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Biography I graduated with a first class degree in Geological Sciences from the University of Leeds (1995) and completed a PhD at Edinburgh University on Fluid Flow and Deformation in High Pressure Blueschists, Syros, Greece (1999). After graduating I worked as a university lecturer and as an advisory geologist for Scottish Natural Heritage - on the conservation of geological sites of special scientific interest (SSSI). As well as gaining extensive experience of Scottish Geology, I also undertook field based projects in the Pakistan, Himalaya and Utah. I then indulged my passion for climbing and the outdoors working for the British Mountaineering Council (BMC) advising on access to and conservation of the main climbing and walking sites in England and Wales. My time at the BMC coincided with a critical period for the development of legislative access to the countryside in the UK, and I was actively involved in the political lobbying of legislation development. I continue to represent the UK, on the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation's (UIAA) Access and Conservation Commission. In 2003 I moved from the BMC to become a civil servant working on policy development and implementation across education, health and the environment with government agencies, departments and the not-for-profit sector. At the end of 2005 I returned to academia, working at the University of Glasgow on an exciting multi-disciplinary project to see how peoples prior knowledge and training affects the way they interpret geological data. A collaboration between the University of Glasgow and Midland Valley Exploration, funded by the Scottish Executive and Midland Valley. I spent 18 months focusing on the research element of the project publishing the findings in GSA Today (Bond et al., 2007) and Geosphere (Bond et al., 2007a). In July 2007 I moved to work full-time for Midland Valley as a Structural Geologist working on consultancy projects and developing commercial applications of the Odin Project. I continue my links with innvoative reserach through my Honorary Fellowship at the University.
In May 2010 I start a new role at the University of Aberdeen.
Current research Science Outreach
In 2007 I initiated a couple of science outreach projects, with funding from the Royal Society, Hess, BHPBilliton, Scottish Natural Heritage and the British Geological Survey, to work with school children and artists and to put on an exhibition Mapping Mountains of 1880s Geological Maps of the NW Highlands of Scotland.
Concept Uncertainty and Constraints in the Interpretation of Geological Data
Geological data sets are generally limited. Geological maps of the Earth's surface rely on linking rock outcrop exposed on the surface to fit a pattern - almost like in a child's join the dot picture book. When we join the dots we make assumptions about what the picture should look like in 3D. Modelling the geology of the sub-surface requires similar assumptions based on 1D borehole data or 2D images e.g. seismic imaging, to build a 3D-image of sub-surface geology. The research aims to develop new methods to enable assessment of risk arising from the bias introduced by the interpreter on the dataset available from their prior knowledge and training.
Recent publications Bond C.E., 2008. “Mapping Mountains” celebrating science through cultural heritage: reflections on curating an exhibition of 1880s geological maps. Elements, 4, 2, 140-142.
Bond, C.E., Philo C. and Shipton Z.K. 2010 in press. When there isn’t a right answer: interpretation and reasoning, key skills for 21st century geoscience. International Journal of Science Education Bond C.E., Hutchinson D., and Grocott, J., 2008. Structural Secrets. Materials World, April 2008, pg 35-37. Bond C.E., Shipton Z.K., Gibbs A.D., Jones S. 2008. Structural Models - optimizing risk analysis by understanding concept uncertainty. First Break, v. 26, 65-71. Butler R.W.H., Bond C.E., Shipton Z.K., Jones R.R., and Casey M. 2008. Fabric anisotropy controls faulting in the continental crust. Journal of the Geological Society of London, v.165, p. 449-452. Bond C.E., Shipton Z.K., Jones R.R., Butler R.W.H. and Gibbs A.D. 2007. Knowledge transfer in a digital world: Field data acquisition, uncertainty, visualisation and data management. Geosphere, v. 3/6, 568–576. doi:10.1130/GES00094.1 >> Bond, C.E. Butler R.W.H. and Dixon J.E. 2007 Co-axial horizontal stretching within extending orogens: the exhumation of HP rocks Syros (Cyclades) revisited. In: Ries, A.C., Butler, R.W.H., & Graham R.H. (eds). Deformation of the Continental Crust: The legacy of Mike Coward. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 272, 205-224. Bond, C.E., Gibbs, A.D., Shipton, Z.K., and Jones S. (2007). What do you think this is? ‘Conceptual Uncertainty’ in geoscience interpretation. GSA Today , v17, 4-10. doi:10.1130/GSAT01711A.1 >> Butler, R.W.H., Casey, M., Lloyd, G.E., Bond, C.E., McDade, P., Shipton, Z.K. and Jones, R., 2002. Vertical stretching and crustal thickening at Nanga Parbat, Pakistan Himalaya: a model for distributed continental deformation during mountain building. Tectonics v. 21 (4), 1027 doi:10.1029/2001TC901022 >> |
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