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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 — a time which Shipton claims was greatly influential in solidifying her interest in geology. Zoe's paternal grandfather was Himalayan mountaineer, [[Eric Shipton]].<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b048l0g3 Shipton talks about her mountaineer grandfathers at 3'24"]</ref> She initially entered the field due to her interest in Earth’s geological history.<ref name=":0" /> |
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]].<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b048l0g3 Shipton talks about her mountaineer grandfathers at 3'24"]</ref> She initially entered the field due to her interest in Earth’s geological history.<ref name=":0" /> |
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== Education and career == |
== Education and career == |
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Shipton is a professor of geological engineering at the University of Strathclyde. Shipton specializes in [[structural geology]], [[Engineering geology|geological engineering]], and geological uncertainty.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.academia-net.org/profil/prof-zoe-shipton/1420025 | title=Prof. Zoe Shipton - AcademiaNet }}</ref> |
Shipton is a professor of geological engineering at the University of Strathclyde. Shipton specializes in [[structural geology]], [[Engineering geology|geological engineering]], and geological uncertainty.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.academia-net.org/profil/prof-zoe-shipton/1420025 | title=Prof. Zoe Shipton - AcademiaNet }}</ref> |
Revision as of 16:24, 2 July 2023
Zoe Kai Shipton OBE is a British geologist. She is a professor of Geological Engineering at Strathclyde University.[1]
In July 2014, Shipton's career in geology was featured on the BBC Radio 4 show The Life Scientific[2]
Early life
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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.[3] She initially entered the field due to her interest in Earth’s geological history.[2]
Education and career
Shipton is a professor of geological engineering at the University of Strathclyde. Shipton specializes in structural geology, geological engineering, and geological uncertainty.[4]
Shipton received a bachelor of science degree from the University of Leeds in January 1994, and subsequently received a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Edinburgh in January 1999.[5]
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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 Royal Academy of Engineering working group on “Shale gas extraction in the UK: a review of the scientific and engineering evidence”.[6] In a report by the Royal Academy of Engineering Shipton stated that, through careful procedures, fracking could be performed safely with little environmental detriment.[2] Recently Shipton has written of finding a more sustainable energy source for heating homes in the UK.[7] 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 and generate jobs and income.[8] 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.[9]
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.[5]
Shipton has organized four special symposia:[5]
- Geomechanical and Petrophysical Properties of Mudrocks: October 2015
- Communicating Contested Geoscience: June 2014
- Fault Zones: Structure, Geomechanics, and Fluid Flow: September 2008
- Tectonic Studies Group Annual Meeting: January 2007.
Zoe Shipton has a large network of projects and fellow colleagues all over the globe with substantial projects included in countries such as the United States, China, Australia, South Africa, and multiple countries across Europe.[10]
Research and publications
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Shipton's research focuses on the structural and permeability architecture of faults, with four main areas of focus; how faults act as high permeability conduits, low permeability faults faults that produce hydrocarbon traps and barriers to fluid flow, understanding fault processes as tangible evidence that earthquakes are relative movements across fault zones, and how to constrain uncertainty in geological models. 24 PhD students have worked across these questions and projects for their thesis as well as post-doctoral studies under Shipton.[5]
Shipton has been published in several prominent geoscience journals, including Nature Energy, Tectonophysics, and The Journal of Structural Geology. While these works explore such topics as the connection between geologic faults and earthquake prediction,[11] or the nature and control of fractures in different rock types,[12] she has also written about teaching methods for communicating the value of uncertainty and flexibility in the development of geoscience knowledge.[13] Shipton also discusses subjective bias in geological data gathered about fault lines. In “How do we see fractures?”, Shipton sets out a system of protocols to ensure the accurate collection of this data as it is often used in geological and predictive models.[14] In “Interseasonal Compressed-air Storage Using Saline Aquifers” Shipton proposes the use of porous rock basins to hold large amounts of compressed gasses to store energy in a renewable energy system.[15]
Shipton has Published over 190 peer reviewed research articles and papers, has been cited over 6200 times, and has an H-index of 35.[16]
Honours
In 2010, Shipton received the William Smith Fund award for excellence in contributions to applied and economic aspects of geoscience by an early-career geoscientist.[17][18]
In March 2016 Shipton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's National Academy for science and letters.[19]
She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to geoscience and climate change mitigation.[20]
References
- ^ Prof. Zoe Shipton. "Prof. Zoe Shipton | Shale UK 2015". Shaleuk.com. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ a b c "BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Zoe Shipton". Bbc.co.uk. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ Shipton talks about her mountaineer grandfathers at 3'24"
- ^ "Prof. Zoe Shipton - AcademiaNet".
- ^ a b c d "Zoe Shipton". University of Strathclyde. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ "Prof. Zoe Shipton » Shale UK 2016". Shaleuk.com. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ "UK Geoenergy Observatories". www.ukgeos.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ "University of Strathclyde wins funding on research on geothermal from flooded coal mines | ThinkGeoEnergy - Geothermal Energy News". 12 August 2020.
- ^ "Energy panel members' biographies · Sense about Science".
- ^ "Zoe Shipton".
- ^ Brooks, Christopher; Douglas, John; Shipton, Zoe (1 April 2020). "Improving earthquake ground-motion predictions for the North Sea". Journal of Seismology. 24 (2): 343–362. Bibcode:2020JSeis..24..343B. doi:10.1007/s10950-020-09910-x. ISSN 1573-157X.
- ^ Shipton, Zoe K.; Cowie, Patience A. (1 March 2003). "A conceptual model for the origin of fault damage zone structures in high-porosity sandstone". Journal of Structural Geology. 25 (3): 333–344. Bibcode:2003JSG....25..333S. doi:10.1016/S0191-8141(02)00037-8. ISSN 0191-8141.
- ^ Bond, Clare Elizabeth; Philo, Chris; Shipton, Zoe Kai (15 March 2011). "When There isn't a Right Answer: Interpretation and reasoning, key skills for twenty‐first century geoscience". International Journal of Science Education. 33 (5): 629–652. Bibcode:2011IJSEd..33..629B. doi:10.1080/09500691003660364. ISSN 0950-0693. S2CID 143925549.
- ^ Andrews, Billy J.; Roberts, Jennifer J.; Shipton, Zoe K.; Bigi, Sabina; Tartarello, M. Chiara; Johnson, Gareth (11 April 2019). "How do we see fractures? Quantifying subjective bias in fracture data collection". Solid Earth. 10 (2): 487–516. Bibcode:2019SolE...10..487A. doi:10.5194/se-10-487-2019. ISSN 1869-9510.
- ^ Mouli-Castillo, Julien; Wilkinson, Mark; Mignard, Dimitri; McDermott, Christopher; Haszeldine, R. Stuart; Shipton, Zoe K. (February 2019). "Inter-seasonal compressed-air energy storage using saline aquifers". Nature Energy. 4 (2): 131–139. Bibcode:2019NatEn...4..131M. doi:10.1038/s41560-018-0311-0. ISSN 2058-7546. S2CID 134016657.
- ^ "Zoe Shipton". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ William Smith Fund, Geological Society, accessed 1 February 2023
- ^ "Awarded the William Smith Fund for excellence in contributions to applied and economic aspects of geology in an under 40". University of Strathclyde. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ "The Royal Society of Edinburgh | 2016 Elected Fellows". Royalsoced.org.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N15.
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