOBE2 Joint Industry consortium (JIP) project supported by 16 major oil companies and held at the universities of Leeds and Manchester. This project focuses on developing models for the depositional architecture and stratigraphic evolution of submarine lobe deposits (http://lobe2.leeds.ac.uk/). As part of my involvement I co-supervise a PhD student based at the University of Leeds. During this project I have received fieldwork costs totalling £12,657. One publication has thus far arisen from this research (journal paper #39). My contributions include: (i) interpretation of seismic reflection and well data, with a particular emphasis on the impact of mass-transport complexes (MTCs) on deep-water depositional patterns; (ii) analysis of subsurface data from the North Sea Basin and NW Shelf Australia to constrain the early post-rift tectono-stratigraphic evolution of sedimentary basins; and (iii) collection and analysis of field data that document the impact of MTCs and early post-rift relief on deep-water sediment dispersal and stratigraphic architecture. Along with collaborators at the universities of Manchester and Leeds I am currently preparing the LOBE3 JIP proposal, on which I will have FeC-costed time.

Liverpool-Imperial College: Deep-water depositional patterns. From 2011-2013 I was co-PI on a University of Liverpool research project (Controls on deep-water depositional patterns). This project focused on the autogenic and allogenic controls on sediment routing during the early post-rift phase of rift basin development and was fully funded by VNG Norge, with £12,052 of funding coming to Imperial College. As part of my involvement I jointly supervised a PDRA (Dr Robert Duller) who was based at the University of Liverpool and who is now a full-time staff member in the same university. My contributions included analysis of subsurface data from the North Sea Basin to constrain the early post-rift tectono-stratigraphic evolution of sedimentary basins, and the collection and analysis of field data that document the sedimentology of deep-water lobes. Manchester-Bergen-Imperial College: SIRB. From 2009-2012, along with co-investigators from the University of Manchester (and subsequently University of Bergen), I was in receipt of a major grant (a total of £1,011,336 between the two institutions, with £537,717 coming to Imperial College) by Statoil ASA. The Salt-Influenced Rift Basin (SIRB) project focused on the tectono-stratigraphic evolution of rift basins forming in crust containing thick, ductile, salt-bearing layers. In addition to an Imperial College-based PhD and PDRA, I jointly supervised a PDRA based at the University of Manchester. Three publications arose from this research project (journal papers #26, #37 and #47). My contributions included subsurface analysis of

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normal faults and associated fold growths as well as sedimentological and stratigraphic analysis of syn-rift deposits. External PhD supervisions. Since 2011 I have been co-supervisor on four PhD projects based outside of Imperial College: (i) Jord de Boer (University of Bergen) – Tectono-stratigraphic evolution of Rift Basins - From subsurface to outcrop (2011-); (ii) Oluwatobi Olobayo (University of Manchester) - Remobilization and Injection of clastic sediments in the North Sea and Deep Water Niger Delta: A link to silica diagenesis and fluid flow (2011-; (iii) Andrea Ortiz-Karpf (University of Leeds) –Role of mass-transport complexes in the evolution of continental margins (2012-); and (iv) Annette Tvedt (University of Bergen) – Growth of normal faults above mobile substrates (2011-). One peer-reviewed publication has arisen from these joint research projects (journal paper #33). I have collaborated on the following four inter-disciplinary research projects with colleagues inside ESE: MultiRifts (Dr Rebecca Bell) (2010-date). This project was funded by Norsk Forskingsrådet and involves researchers from the universities of Bergen, Oslo and Manchester (see p25 for further details). My contributions include: (i) the seismic-stratigraphic analysis of seismic data; (ii) kinematic analysis of normal faulting; and (iii) stratigraphic analysis of syn-rift stratigraphy. Two publications have arisen from this research project (journal papers #9 and #10).

Low-Permeability Reservoirs (Prof. Howard Johnson, Prof. Matthew Jackson, Dr Gary Hampson) (2010-2014). This project was funded by Shell. My contributions included field-based sedimentological and stratigraphic analysis of tidally-influenced depositional systems and the interpretation of stratigraphic architecture in the context of the basin tectonics and syn-depositional physiography. Two publications have arisen from this research project (journal papers #17 and #41). Tectono-stratigraphic development of rift basins (Dr Gary Hampson) (2006-date). Several PhD students and one PDRA worked on this project and were supported by Centrica, Premier Oil, Statoil, AAPG, London Petrophysical Society, AAPG and GSL. My contributions included guidance on the 3D seismic interpretation and analysis of complex structures, ensuring full integration of geophysical and geological datasets and ensuring that the geological models produced are logical and honour both structural and stratigraphic data. Seven publications have arisen from these research projects (journal papers #5, #12, #14, #19, #20, #53 and #65). The tectono-stratigraphic significance of the Messinian Salinity Crisis in the Eastern Mediterranean (Prof. Alastair Fraser) (2010-date). This research theme involved co-supervision of two recently-completed PhD students and was supported by BP. My contributions included the seismic-stratigraphic analysis of 2D seismic data and the analysis of the geometry and movement history of faults and folds. Post-Doctoral Staff (PDRAs) A total of five PDRAs have worked under my sole direct supervision at Imperial College during the last five years: (i) Dr Oliver Bujanowski- Duffy (2011-date); (ii) Dr Amandine Prélat (2011-2014); (iii) Dr Craig Magee (2011-2014); (iv) Dr Rebecca Bell (2010-2013); and (v) Dr Gavin Elliott (2009-2012).

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RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS OBTAINED OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS

During my c. 10 years at Imperial College I have raised £3,935,319 in research funding. During the last five years I have raised £2,971,200, including £1,875,120 since my last promotion in Oct 2012. During the last five years and as a direct result of my long-term relationship with Statoil, I have raised £630,738 in scholarship funds for the three main petroleum-related MSc degrees based in ESE, in addition to MSc degrees based in Chemical Engineering and Civil Engineering.

Source of Funds

Title of Project Duration (months)

Start Date Total Value of Support to IC Role Names of other grant/Contract Holders

Other Comments

Statoil Statoil Statoil Norsk Forskingsrådet PETRONAS VNG Norge Maersk Statoil Statoil

Rift ‘S2S’ Landscape uplift Akademia Agreement Multiphase rifting Structural controls on shallow marine systems Controls on the development of turbidite systems Characterisation of deep-water depositional systems Akademia Agreement Akademia Agreement

42 42 60 36 36 24 2 36 36

Mar 2015 Oct 2014 Jan 2013 April 2012 Jan 2012 Oct 2011 June 2010 Jan 2010 Jan 2010

£250,000 £3,500 £1,621,620 £146,743 £100,000 £12,052

£10,000 £642,747 £184,538

Joint-PI Joint-PI PI Joint-PI Joint-PI Joint-PI PI

Dr Gary Hampson Dr Gareth Roberts Prof. Rob Gawthorpe Prof. Howard Johnson Dr David Hodgson (Liverpool)

1 PhD DTP CASE Award 2 PDRAs + MSc 2 PDRAs + 3 PhDs 1 PhD 1 PDRA 2 PDRAs + 1 PhD MSc scholarships

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PUBLICATIONS I have published (or have in press) 85 peer-reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings and books; c. 42 of these were published (or accepted for publication) since my last promotion in October 2012. I have been first author for 32 papers and sole author for six papers. In the last three years I have had two papers published in GEOLOGY (impact factor=4.087) (journal papers #25 and 42) and one in Earth and Planetary Science Letters (journal paper #32). I have a H-index of 10 (Web of Science), and papers arising from my research have been cited c. 600 times. Citations to my papers have increased by c. 30-100% year-on-year since 2009. Research Papers (1-42 have been published since my last promotion in Oct 2012) 1. Jackson, C.A-L., Jackson, M.P.A., Hudec, M.R. and Rodriguez, C., “Enigmatic structures within salt walls of the Santos Basin—Part 1: Geometry and kinematics from 3D seismic reflection and well data”. J. Struc. Geol., (in press). 2. Dooley, T.R., Jackson, M.P.A., Jackson, C.A-L., Hudec, M.R. “Enigmatic structures within salt walls of the Santos Basin—Part 2: Mechanical explanation from physical modelling”. J. Struc. Geol., (in press). 3. Jackson, C.A-L., Jackson, M.P.A. and Hudec, M.R. “Understanding passive margin kinematics: a critical test of competing hypotheses for the origin of the Albian Gap, Santos Basin, offshore Brazil”. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., (in press). 4. Jackson, C.A-L. and Lewis, M.M., “Structural style and evolution of a salt-influenced rift basin margin: the impact of variations in salt composition and the role of polyphase extension”. Bas. Res., (in press). 5. Holgate, N.E., Hampson, G.J., Jackson, C.A-L. and Petersen, S.A., “Constraining uncertainty in interpretation of seismically imaged clinoforms in deltaic reservoirs, Troll Field, Norwegian North Sea: Insights from forward seismic models of outcrop analogs”. AAPG Bull., (in press). 6. Lewis, M.M., Jackson, C.A-L. and Gawthorpe, R.L., “Stratal architecture and along-strike variability of early syn-rift deposits: an example from the Hadahid Fault System, Suez Rift, Egypt”. AAPG Bull., (in press). 7. Lewis, M.M., Jackson, C.A-L. and Gawthorpe, R.L., “Tectono-sedimentary development of early syn-rift deposits: the Abura Graben, Suez Rift, Egypt”. Bas. Res., (in press). 8. Magee, C., Duffy, O., Purnell, K., Bell, R.E., Jackson, C.A-L. and Reeve, M.T., “Fault-controlled fluid flow inferred from hydrothermal vents imaged in 3D seismic reflection data offshore NW Australia”. Bas. Res., (in press). 9. Reeve, M.T., Bell, R.E., Duffy, O., Jackson, C.A-L. and Sansom, E., 2015, “The development of non-colinear fault systems; what can we learn from 3D seismic reflection data?”. J. Struc. Geol., (in press). 10. Bell, R.E, Jackson, C.A-L, Whipp, P.S. and Clements B., “Strain migration during multiphase extension: observations from the northern North Sea”. Tectonics, (in press). 11. Jackson, C.A-L, Rodriguez, C.R., Rotevatn, A. and Bell, R.E., “Geological and geophysical expression of a primary salt weld; an example from the Santos Basin, Brazil”. Interpretation, (in press). 12. Patruno, S., Hampson, G.J., Jackson, C.A-L. and Dreyer, T., “Geomorphology, facies character and stratigraphic architecture of an ancient sand-rich subaqueous delta: Upper Jurassic Sognefjord Formation, Troll Field, Offshore Norway”. Sedimentology, (in press).

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13. Alqahtani, F., Johnson, H.D., Jackson, C.A-L. and Som, R.B., “Nature, origin and evolution of a Late Pleistocene incised valley-fill, Sunda Shelf, Southeast Asia”. Sedimentology, (in press). 14. Patruno, S., Hampson, G.J., Jackson, C.A-L. and Whipp, P.S., “Quantitative progradation dynamics and stratigraphic architecture of ancient shallow-marine clinoform sets: a new method and its application to the Upper Jurassic Sognefjord Formation, Troll Field, offshore Norway”. Bas. Res., (in press). 15. Prélat, A., Hodgson, D.M., Hall, M., Jackson, C.A-L. and Tveiten, B., “Constraining sub-seismic deep-water stratal elements with electrofacies analysis; a case study from the Upper Cretaceous of the Måløy Slope, offshore Norway”. Mar. Pet. Geol., 59 (2014), 268-285. 16. Rotevatn, A. and Jackson, C.A-L., “3D structure and evolution of folds during normal fault dip linkage”. J. Geol. Soc., 171 (2014), 821-829. 17. Legler, B., Hampson, G.J., Jackson, C.A-L., Johnson, H.D., Sarginson, M. and Ravnås, R., “Facies relationships and stratigraphic architecture of distal, mixed tide-and-wave-influenced deltaic deposits: lower Sego Sandstone, western Colorado”. J. Sed. Res., 84 (2014), 605-625. 18. Jackson, C.A-L., Carruthers, T.D., Mahlo, S. and Briggs, O., “Can polygonal faults help locate deep-water reservoirs?”. AAPG Bull., 98 (2014), 1717-1738. 19. Mannie, A.S., Jackson, C.A-L. and Hampson, G.J., “Shallow marine reservoir development in extensional diapir collapse minibasins: an integrated subsurface case study from the Upper Jurassic of the Cod Terrace, Norwegian North Sea”. AAPG Bull., 98 (2014), 2019-2055. 20. Mannie, A.S., Jackson, C.A-L. and Hampson, G.J., “Structural controls on the stratigraphic architecture of net-transgressive shallow-marine strata in a salt-influenced rift basin: Middle-to-Upper Jurassic, Egersund Basin, Norwegian North Sea”. Bas. Res., 26 (2014), 675-700. 21. Whipp, P.S., Jackson, C.A-L., Gawthorpe, R.L., Dreyer, T. and Quinn, D., “Normal fault array evolution above a reactivated rift fabric; a subsurface example from the northern Horda Platform, Norwegian North Sea”. Bas. Res., 26 (2014), 523-549. 22. Osagiede, E., Duffy, O., Jackson, C.A-L., and Wrona, T., “Quantifying the growth history of seismically-imaged normal faults”. J. Struc. Geol., 66 (2014), 382-399. 23. Magee, C., McDermott, K.G., Stevenson, C.T.E. and Jackson, C.A-L., “Influence of crystallised igneous intrusions on fault nucleation and reactivation during continental extension”. J. Struc. Geol., 62 (2014), 183-193. 24. Alves, T.M., Bell, R.E., Jackson, CA-L. and Minshull, T.A., “Deep-water continental margins: geological and economic frontiers”. Bas. Res., 26 (2014), 3-9. 25. Jackson, C.A-L., Jackson, M.P.A., Hudec, M.R. and Rodriguez, C., “Internal structure, kinematics, and growth of a salt wall: Insights from 3-D seismic data”. Geology, 42 (2014), 307-310. 26. Bell, R.E., Jackson, C.A-L., Elliott, G.M. and Gawthorpe, R.L., “Insights into the development of major rift-related unconformities from geologically constrained subsidence modelling: Halten Terrace, offshore mid Norway”. Bas. Res., 26 (2013), 203-224. 27. Reeve, M.T., Bell, R.E. and Jackson, C.A-L., “Origin and significance of intra-basement seismic reflections offshore western Norway”. J. Geol. Soc., 171 (2014), 1-4. 28. Jackson, C.A-L. and Lewis, M.M., “Physiography of the North Permian Basin margin: new insights from 3D seismic reflection data”. J. Geol. Soc., 170 (2014), 857-860.

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29. Jackson, C.A-L., Schofield, N. and Golenkov, B., “Geometry and controls on the development of igneous sill-related forced folds: a 2D seismic reflection case study from offshore southern Australia”. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 125 (2013), 1874-1890. 30. Magee, C., Jackson, C.A-L. and Schofield, N., “Diachronous sub-volcanic intrusion along deep-water margins: insights from the Irish Rockall Basin”. Bas. Res., 26 (2013), 85-105. 31. Magee, C., Briggs, F. and Jackson, C.A-L., “3D seismic insights into lithological controls on igneous intrusion-induced ground deformation”. J. Geol. Soc., 170 (2014), 853-856. 32. Lewis, M.M., Jackson, C.A-L., and Gawthorpe, R.L., “Salt-influenced normal fault growth and forced folding; the Stavanger Fault System, North Sea”. J. Struc. Geol., 54 (2013), 156-173. 33. Tvedt, A.B.M., Rotevatn, A., Jackson, C.A-L., Fossen, H. and Gawthorpe, R.L., “Growth of normal faults in multilayer sequences; a 3D seismic case study from the Egersund Basin, Norwegian North Sea”. J. Struc. Geol., 55 (2013), 1-20. 34. Jackson, C.A-L., and Rotevatn, A., “3D seismic analysis of the structure and evolution of a salt-influenced normal fault zone: a test of competing fault growth models”. J. Struc. Geol., 54 (2013), 215-234. 35. Magee, C., Hunt-Stewart, E. and Jackson, C.A-L., “Volcano growth mechanisms and the role of sub-volcanic intrusions: Insights from 2D seismic reflection data”. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 373 (2013), 41-53. 36. Zakaria, A.A., Johnson, H.D., Jackson, C.A-L. and Tongkul, F., “Sedimentary facies analysis and depositional model for the Palaeogene West Crocker submarine fan system, NW Borneo”. J. Asian. Earth Sci., 76 (2013), 283-300. 37. Wilson, P., Elliott, G.M., Gawthorpe, R.L., Jackson, C.A-L., Michelsen, L. and Sharp, I.R., “Geometry and segmentation of an evaporite-detached normal fault array: The southern Bremstein Fault Complex, offshore mid-Norway”. J. Struc. Geol., 51 (2013), 74-91. 38. Holgate, N.E., Jackson, C.A-L., Hampson, G.J. and Dreyer, T., “Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of the Upper Jurassic Krossfjord and Fensfjord formations, Troll Field, northern North Sea”. Pet. Geo., 19 (2013), 237-258. 39. Olafiranye, K., Jackson, C.A-L. and Hodgson, D.M., “The role of tectonics and mass-transport complex emplacement on upper slope stratigraphic evolution: a 3D seismic case study from offshore Angola”. Mar. Pet. Geol., 44 (2013), 196-216. 40. Lonergan, L., Jamin, N.H., Jackson, C.A-L. and Johnson, H.D., “U-Shaped Slope Gully Systems and Sediment Waves on the Passive Margin of Gabon (West Africa)”. Mar. Geol., 337 (2013), 80-97. 41. Legler, B., Johnson, H.D., Hampson, G.J., Massart, B.Y.G., Jackson, C.A-L., Jackson, M.D., El-Barkooky, A. and Ravnås R., “Facies model of a fine-grained, tide-dominated delta: lower Dir Abu Lifa Member (Eocene), Western Desert, Egypt”. Sedimentology, 60 (2013), 1313-1356. 42. Magee, C., Jackson, C.A-L. and Schofield, N., “The influence of normal fault geometry on igneous sill emplacement and morphology”. Geology, 41 (2013), 407-410. 43. Sømme, T.O., Jackson, C.A-L. and Vaksdal, M., “Source-to-sink analysis of ancient sedimentary systems using a subsurface case study from the Møre-Trøndelag area of southern Norway: Part 1 - depositional setting and fan evolution”. Bas. Res., 25 (2013), 489-511.

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44. Sømme, T.O. and Jackson, C.A-L., “Source-to-sink analysis of ancient sedimentary systems using a subsurface case study from the Møre-Trøndelag area of southern Norway: Part 2 – sediment dispersal and forcing mechanisms”. Bas. Res., 25 (2013), 512-531. 45. Dmitrieva, E., Jackson, C.A-L., Huuse, M. and McCarthy, A., “Palaeocene deep-water depositional systems in the northern North Sea: a 3D seismic and well data case study, North Viking Graben, Block 35/11”. Pet. Geosci., 18 (2011), 97-114. 46. Jackson, C.A-L., “3D seismic characterisation of submarine slide blocks in a salt-related minibasin, offshore SE Brazil”. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 124 (2012), 746-761. 47. Elliott, G.M., Wilson, P., Jackson, C.A-L., Gawthorpe, R.L., Michelsen, L. and Sharp, I.R., “The linkage between fault throw and footwall scarp erosion patterns: an example from the Bremstein Fault Complex, offshore Mid-Norway”. Bas. Res., 24 (2012), 180-197. 48. Schofield, N., Heaton, L., Holford, S.P., Archer, S.G., Jackson, C.A-L. and Jolley, D., “Seismic imaging of 'broken-bridges': linking seismic to outcrop-scale investigations of intrusive magma lobes”. J. Geol. Soc., 169 (2012), 421-426. 49. Jackson, C.A-L. and Lewis, M.M., “Characterisation and origin of an anhydrite sheath encircling a salt diapir, Egersund Basin, northern North Sea”. J. Geol. Soc., 169 (2012), 593-599. 50. Chua, S-T., Jackson, C.A-L. and Bell, R.E., “Structural style and timing of inversion in the Egersund Basin”. J. Struc. Geol., 46 (2013), 167-185. 51. Jackson, C.A-L., “3D seismic imaging of submarine magmatic vents”. J. Geol. Soc., 169 (2012), 503-506. 52. Jackson, C.A-L. and Sømme, T., “Borehole evidence for wing-like clastic intrusion complexes on the western Norwegian Margin”. J. Geol. Soc., 168 (2011), 1075-1078. 53. Kieft, R.L., Hampson, G.J., Jackson, C.A-L. and Larsen, E., “Stratigraphic architecture of a net-transgressive marginal- to shallow-marine succession: Upper Almond Formation, Rock Springs Uplift, Wyoming, USA”. J. Sed. Res., 81 (2011), 513-533. 54. Jackson, C.A-L., Larsen, E., Hanslien, S. and Tjemsland, A-E., “Structurally-controlled syn-rift turbidite deposition on the hangingwall dipslope of the South Viking Graben, North Sea Rift System”. AAPG Bull., 95 (2011), 1557-1587. 55. *Jackson, C.A-L., Huuse, M. and Barber, G.P., “Geometry of wing-like intrusions adjacent to a deep-water slope channel complex and implications for hydrocarbon exploration and production: a 3D seismic case study from the Måløy Slope, offshore Norway”. AAPG Bull., 95 (2011), 559-584. 56. Cardozo, N., Jackson, C.A-L. and Whipp, P.S., “Determining the uniqueness of best-fit trishear models”. J. Struc. Geol., 33 (2011), 1063-1078. 57. *Jackson, C.A-L., “3D seismic analysis of megaclast deformation within a mass-transport deposit; implications for debris flow kinematics”. Geology, 39 (2011), 203-206. 58. Burberry, C.A., Jackson, C.A-L. and Cosgrove, J.C., “Late Cretaceous to Recent deformation related to inherited structures and subsequent compression within the Persian Gulf: a 2D seismic case study”. J. Geol. Soc., 168 (2011), 485-498. 59. *Faulkner D.R., Jackson, C.A-L., Lunn, R.J., Schlische, R.W., Shipton, Z.K., Wibberley, C.A.J. and Withjack, M.O., “A review of recent developments concerning the structure, mechanics and fluid flow properties of fault zones”. J. Struc. Geol., 32 (2010), 1557-1575.

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60. *Huuse M., Jackson, C.A-L., Van Rensbergen, P., Davies, R.J., Flemings, P.B. and Dixon, R.J., “Subsurface sediment remobilization and fluid flow in sedimentary basins: an overview”. Basin Res., 22 (2010), 342-360. 61. Kane, K.E., Jackson, C.A-L. and Larsen, E., “Normal fault growth and fault-related folding in a salt-influenced rift basin: South Viking Graben, offshore Norway”. J. Struc. Geol., 32 (2010), 490-506. 62. Huuse M., Van Rensbergen, P., Jackson, C.A-L., Davies, R.J., Flemings, P.B. and Dixon, R.J., “Subsurface sediment remobilization and fluid flow in sedimentary basins: preface”. Basin Res., 22 (2010), 341-341. 63. Jackson, C.A-L., Grunhagen, H., Howell, J.A., Larsen, A.L., Andersson, A., Boen, F. and Groth, A., “3D seismic imaging of lower delta-plain beach ridges: lower Brent Group, northern North Sea”. J. Geol. Soc., 167 (2010), 1225-1236. 64. Jackson, C.A-L., Kane, K.E. and Larsen, E., “Structural evolution of minibasins on the Utsira High, northern North Sea; implications for Jurassic sediment dispersal and reservoir distribution”. Pet. Geosci., 16 (2010), 105-120. 65. Hampson, G.J, Sixsmith, P.J, Kieft, R.L, Jackson, C.A-L. and Johnson, H.D., “Quantitative analysis of net-transgressive shoreline trajectories and stratigraphic architectures: mid-to-late Jurassic of the North Sea rift basin”. Basin Res., 21 (2009), 528-558. 66. Jackson, C.A-L., Johnson, H.D., Zakaria, A.A., Crevello, P.D. and Tongkul, F., “Sedimentology, stratigraphic occurrence and origin of linked debrites in the West Crocker Fm (Oligo-Miocene), Sabah, NW Borneo”. Mar. Pet. Geol., 26 (2009), 1957-1973. 67. Jackson, C.A-L. and Johnson, H.D., “Sustained turbidity currents and their interaction with debrite-related topography; Labuan Island, offshore NW Borneo, Malaysia”. Sed. Geol., 219 (2009), 77–96. 68. Aas, T., Howell, J.A., Janocko, M. & Jackson, C.A-L., “Controls of Aptian palaeobathymetry on turbidite distribution in the Buchan Graben, Outer Moray Firth, Central North Sea”. Mar. Pet. Geol., 27 (2009), 412-434. 69. Jackson, C.A-L. and Larsen, E., “Temporal and spatial development of a gravity-driven normal fault array: Middle–Upper Jurassic, South Viking Graben, northern North Sea”. J. Struc. Geol., 31 (2009), 388–402. 70. Jackson, C.A-L. and Larsen, E., “Timing basin inversion using 3D seismic data: a case study from the South Viking Graben, offshore Norway”. Basin Res., 20 (2008), 397-417. 71. Jackson, C.A-L., Barber, G.P. and Martinsen, O., “Slope morphology as a control on the geometry and evolution of sand-rich slope systems”. Mar. Pet. Geol., 25 (2008), 663-680. 72. Jackson, C.A-L., Sedimentology and significance of an early syn-rift palaeovalley, Suez Rift, Egypt. J. Afr. Earth Sci., 52 (2008), 62-68. 73. Jackson, C.A-L., Gawthorpe, R.L. and Sharp, I.R., “Structural style and development of fault-propagation folds in extensional settings: examples from the Hammam Faraun and El-Qaa fault blocks, Suez Rift, Egypt”. J. Struc. Geol., 28 (2006), 519-535. 74. Jackson, C.A-L., Gawthorpe, R.L., Leppard, C.W. and Sharp, I.R., “Rift-initiation development of normal fault blocks: insights from the Hammam Faraun fault block, Suez rift, Egypt”. J. Geol. Soc., 163 (2006), 165-183. 75. Jackson, C.A-L. and Stoddart, D.P., “Temporal constraints on the growth and decay of large-scale mobilised mud masses and implications for fluid flow mapping in sedimentary basins”. Terra Nova, 17 (2005), 580-585.

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76. Jackson, C.A-L., Gawthorpe, R.L., Carr, I.D. and Sharp, I.R., “Fault growth as a control on the stratigraphic evolution of tidally-influenced and shallow marine syn-rift sequences: The Nukhul and Rudeis Formations, Suez Rift, Egypt”. Sedimentology, 52 (2005), 313-338. 77. Gawthorpe, R.L., Jackson, C.A-L., Young, M.J., Sharp, I.R., Moustafa, A.R. and Leppard, C.W., “Normal fault growth, displacement localisation and the evolution of normal fault populations: the Hammam Faraun fault block, Suez rift, Egypt”. J. Struc. Geol., 25 (2003), 1347-1348. 78. Jackson, C.A-L., Gawthorpe, R.L. and Sharp, I.R., “Growth and linkage of the East Tanka fault zone, Suez rift; Structural style and syn-rift stratigraphic response”. J. Geol. Soc., 159 (2002), 175-187. 79. Carr, I.D., Gawthorpe, R.L., Jackson, C.A-L. Sharp, I.R. and Sadek, A., “Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of early syn-rift tidal sediments: the Nukhul Formation, Suez Rift, Egypt”. J. Sed. Res., 73 (2002), 407-420. Book Chapters & Conference Proceedings 1. Holford S.P., Schofield, N, Jackson, C.A-L, Magee, C, Green, P.F and Duddy, I.R., “Impact of igneous intrusions on source and reservoir potential in prospective sedimentary basins”. In: Keep, M. & Moss, S.J. (eds) The Sedimentary Basins of Western Australia IV. Proceedings of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia Symposium, Perth, WA (2013). 2. Jackson C.A-L. and Kane, K.E., “Application of 3D seismic data to understanding the structure and stratigraphy of sedimentary basins”. In: Recent Advances in the Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins (Ed. by: C. Busby & A. Azor). Blackwells Science (2012), 95-110. 3. Kieft, R.L., Jackson, C.A-L., Hampson, G.J. and Larsen, E., “Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of the Hugin Formation, Quadrant 15, Norwegian sector, South Viking Graben”. In: Vining, B.A. & Pickering, S.C. (eds) Petroleum Geology: From Mature Basins to New Frontiers – Proceedings of the 7th Petroleum Geology Conference (2010), 157-176. 4. Martinsen, O.J., Lien, T. and Jackson, C.A-L., “Cretaceous and Palaeogene Turbidites in the North Sea and Norwegian Sea Basins: Source, Staging Area and Basin Physiography Controls on Reservoir Development”. In: Doré, A.G. & Vining, B.A. (eds) Petroleum Geology: North-West Europe and Global Perspectives – Proceedings of the 6th Petroleum Geology Conference (2005), 1147-1164. 5. Jackson, C.A-L., “The geometry, distribution and development of clastic injections in slope systems: seismic examples from the Upper Cretaceous Kyrre Formation, Måløy Slope, Norwegian Margin”. In: Hurst, A. & Cartwright, J.A. (eds) Sand injectites: implications for hydrocarbon exploration and production. AAPG Memoir, 87 (2007), 37-48.

6. Jackson, C.A-L., “Application of three-dimensional seismic data to documenting the scale, geometry and distribution of soft-sediment features in sedimentary basins: an example from the Lomre Terrace, offshore Norway”. In: Davies, R.J., Posamentier, H.W., Wood, L.J. & Cartwright, J.A. (eds) Seismic Geomorphology: Applications to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 277 (2007), 253–267.

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MANAGEMENT, ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER RELEVANT ACTIVITIES Research group management and administration Strategic management of research group. I am founder and Head of the Basins Research Group (BRG), a multidisciplinary research group that uses seismic reflection, borehole and outcrop data to investigate the development of sedimentary basins (http://www.basinsresearchgroup.com/index.html). I established the group in 2010, recognising the need for a department and college focal point for both pure and applied sedimentary basin-related research. I direct the short- and long-term research strategy for the group, ensuring that our research is of world-leading standard as evidenced by publications in outstanding journals (see p29-34), and by the award of prizes to staff and students. The group currently comprises nine members of staff, two PDRA and 16 PhD students. Previous group members include 4 PDRAs and 10 PhD students, all of whom now work in the oil industry or in academia (see p40). College-level management and administration Management of Statoil-Imperial College inter- and intra-departmental relationship and steering committee membership. Over the last seven years, under my guidance, Statoil and Imperial have developed a strategic academic and research partnership. This sustained relationship, which reflects their respective positions as a top global supplier of oil and gas and an internationally-respected leader in engineering teaching, research and translation, is based on: (i) the Akademia Agreement (initiated in 2007) focuses on the enhancement of Statoil’s academic and educational profile, principally within the Departments of Earth Science and Engineering (ESE), Chemical Engineering and Civil & Environmental Engineering. Under this agreement Statoil provide MSc-level funding (worth £630,738 over five years) to all three Departments, in addition to part-funding my full-time academic position. It is Imperial’s belief that this seven-year partnership has provided significant benefit to both parties. Statoil has gained visibility amongst industry peers for its relationship with a university of the highest international calibre, as well as with talented young students from across the globe. For its part, Imperial has been able to provide competitive funding packages to top engineering postgraduates and to gain research-relevant insight into the evolving needs and priorities of the oil and gas industry. Naming-level funding for my position (Statoil Senior Lecturer and now Reader) has likewise positioned Statoil as a top academic partner in both the College and the wider research community, while providing the College with valuable funding to support and retain academic talent; and (ii) the Research Framework Agreement (initiated in 2013) aims to strengthen research links between Statoil and Imperial in a broad array of areas of mutual interest. It is intended to provide an efficient, College-wide contractual framework within which world-leading, energy-related research can be undertaken and managed at multiple education levels (MSc, PhD, PDRA). I sit on the steering committees for the Statoil-Imperial College Akademia Agreement and Research Framework Agreement. Over the next two to five years I will develop the current Statoil-Imperial College relationship by establishing an inter-departmental ‘Grand Challenge program’, likely based around the general theme of ‘heavy oil’. The planning for this project is already underway and there have been a number of productive meetings between senior Statoil management and representatives from Imperial College, including staff from Corporate Partnerships. Planning and execution of college visit by VISTA board of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. VISTA is a basic research programme funded by Statoil, conducted in close collaboration with The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. In 2014 VISTA approached Imperial College, asking if they could visit the college to exchange ideas on how universities could best engage with industry funders and secure large, long-term grants, such as those exemplified by the Imperial College Grand Challenges I worked with Rebeca Santamaria-Fernandez and Dimitris Sarantaridis (Corporate Partnerships), in addition to Prof. Martin Trusler (Chemical Engineering), Prof. Ann Muggeridge (ESE) and Prof. Jan Cilliers (ESE) to devise a program that maximised benefit to Imperial College.

Planning of college visit by Statoil Technology Leadership. In 2011 I organised a college-wide visit for Statoil’s ‘Technology Leadership’. As a major international oil company, with interest in both geoscience and engineering, the aim of their visit was to liaise with a broad

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range of academics in Imperial College. Because government funding in many key areas of scientific research has reduced and industrial funding has been increasingly competitive, fostering links between academia and industry is especially critical at this time. Departmental Management and Administration Deputy Co-Director of Postgraduate Research. I am Co-Deputy Director for Postgraduate Research in ESE. My role includes: (i) implementing college’s and ESE’s PhD admissions process by participating in PhD interviews; (ii) implementing college’s policy regarding the structure of PhD training (e.g. cohort scheme); (iii) liaising with staff in the NERC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) hosted in the Grantham Institute for Climate Change to ensure that Earth Science and Engineering are fully engaged in, compliant with and contribute to the success of this program; and (iv) assessing and acting on issues arising from the biennial PhD student survey. I spend approximately one day per month (c. 8 hours) on this role.

Department Steering Committee Member. In 2012 I was elected and served as the non-professorial staff representative on the ESE Steering Group. As a member of the steering group I was involved in planning the strategic research and educational direction of the department; this was particularly critical as we approached the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) Research Excellence Framework (REF) exercise. I was also involved in discussions related to pay rises, implementation of the Professional and Research Development Process (PDRP) and additional ad hoc issues that arose. I was elected by my colleagues to sit on the steering committee because of my research achievements, teaching quantity and quality, and because of my ability to communicate effectively with the department senior management team.

Contributions to ESE recruitment. In 2013 I was involved in the search committee for an Earth Science Lectureship. This involved contacting prospective applicants and reducing the applicant short-list. I also sat on the search committee and the interview panel for a Petroleum Geophysics Lectureship. Establishment of ESESIS profiles for petroleum-related MSc degrees. At my instigation, the three MSc courses in ESE now have a presence on ESESIS (Earth Science and Engineering Student Information System). ESESIS is an online system that stores information on staff, students and teaching module content. Data related to medical conditions and parental contact details can also be stored on ESESIS, thus making it an extremely valuable resource when staff and students are off-site on field courses, as is common on the MSc Petroleum Geoscience course. Establishment of ESESIS databases for the ESE-hosted petroleum-related MSc degrees required close collaboration with registry and Dr Mark Sutton, ESESIS creator and manager, who is an academic based in ESE.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPING OTHERS

Personal development

Academic Development Centre (ADC). I am currently a member of the Academic

Development Centre (ADC), a year-long personal development course ran by Dr Magdalena Bak-Maier. This course has equipped me to identify the criteria that enable to prioritise and select key work tasks in the areas of research, management and teaching. It has confirmed that my research strategy, based on a heartfelt desire to “find something out”, is working in terms of research output and recognition, and has provided the foundations for continued success in the future. With this knowledge, I am keen and feel able to provide an increasing contribution to departmental and college management, and my own personal and research development.

Staff survey participation. I participate in the annual staff surveys and ATHENA Swan staff

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Teaching technology training courses. I have undertaken training in two emerging learning

technologies; Mentimeter (Shireen Lock) and Panopto (Dr Mark Sutton).

First Aid. I have twice (2011 and 2014) taken formal First Aid training. Because I lead MSc

field-trips to remote, potentially dangerous locations in the western US and northern Derbyshire, this training is critical for me to fulfil my employment responsibilities. Development of PDRAs and PhD students

I encourage all of my PhD students and PDRAs to develop their careers whilst at Imperial College. In particular, I encourage them to:

• attend relevant GSEPS courses

• take organisational/committee roles on the AAPG Student Chapter

• help organise the research group seminar series

• undertake placements at major international oil companies

• visit other Earth Science departments for short-term study visits

• publish their work in internationally-recognised, high-profile journals

• attend and present their research at national and international conferences I am actively involved in mentoring junior academic staff by:

• involving them in grant applications and asking them to co-supervise PhD students; this is mutually beneficial because it provides them with much-needed experience in preparing grant applications and engaging with funders, whilst simultaneously allowing me to continue to conduct integrated, cutting-edge research using their expertise

• critiquing grant applications they are preparing with colleagues based either inside or outside of ESE or the college

• helping them negotiate the research and education structure of ESE and the college A unique feature of the BRG is the way that I have broken down barriers, be they perceived or real, between PhDs students, and between PhD students and PDRAs. Under my direct guidance, we have developed a research community in the BRG within which individuals are encouraged not to conduct ‘silo-based’ research, but instead take a broader interest in the research of others. PhD students and PDRAs are thus encouraged to set up and run MSc and MSci research projects, or to conduct small spin-off projects themselves. I also encourage my PhD students and PDRAs to apply for grants during their time at Imperial College; this improves their ability to communicate their research and promotes their and the group’s work nationally and internationally. My PhD students and PDRAs have been very successful in obtaining grants and presentation awards from internationally-renowned geoscience and non-geoscience organisations:

• Clara Rodriguez (PhD) – Santander Mobility Fund (2014)

• Thilo Wrona (PhD) – AAPG Grants-in-Aid Award (2013)

• Thilo Wrona (PhD) – BSRG Research Grant (2013)

• Thilo Wrona (PhD) – London Petrophysical Society Research Award (2013)

• Thilo Wrona (PhD) – GSL Research Award (2013)

• Thilo Wrona (PhD) – IAS Postgraduate Award (2013)

• Thilo Wrona (PhD) – IAS Postgraduate Grant (2013)

• Aruna Mannie (PhD) - London Petrophysical Society Research Award (2012)

• Rebecca Bell (PDRA) –University of Bergen ‘Akadamia’ Research Fund (2011)

• Nicholas Holgate (PhD) - Aramco Scholarship (2011)

• Nicholas Holgate (PhD) - AAPG Grants-in-Aid Award (2011)

• Nicholas Holgate (PhD) - GSL Research Grant (2011)

• Nicholas Holgate (PhD) - BSRG Research Grant (2011)

• Nicholas Holgate (PhD) - Highly Commended Presentation, BSRG AGM (2010)

• Rachel Kieft (PhD) - GSL Research Grant (2008)

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• Rachel Kieft (PhD) - AAPG Grants-in-Aid Award (2008)

• Rachel Kieft (PhD) - BSRG Research Grant (2008)

• Rachel Kieft (PhD) - Hilary Bauerman Trust (2007)

• Paul Whipp (PhD) - AAPG Grants-in-Aid Award (2007) I help to develop the careers of my PhD students and PDRAs, regardless of whether they choose to stay in academia or move into industry. This is demonstrated by the first-destinations of my PhD students and PDRAs:

• Abdulaziz Al-Balushi (2015) – Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), Oman

• Oliver Bujanowski-Duffy, PDRA (2015) – University of Texas at Austin, USA

• Hayley Allen, PhD (2014) – Shell, UK

• Aruna Mannie, PhD (2014) – Premier Oil, Norway

• Matthew Lewis, PhD (2014) – BP, UK

• Nicholas Holgate, PhD (2014) – Shell, UK

• Stefano Patruno, PhD (2013) – PGS, UK

• Gavin Elliott, PDRA (2012) - Lukoil

• Berit Legler, PDRA (2011) – University of Manchester, UK

• Paul Whipp, PhD (2011) – Statoil, Norway

• Faisal Alqahtani (2010) – King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

• Rachel Kieft, PhD (2010) – BP, UK

• Karla Kane, PDRA (2008) – Statoil, UK

• Evelina Dmitrieva, PhD (2012) – Repsol, Spain

• Andrew McAndrew, PhD (2010) – ExxonMobil, UK

• Abdullah Adli Zakaria, PhD (2010) – PETRONAS, Malaysia

EVIDENCE OF ESTEEM, EXTERNAL VISIBILITY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES In the three years since my last promotion, I have won the Bigsby Medal from the Geological Society of London (GSL) and the Roland Goldring Award from the British Sedimentological Research Group (BSRG). I have served as the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Allan P. Bennison Distinguished Lecturer, and have given sixteen keynote/invited talks at a combination of international and national Earth Science departments, and national and international conferences. I was awarded a one-year Visiting Research Fellowship at a leading US Earth Science research institution (Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin) and now hold a Visiting Scientist position at the same institution. In the last three years I have also been elected as President of BSRG, served as external examiner of five PhD theses, convened (or am in the planning stages of) four international research conferences, and been selected as Senior/Associate Editor for two prestigious international journals. Evidence of esteem prior to 2012 is also listed below. Prizes and Awards

Bigsby Medal from the Geological Society of London (GSL). The Geological Society of

London is the oldest learned Earth Science society in the world with >10,000 members worldwide. The award is given “as an acknowledgement of eminent services in any department of Geology, irrespective of the receivers' country; but they must have done no more than 25 years full time equivalent research, thus probably not too old for further work, and not too young to have done much”. The full citation and my reply can be viewed here: http://bit.ly/1EhF4I1. I am the youngest-ever recipient of the Bigsby Medal and am only the 4th member of staff from Imperial College to receive a medal of any sort from the Geological Society.

President of British Sedimentological Research Group (BSRG) (2013). I was elected as

the President of the BSRG (http://www.bsrg.org.uk/). BSRG is the principal focus point in the UK for all aspects of sedimentological research in the UK and is an affiliated society of the GSL. Roland Goldring Award from the British Sedimentological Research Group (BSRG)

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sedimentology”, and was awarded to me by my peers. The BSRG is the UK’s largest and most influential sedimentological research group, and has a membership of c. 500 people drawn from both within the UK and overseas. American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Allan P. Bennison Distinguished

Lecturer Award (two-week US lecture tour, 2013). The AAPG is the largest professional

geoscience organisation in the world with c. 31000 global members. I spoke at two prestigious Earth Science departments (University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado) and a major international oil company (Chevron, California), in addition to a number of geological societies (e.g. Nebraska, Wyoming, etc). An archived blog related to my tour can be viewed here: http://cjackson2013.wordpress.com/.

Presentation prize from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG). In

August 2014 I was a co-author on a poster presentation that was awarded a ‘Top 10 Poster Presentation’ prize by the AAPG at the AAPG Annual Conference and Exhibition in Houston, US. The lead author was my PhD student Abdulaziz Al-Balushi.

Presentation prize from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG). In

August 2011, I was a co-author on a poster presentation that was awarded a ‘Top 10 Poster Presentation’ prize by the AAPG at the AAPG Annual Conference and Exhibition in Houston, US. The lead author was my PDRA Dr Gavin Elliott.

Presentation prize from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG). In

late-November 2011, I was a co-author on an oral presentation that was awarded a ‘Top 10 Oral Presentation’ prize by the AAPG at the AAPG International Conference and Exhibition in Milan, Italy. The lead author was Professor Alastair Fraser.

Presentation prize from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG). In

August 2010, I was a co-author on a poster presentation that was awarded a ‘Top 10 Oral Presentation’ prize by the S EPM /AAPG at the AAPG Annual Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans, US. The lead author was my PDRA Dr Berit Legler. Keynote/Invited speaker at major national and international conferences Keynote presentation (2015). I will be a keynote speaker at the European Geosciences Union (EGU), Vienna, Austria in a session entitled “Sedimentary Structures Formed by Upper-Regime Flows: From Antidunes to Cyclic Steps”. I will present on past, current and future research related to the seismic interpretation of submarine slope gullies.

Keynote presentation (2014). I was keynote speaker at the London Lecture Series hosted by

the GSL. My talk, entitled “Terra Infirma: what has salt tectonics ever done for us?”, focuses on all aspects of rock salt, including its physical properties, hydrocarbon importance and intrinsic beauty. This was a public lecture and was given twice in one day. The lecture was sold out.

Keynote presentation (2014). I was a keynote speaker at a FORCE ‘Salt Tectonics’ seminar

held at the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate in Stavanger, Norway. I gave two talks; the first provided an overview of the next-generation salt-influenced rift basin tectono-stratigraphic models, whereas the second outlined the stratigraphic architecture of the Zechstein Supergroup ‘saline giant’. Keynote presentation (2013). I was a keynote speaker at the Annual General Meeting of the BSRG held in Hull, UK. My talk provided a synthesis of the seismic expression, sedimentology and stratigraphy of mass-transport complexes (MTCs). Keynote presentation (2013). I was a keynote speaker at the SEPM Special Session at the AAPG Annual Conference and Exhibition held in Pittsburgh, US. My talk focused on the seismic expression of deep-water sediment bypass.

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Invited presentation (2014). I was an invited speaker at the 5th Levant Basin and East Mediterranean Research Project Symposium, IFPEN, Paris. My talk focused on salt seismic-stratigraphy and salt tectonics of the Levant Margin, with particular emphasis on the role of evaporite rheology on the structural style that characterising the early-stages of gravity-driven deformation on salt-bearing continental margins. Invited presentation (2014). I was the invited speaker at the Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain (PESGB) (Aberdeen Branch) Evening Lecture Series held in Aberdeen, UK. My talk focused on the internal structure and composition of salt diapirs. The PESGB is the largest professional petroleum geology organisation in the UK, with c. 3000 members. Invited presentation (2012). I was an invited at the AAPG International Conference and Exhibition in Singapore. My talk focused on the application of 3D seismic reflection data to understanding the emplacement of igneous sill complexes in sedimentary basins.

Fully externally-funded sabbatical positions

Visiting Research Fellowship at University of Texas at Austin (2013). I held a fully-funded

Visiting Research Fellowship in the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory (AGL) at the Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG), University of Texas, USA. The University of Texas is a Top-5 US Geology department in a Top 75 globally ranked university, and the AGL is the world leader in the subsurface analysis and physical modelling of salt tectonics. I was awarded this fellowship in recognition of my international reputation for novel research into the development of salt-influenced sedimentary basins. This sabbatical was very successful; several papers arising directly from research conducted during the sabbatical were published in a number of leading journals (journal papers #1, #2 and #3). I was also awarded a prestigious Visiting Scientist position at BEG, which involves several BEG-funded, month-long visits to continue my collaboration with AGL scientists. Industry sabbatical at StatoilHydro ASA (2009). I held a fully-funded industrial sabbatical from StatoilHydro ASA (now Statoil ASA). I worked in their offices in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on a range of hydrocarbon exploration issues. This sabbatical resulted in two major publications (journal papers #11, #46 and #57), the donation of a highly confidential subsurface dataset, and stimulation for a PhD project funded by the Petroleum Technology Development Fund of Nigeria (PTDF). The dataset I obtained during my industrial sabbatical formed the foundation of my Visiting Research Fellowship at the University of Texas (see above). Invited department seminars International

• 3D seismic insight into basin structure and stratigraphy (IFP, France) - 2014

• Caprock adjacent to salt diapirs; a subsurface appraisal (UT El Paso, USA) – 2013

• Seismic imaging of intrusive igneous complexes (University of Nebraska, US*) - 2013

• Controls on deep-water reservoirs (Colorado School of Mines, USA*) – 2013

• Seismic imaging deep-water depositional systems (UT Austin, USA) - 2013

• 3D seismic imaging of delta-plain depositional systems (Bergen, Norway) – 2011

• Seismic-stratigraphic analysis of depositional systems (Adelaide, Australia) - 2010

• The growth of faults and the evolution of drainage catchments (Rutgers, USA) – 2010

National

• Impact of breakup magmatism on hydrocarbon prospectivity (Manchester*) – 2014

• Trap development during intrusion-induced forced folding (Leeds*) – 2014

• Igneous activity offshore western Ireland (Dublin) - 2014

• Seismic imaging of intrusive igneous systems (Edinburgh) - 2014

• Impact of igneous systems on petroleum systems (Aberdeen) - 2014

• 3D seismic analysis of igneous systems (Royal Holloway) - 2013

• An integrated subsurface approach to mapping fluvial sandbodies (Liverpool) – 2012

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• 3D seismic imaging of fluvial and shallow marine reservoirs (Aberdeen) - 2012

• Quantitative seismic geomorphology of fluvial depositional systems (Leeds) - 2011

• Why geologists should use 3D seismic data (Manchester) - 2010

• Large-scale soft-sediment deformation of deep-water systems (Leicester) - 2008

• Variability of deep-water depositional systems, NW Borneo, Malaysia (Leeds) - 2008

• Deformation above salt: implications for petroleum prospectivity (Edinburgh) - 2008

• Seismic interpretation of sedimentary basins (Keele) - 2007

• Seismic reflection data applications to basin analysis (Liverpool) – 2006 *denotes talk given as part of AAPG Distinguished Lecturer Tour/Student Chapter seminar series

Convenor or Technical Committee Member for national and international conferences

• Convenor for the SEPM field workshop (Subsurface, outcrop and near-surface expression of deep-water depositional systems), Oct 2016, Karoo, South Africa

• Technical Committee for the 34th Annual SEPM Bob F. Perkins Research Conference (Petroleum Systems in Rift Basins), 6th-9th Dec 2015, Houston, US

• Convenor for the PESGB-hosted conference (Petroleum Geoscience Research Collaboration Showcase), 19th-20th Nov 2014, London

• Convenor for the GSL conference (Geometry and Growth of Normal Faults), 23rd-25th June 2014, London

• Convenor for the GSL conference (Deep-water Margins: the Final Exploration Frontier?), 1st-2nd Oct 2012, London

• Convenor for the BSRG AGM, 19th-22nd Dec 2011, London

• Convenor for the GSL Frontiers Conference (The Coupling Between Tectonics and Surface Processes), 14th Nov 2011, London

• Technical Committee for the 30th Annual SEPM Bob F. Perkins Research Conference (Seismic imaging of depositional and geomorphic systems) – 8th-9th Dec 2010, Houston, US

• Convenor for the GSL conference (Subsurface sediment remobilisation and fluid flow in sedimentary basins), 21st-22nd Oct 2008, London

• Convenor for the GSL conference (Fault Zones: structure, geomechanics and fluid flow), 16th-18th Sept 2008, London

• Convenor for the GSL conference (Post-graduate Research Forum), 11th-12th Oct 2008, Aberdeen

• Convenor for the GSL conference (Collaboration between Industry and Academia), 21st-22nd Oct 2007, London

Membership of journal editorial boards

• Journal of Petroleum Geology§ (Associate Editor) – (Jun 2013)

• Basin Research* (Associate Editor) – (Jan 2013)

• AAPG Bulletin¥ (Senior Associate Editor) – (Nov 2012)

• Guest Editor for Basin Research – ‘Deep-water margins’ (Feb 2014)

• Guest Editor for the Journal of Structural Geology – ‘Fault zones’ (Nov 2010)

• Guest Editor for Basin Research - ‘Sediment remobilisation’ (Aug 2010)

§IF:1.525; ISI Journal Citation Reports Ranking: 2013: 83/173 (Geosciences Multidisciplinary) *IF:3.464; ISI Journal Citation Reports Ranking: 2013: 23/173 (Geosciences Multidisciplinary) ¥IF:1.831; ISI Journal Citation Reports Ranking: 2013: 44/173 (Geosciences Multidisciplinary)

Membership of management committees of professional organisations

President of the BSRG (2013-date). I am President of and serve on the Executive Committee of the BSRG. As President I am responsible for liaising with the GSL regarding implementation of their science policy, planning the AGM, and judging student grant applications for the prestigious Gillian Harwood and Steve Farrell funds.

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GSL Petroleum Group committee member (2006-2010). I served as a Committee Member of the Petroleum Group of the GSL. This position required me to help determine the future direction of the GSL with respect to their interaction with the energy industry. I was also required to organise petroleum research-related conferences under the auspices of the GSL. My peers at other UK universities elected me to this position because of my interaction with the petroleum industry through research and teaching.

Post-graduate Training Officer for the BSRG (2006-2009). I was the post-graduate training officer for BSRG. I set the training agenda, and organised and delivered a number of training courses that developed their research skills and introduced them to software and interpretation techniques used in the oil industry. Other evidence of esteem

• Refereeing Journal Papers. Regular reviewer of manuscripts (c. 10 per year) for prestigious international journals, including: GEOLOGY, Basin Research, Journal of Structural Geology, Sedimentology, Geological Society of America Bulletin.

• Invitation to contribute to books. see p21.

• External Examiner for Postgraduate MSc Degree Course. see p9-10.

• External Examiner for PhD research theses. see p10.

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Imperial Expectations Explain how you demonstrate the above Imperial Expectations in your leadership, managerial or supervisory role. Expand the box for more space.

I allow undergraduate and postgraduate students to lead their research projects and am open to new ideas that may differ to my own. I encourage my students to collaborate widely with colleagues inside and outside of their research group and inside and outside of Imperial College, thus gaining different perspective on research strategies. I personally collaborate widely with research and academic staff, using my experience to guide others and taking the opportunity to learn from those more experienced than me. I hold weekly meetings with my research group; they are student-led to encourage students to engage in an open forum. I also hold weekly-to-monthly meetings with individual PhD students, during which time I ask for feedback on supervision. I respond to issues raised by students, tailoring my own supervision approach to their personal requirements. I also request bi-weekly updates from my PhD students, thus allowing me to monitor, but not micro-manage, their progress. In-line with college policy, I insist that my PDRA staff positively engage with the PDRP process. I am undertaking the Academic Development Course (ADC), which has taught my valuable techniques for managing a large teaching, research and administration portfolio. Furthermore, this course has taught me additional essential management skills, including how to be sympathetic towards others, and how to be proactive and reactive to handling, for example, challenging situations occurring when supervising PhD students. I insist that my PhD students undertake formal and informal training courses ran by GSEPS, write grant applications and attend conferences. This helps them to develop key skills, which are transferable outside of the academic arena. When advertising for and employing PhD students and research staff, I am guided by HR and am compliant with Imperial College’s HR policy. My research group is very diverse in terms of the sex, nationality and ethnicity of students and staff; I foster an inclusive atmosphere and am sensitive to the needs of specific group members.

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PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES The Academic Promotions Committee is committed to ensuring and upholding equal opportunities for all applicants. In order to do so, it is important for the Committee to be made aware of personal circumstances that may have held back or slowed down an applicant’s career progression, so that these may not be allowed to impact negatively upon a candidate’s prospects for promotion. Such circumstances might include (but are not restricted to):

• maternity leave;

• paternity leave;

• adoption leave;

• part-time working;

• disability;

• career break;

• secondment;

• ill health or injury;

• caring responsibilities. Describe concisely, giving dates where applicable, your individual circumstances. Indicate, as far as is practicable, how you consider your contribution has been affected as a consequence. Your response will be kept completely confidential to those members of the Academic Promotions Committee who are dealing with your application. Should you wish to discuss any matter before completing the form, please contact Kim Everitt, Deputy Director HR – k.everitt@imperial.ac.uk [45518].

Details of circumstances that I believe have affected my career progression: My father was diagnosed with prostate cancer in October 2010. His health became progressively worse through 2011 and he eventually died on the 31st December 2011. This resulted in numerous lost workdays due to travel back to my hometown (Derby). In addition, this has caused a fair amount of emotional stress that, most critically in the context of this application, persists even now.

ANIMAL RESEARCH

Do you work with animals? YES/NO If YES, are you happy for this page of your application to be sent out to referees? YES/NO If YES, give concise details (using bullet points if appropriate) of your contribution to the College’s processes on ethical review and/or animal welfare (eg membership of, or other contribution to, the following College groups: AWERBs, 3Rs group, QA group; recognised contributions to the 3Rs).