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Nemi Walding @nemiwalding.bsky.social · Jul 8

Had the pleasure of presenting at GiG 2025 today! What a lovely little full circle moment - heading back to my undergraduate university to give a talk.

Thanks for organising @girlsingeosci.bsky.social and well done to all the other women who did awesome talks and workshops!

Very inspiring stuff🌋

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Girls into Geoscience (GiG) @girlsingeosci.bsky.social · Jul 4

...and now spends much of her time coding. She is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Plymouth, where she builds computer-based models of faults, tectonic plates and earthquakes. She uses these models as tools to improve seismic hazard assessments #GiG25 (2/2)

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Girls into Geoscience (GiG) @girlsingeosci.bsky.social · Jul 4

Constanza @crpiceda.bsky.social studied geology in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and completed a PhD in Potsdam (Germany), driven by her curiosity about how the Andes Mountains were formed and by being out in the field. She later discovered that solid-Earth geophysics was her cup of tea... (1/2)

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Girls into Geoscience (GiG) @girlsingeosci.bsky.social · Jul 3

...using marine robotics to study sediment flows. She holds a PhD from the British Antarctic Survey, prior to this working as a Marine Geoscientist at BGS. We’re excited to have Dr. Jenny Gales joining us at #GiG25 hosting a hands-on workshop exploring the secrets of the seafloor! (3/3)

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Girls into Geoscience (GiG) @girlsingeosci.bsky.social · Jul 3

...Expedition 374 to the Ross Sea, Antarctica, combining core-downhole-log and seismic data to understand large submarine landslides. Dr. Gales previously worked at the National Oceanography Centre on the 'Coordinated Canyon Experiment' with MBARI...(2/3)

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Girls into Geoscience (GiG) @girlsingeosci.bsky.social · Jul 3

Dr. Jenny Gales @jennygales.bsky.social is an Associate Professor in Hydrography and Ocean Exploration at the University of Plymouth, specialising in continental slope processes and seafloor geomorphology. She has been involved in numerous international research expeditions including IODP...(1/3)

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Girls into Geoscience (GiG) @girlsingeosci.bsky.social · Jun 30

Girls into Geoscience 2025 is just around the corner! We've got inspiring talks, hands-on workshops, and exciting field experiences lined up - all designed to show you what a future in geoscience could look like. 🌋 Link in our bio for more information #GiG25

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Girls into Geoscience (GiG) @girlsingeosci.bsky.social · Jun 27

...for understanding how landscapes respond to environmental change over long (millionyear) and shorter (historic) timescales. This understanding is important for mitigation and prediction of geohazards, land management, engineering and sustainable mineral extraction. (4/4) #GiG25

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Girls into Geoscience (GiG) @girlsingeosci.bsky.social · Jun 27

...Mediterranean, North Africa, Middle East and South America, where her findings have been published in a range of peer reviewed Earth Science Journals. Currently obsessed with potential landslide lake outburst flood (LLOF) deposits within the Atacama, her work has particular importance... (3/4)

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Girls into Geoscience (GiG) @girlsingeosci.bsky.social · Jun 27

...and geomorphology. This developed into tectonic geomorphology and the role of landscape elements such as distributive fluvial systems (DFS), alluvial fans and landsliding in long term landscape development, focusing on dryland environments. These interests have led to fieldwork in the... (2/4)

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Girls into Geoscience (GiG) @girlsingeosci.bsky.social · Jun 27

Anne Mather is a Professor of Geomorphology and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy at the University of Plymouth. Prior to her time at Plymouth, she spent a brief period in industry, followed by completion of a PhD at Liverpool where she became hooked on fluvial sedimentology... (1/4)

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Girls into Geoscience (GiG) @girlsingeosci.bsky.social · Jun 25

...work in the shallow marine minerals sector. Her GiG talk will be looking at working in the offshore industry, with a focus on shallow marine geophysics. (3/3) #GiG25

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Girls into Geoscience (GiG) @girlsingeosci.bsky.social · Jun 25

...before joining Hanson as the Marine Geologist and is now the Marine Geology Manager at Heidelberg Materials Marine UK (Hanson rebranded in 2023). During her Career she’s been the recipient of the Geological Society’s Early Career Geologist Award in 2014, based on... (2/3)

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Girls into Geoscience (GiG) @girlsingeosci.bsky.social · Jun 25

Amy did Geology at A-Level before doing a BA (Hons) in Natural Science, Geology Moderatorship at Trinity College, Dublin. She followed this up with a Masters in Marine Geology & Geophysics at the University of Southampton. Amy then worked as an offshore Geophysicist at Gardline Surveys... (1/3)

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Girls into Geoscience (GiG) @girlsingeosci.bsky.social · Jun 23

Only 2 weeks to go now until GiG25! The event will kickstart with a field trip to see the coastal geology of Sandway Cellar, followed by a career and workshop day with exciting talks from geoscientists! Go to our bio for all the information on both days! #GiG25

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Girls into Geoscience (GiG) @girlsingeosci.bsky.social · Jun 16

...commercial site investigations for building projects to a big project on the Jurassic Coast itself. She now has recently started working for South West Flood and Coastal looking at stability of coastal cliffs in Dorset and East Devon. #GiG25 (2/2)

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Girls into Geoscience (GiG) @girlsingeosci.bsky.social · Jun 16

Saskia grew up in Dorset and often found herself along the Jurassic Coast on days out. She found geology as a topic at college and has been hooked ever since! She graduated with an MSc in Engineering Geology in 2021 and since then has had a varied career working on everything from... (1/2)

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Girls into Geoscience (GiG) @girlsingeosci.bsky.social · Jun 9

From flume modelling to seafloor observation at depths of 10,000 m, she will demonstrate how these tools help us unravel the complex eruptive histories of volcanoes, both on land and beneath the sea. #GiG25 (3/3)

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Girls into Geoscience (GiG) @girlsingeosci.bsky.social · Jun 9

…and the characteristics of volcanic and volcaniclastic deposits to reconstruct the geological evolution of the seascape. In her presentation, Nemi will explore a variety of methods and techniques used to investigate pyroclastic processes and sequences. (2/3)

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Girls into Geoscience (GiG) @girlsingeosci.bsky.social · Jun 9

Dr. Nemi Walding @nemiwalding.bsky.social is a post-doctoral research fellow at Kelpie Geoscience Ltd in Edinburgh. Her research integrates high-resolution topographic models with photography and video analysis to investigate submarine volcano geomorphology… (1/3)

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Girls into Geoscience (GiG) @girlsingeosci.bsky.social · Jun 4

…With a passion for communicating science, she also undertakes workshops, geoscience sessions for schools as well as designing and implementing the Royal William Yard Geotrail in Plymouth. (3/3) #GiG25

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Girls into Geoscience (GiG) @girlsingeosci.bsky.social · Jun 4

…Currently the Science Communication, Applications and EDI Manager for the IODP3 Science Office, hosted at the University of Plymouth – a programme that enables international scientific collaboration to address important questions in the earth, ocean, environmental and life sciences… (2/3)

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Girls into Geoscience (GiG) @girlsingeosci.bsky.social · Jun 4

Jodie is a marine geoscientist, using micropaleontology and geochemistry to investigate paleoclimates, tephrochronology and the impact of volcanism on ocean biota. She uses multidisciplinary techniques to understand global change both in the geological past and the modern environment… (1/3)

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Girls into Geoscience (GiG) @girlsingeosci.bsky.social · Jun 2

...the influence of earthquakes on landslide occurrence, and the geological and geomorphological signature of tsunamis. (3/3) #GiG25

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Girls into Geoscience (GiG) @girlsingeosci.bsky.social · Jun 2

...Plymouth in January 2006, where she was the only female lecturer in Earth Sciences at that time. Sarah was promoted to Associate Professor in 2018 and to Professor of Geohazards in 2024. Her research interests are in understanding the landscape response to active faulting and tectonics,... (2/3)

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