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• Dr Robert Larter is an ex-graduate of the University of Aberdeen in MSc Petroleum Exploration Studies in 1984. He is now a Marine Geophysicist/Deputy Science Leader working at British Antarctic Survey since 1987. His main research focus since 2004 has been on late Quaternary ice sheet history, glacial geomorphology and glacial/glacial-marine processes. He also remains active in research on tectonic and palaeoenvironmental history of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean through the Cenozoic era. Larter's specialties include acquisition, processing and interpretation of seismic reflection, marine magnetic, swath bathymetry and sidescan sonar data. He is a lead principal investigator on the THOR project where he and his team investigate sediments deposited in the seas near the Thwaites Glacier, and reconstruct past changes in environmental conditions and the glacier's response, adding context to projections of future change. He has participated in several Antarctic and sub-Antarctic research cruises and been Chief Scientist on eight cruises of British Antarctic Survey's RRS James Clark Ross. Larter was also awarded the Polar Medal in the 2010 New Year Honours.
• Dr Rebecca Walker completed a Master in Chemistry First Class Honours (2015) and a PhD (2019) in Materials Chemistry at the University of Aberdeen and she is now a Lecturer at the University (scholarship) in the chemistry department, teaching on a selection of courses spanning organic, analytical and materials chemistry and coordinating accompanying teaching laboratories. She completed her PhD in liquid crystal chemistry, with a focus on synthesis and characterisation of novel liquid crystal compounds designed to exhibit the twist-bend nematic phase, in February 2019.
Rebecca is a hardworking, motivated researcher with experience in both materials and organic chemistry and competent in gathering, handling and analysing data.
• Dr Fiona Harden completed her BSc (Hons) in Mathematics-Physics undergraduate degree here at the University of Aberdeen in 2010. She continued her career in academia as a PhD student at the University of Aberdeen. Her thesis with the title “Digging into Bone: Investigative studies into silicate-substituted hydroxyapatite, collagen molecules and bone properties.” combined experimental physics, lab work and analytics. After gaining her PhD she continued her career in one of the UK’s largest defence companies called BAE Systems. After gaining a few years of experience in industry she applied for a fellowship in CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. CERN is one of the most important and renewed scientific institutions and research centers in the world. She got the position and became part of the engineering department. She was promoted to become the facility co-ordinator of one of CERNs user facilities (HiRadMat), where she can continue her very successful career in natural sciences.