John Wheeler's postgraduate supervision

Ph.D. students

Scott Akhtar-Lewis  (J. Wheeler, H. Stunitz, S. Hunt) 2022-
"Insights into mantle dynamics from polymorphic transformations under stress"
Ben Storey (R. Worden, D. Mcnamara, S. de Angelis, J. Wheeler) 2021-
"Green hydrogen generation by fire-flooding depleted oilfields: assessment of the geoscience aspects"
Kate Williams (J. Kavanagh, E. Mariani, J. Wheeler) 2020-
"Modelling magma movement: Integrating physical and petrochemical evidence of magma flow in sills"
Ricardo Tom?s (P. Benson, C. Storey, J. Wheeler) 2016- 
"Stick‐slip mechanics in active fault zones"
Joe Aslin (E. Mariani, J. Wheeler) 2015-2019    
"The deformation of micas and its implications for the strength of the Earth?s crust: a study in the Italian Alps"
Joe Gardner (J. Wheeler, E. Mariani) 2014-2019     
"Links between metamorphism and deformation in feldspar at mid-crustal conditions"
Tsvetomila Mateeva (N. Kusznir, Wolff, Wheeler, Manatschal) 2014-2018
"Mantle Serpentinisation, carbon and life"
John Bedford (J. Wheeler, D. Faulkner, E. Mariani) 2013-2017
"The kinetics and mechanics of a dehydrating system and the deformation of porous rock"
John MacDonald (with E. Mariani, K. Goodenough, S. Harley and Q. Crowley) 2008-
"The effects of overprinting on rock fabrics and isotopic ages: the Lewisian Complex as a case study"
David McNamara (with D. Prior) 2005-2009
"How do eclogites deform in subduction and collision zones? - an Alpine study"
Mark Pearce (with D. Prior) 2005-2009
"Microstructural constraints on the Tectonothermal Evolution of the Lewisian Gneiss, NW Scotland"
Angela Halfpenny (with D. Prior, principal supervisor) 2002-2007 Ph.D.
"Recrystallization microstructures and mechanisms in quartzites and marbles"
Nick Seaton (with D. Prior, principal supervisor, and A. Howe, Corus) 2002-2006 Ph.D.
"Mechanisms of nucleation during recrystallization in steels"
Ruth Foreman (with D. Prior) 2000-2004 Ph.D.
"Norwegian Eclogite Microstructure"
Gareth Seward (with D. Prior, principal supervisor, and R. Pond) 1999-2004 Ph.D.
"SEM characterisation of diffusionless processes"
Heather Sheldon (with M. Cheadle (Wyoming)) 1999-2003 Ph.D.
"Numerical Modelling of Reactive Fluid Flow and Deformation in Geological Systems "
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Lisa Worrell (with D. Prior, M. Cheadle) 1998-2002 Ph.D.
"The origin of igneous cumulates: integrated studies of peridotites from the Western layered Series of the Rum layered intrusion "
 Tamsin Lapworth (with D. Prior) 1997-2002 Ph.D.
"The deformation of monomineralic and bi-mineralic rocks"
Michael Elliott (with M. Cheadle, principal supervisor) 1994-1998 Ph.D.
"The three-dimensional numerical simulation of crystallizing media "
  Patrick Trimby (with Dr. D. Prior, principal supervisor) 1994-1998 Ph.D.
"Quantifying microstructures - the development and application of a new technique to quartzitic shear zones" 
Caroline Pickles (with Dr. S. Kelley, Open University) 1993-1997 Ph.D.
"Constraints on the Structural and Metamorphic Evolution of Tectonic Contacts using 40Ar/39Ar Laserprobe Techniques: the Sesia Zone, Italian Western Alps"
Emma Postlethwaite 1991-1997 Ph.D.
"The structural and metamorphic evolution of eclogite and greenschist facies units: Sesia Lanzo zone, Western Italian Alps"
Joanna Banks (with N. Kusznir, principal supervisor) 1992-1996 Ph.D.
"Nucleation of magma-driven fractures in the asthenospheric mantle"
 Lee Mangan (with D. Prior and R. Pond) 1991-1996 Ph.D.
"Equilibrium and disequilibrium aspects of contact metamorphism: the Ross of Mull granite aureole, Scotland"

M.Sc. and M.Phil. students

Janet Watkins (with D. Prior, principal supervisor, and collaboration with Surface Science IRC) 1999-2000 M.Sc.
"Rotation of sphere on a plate experiments" 
 Magdalena Lopez Pedrosa (with D. Prior, principal supervisor) 2001-2003 M. Phil.
"The effectiveness of automated electron backscatter diffraction in the analysis of rock forming minerals and metals"

Last revised 10 June 2021