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Zoe Shipton
Zoe Kai Shipton OBE FREng is a British geologist. She is a professor of Geological Engineering at the University of Strathclyde.
In July 2014, Shipton's career in geology was featured on the BBC Radio 4 show The Life Scientific.
Shipton's affinity for geology began when she was a young child. Her parents gifted her an educational book on volcanoes in response to Shipton having dreams about the hill behind their home turning into one. At the age of 8 she went to the site of Stromboli, an active volcano in Italy, with her father, Nick — a time which Shipton claims was greatly influential in solidifying her interest in geology. Zoe's paternal grandfather was Himalayan mountaineer Eric Shipton. She initially entered the field due to her interest in the earth's geological history.
Shipton is a professor of geological engineering at the University of Strathclyde. Shipton specializes in structural geology, geological engineering, and geological uncertainty.
Shipton received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Leeds in January 1994, and she subsequently received a Doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Edinburgh in January 1999.
For her PhD, Shipton studied geological faults and the way that fluid flows through them to better understand how faults initiate and grow. Her specialization lies in the research of faults; she has travelled to places such as Utah and Taiwan to conduct studies on earthquakes by drilling into the resulting ruptures. Shipton has spoken on the topic of earthquakes caused by fracking, both in the UK and the US, in an effort to better the public's understanding of the process.
Shipton is a member of the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering working group on “Shale gas extraction in the UK: a review of the scientific and engineering evidence”. In a report by the Royal Academy of Engineering, Shipton stated that, through careful procedures, fracking could be performed safely with little environmental detriment. Recently, Shipton has written of finding a more sustainable energy source for heating homes in the UK. In Scotland, Shipton and colleagues from the University of Strathclyde received funding to introduce and create detailed plans to make use of geothermal energy from abandoned and flooded coal mines in Scotland. The use of the trapped heat that Shipton tapped into could be used in home heating, generating jobs and income. Shipton is heavily involved in research quantifying geological uncertainties, further influencing more of her work into studies associated with risk and uncertainty of her associated specialty. Shipton was also the past chair of the Tectonic Studies Group of the Geological Society of London, a group based in London, UK, that researches structure and tectonics.
From 2007 to 2020, Shipton was active as a member or chair in seven different external organizations, including the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), the Scottish Government, the Institute of Civil Engineering, the Tectonic Studies Group of the Geological Society of London, Sense About Science, and the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
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Zoe Shipton
Zoe Kai Shipton OBE FREng is a British geologist. She is a professor of Geological Engineering at the University of Strathclyde.
In July 2014, Shipton's career in geology was featured on the BBC Radio 4 show The Life Scientific.
Shipton's affinity for geology began when she was a young child. Her parents gifted her an educational book on volcanoes in response to Shipton having dreams about the hill behind their home turning into one. At the age of 8 she went to the site of Stromboli, an active volcano in Italy, with her father, Nick — a time which Shipton claims was greatly influential in solidifying her interest in geology. Zoe's paternal grandfather was Himalayan mountaineer Eric Shipton. She initially entered the field due to her interest in the earth's geological history.
Shipton is a professor of geological engineering at the University of Strathclyde. Shipton specializes in structural geology, geological engineering, and geological uncertainty.
Shipton received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Leeds in January 1994, and she subsequently received a Doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Edinburgh in January 1999.
For her PhD, Shipton studied geological faults and the way that fluid flows through them to better understand how faults initiate and grow. Her specialization lies in the research of faults; she has travelled to places such as Utah and Taiwan to conduct studies on earthquakes by drilling into the resulting ruptures. Shipton has spoken on the topic of earthquakes caused by fracking, both in the UK and the US, in an effort to better the public's understanding of the process.
Shipton is a member of the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering working group on “Shale gas extraction in the UK: a review of the scientific and engineering evidence”. In a report by the Royal Academy of Engineering, Shipton stated that, through careful procedures, fracking could be performed safely with little environmental detriment. Recently, Shipton has written of finding a more sustainable energy source for heating homes in the UK. In Scotland, Shipton and colleagues from the University of Strathclyde received funding to introduce and create detailed plans to make use of geothermal energy from abandoned and flooded coal mines in Scotland. The use of the trapped heat that Shipton tapped into could be used in home heating, generating jobs and income. Shipton is heavily involved in research quantifying geological uncertainties, further influencing more of her work into studies associated with risk and uncertainty of her associated specialty. Shipton was also the past chair of the Tectonic Studies Group of the Geological Society of London, a group based in London, UK, that researches structure and tectonics.
From 2007 to 2020, Shipton was active as a member or chair in seven different external organizations, including the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), the Scottish Government, the Institute of Civil Engineering, the Tectonic Studies Group of the Geological Society of London, Sense About Science, and the Royal Society of Edinburgh.