Dr Duncan Stevens

Duncan joined the BGS at the start of 2024 and works in the Marine Geoscience team. Duncan specialises in the interpretation of marine geophysical datasets, such as ultra-high-resolution seismic reflection data and multibeam bathymetry for site characterisation for offshore renewables projects, and geological mapping of the seabed.

Prior to joining the BGS, Duncan worked as a Teaching Fellow in Geophysics at the University of Southampton, where he coordinated modules in Seafloor Exploration and Surveying, Geodynamics, and Geophysical Field Skills. Duncan completed his PhD at the University of Southampton on Subduction Zone tectonics in 2022, which included fieldwork in New Zealand, both offshore as science crew aboard the RV Marcus Langseth on a regional deep seismic reflection imaging cruise, and onshore to deploy and recover seismometers near Gisborne for the NZ3D project.

Before his PhD, Duncan briefly worked as a Geophysicist for a near surface geophysical (land) survey company, and during his MSci degree had taken part in soil and rock sampling campaigns with mineral exploration companies in Turkey and Romania.