Staff profiles
About BGS – our team
![Symeon Makris](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/symeon-makris.webp)
Dr Symeon Makris
Volcanologist
![Leonardo Hermont Barbosa](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hermont-barbosa-leonardo.webp)
Leonardo Hermont Barbosa
ESO Offshore Operations/Project Manager
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Dr Sophie Butcher
Volcanologist
![Rachel Talbot](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/20210921_160130.webp)
Rachel Talbot
Data steward
![Nico Dewald](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/nico-dewald.jpg)
Dr Nico Dewald
Survey geologist
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Dr Lauren Orr
Space weather scientist
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Dr Callum Watson
Geomagnetic Scientist
![Jack Brickell](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Jack-Brickell-webprofile-sized.jpg)
Jack Brickell
Hydrogeologist
![John Stevenson](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/John-Stevenson-1.jpg)
Dr John Stevenson
Senior software developer
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Dr Lara Smale
Volcanologist/International Data Analyst
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Catriona Macdonald
Marine geoscientist
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Emma McAllister
Remote sensing geoscientist
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Dr Matt Arran
Data scientist