Dr. Philip Leat - Profile
Contact Dr. Philip Leat
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Biography
I am working on geological, geophysical and marine investigations and surveys of the Antarctic continent and the Southern Ocean. I am particularly interested in the structure and evolution of East and West Antarctica and the Scotia Sea, the intra-oceanic South Sandwich arc and its back-arc basin, and intraplate volcanism in Antarctica associated with Gondwana break-up.
I have also worked on magmatism in the Canary Islands, western USA, British Caledonides in Wales and Ireland, Argentina and the Kenya rfit valley.
Academic Career
2009-present, Science Programme Co-ordinator, Environmental Change and Evolution Programme.
2005-2009 Head, Long Term Monitoring and Survey Group, BAS Geological Sciences Division.
2005: Visiting Researcher, University of Canterbury, Christchurch.
2005-2009: Group Head, Scientific Services, BAS Geological Sciences Division.
2000-2005: Principal Investigator, BAS Core Science Programme 'Antarctica in the Dynamic Global Plate System'.
2000-2001: Project Leader, BAS Science Project 'Magmatism as Monitor of Gondwana Break-up Processes'.
1995-2000: Project Leader, BAS Science Project 'Continental Active Margins'.
1990: Geochemist, British Antarctic Survey (BAS).
1989-1990: Royal Society European Exchange Fellow, Germany.
1987-1989: NERC Research Assistant, Durham University.
1985-1987: NERC Research Assistant, Imperial College, London.
1984: Researcher, Open University, Milton Keynes.
Degrees
1983: PhD Geochemistry, University of Lancaster (UK)
1978: BSc Geology, University of Wales, Cardiff.
Awards
2007: Polar Medal
