- 2024 – Present: Head of Station: Lyell Centre, British Geological Survey
- 2023 – Present: Science and Operations Lead, UK Geoenergy Observatory, Glasgow, British Geological Survey
- 2014 – 2023: Senior Subsurface Geoscientist, British Geological Survey
- 2006 – 2014: Principle Geoscientist, Santos Ltd
- 1993 – 2006: Geophysicist, BG Group
- 1992 – 1993: MSc. Basin Evolution and Dynamics. RHBNC
- 1989 – 1992: BSc. Geology and Geophysics, Durham University
- Geothermal and underground energy storage – resources, environmental impacts and regulation
- Managing the science outputs and operational aspects of the UK Geoenergy Observatory in Glasgow
- Project Manager for York deep geothermal project Geothermal Energy Project – Campus operations, University of York
- Hydrocarbon resource and mapping
- Seismic interpretation
- Well planning
- Scottish policy
ORCID 0009-0006-4823-5230
Monaghan, A.A.; Adams, C.A.; Bell, R.A.; Lewis, M.A.; Boon, D.; Gonzalez Quiros, A.; Starcher, V.; Farr, G.; Wyatt, L.M.; Todd, F.; Walker-Verkuil, K.; MacAllister, D.J. ; Abesser, C.; Palumbo-Roe, B.; Scheidegger, J.. 2026 Geological factors in the sustainable management of mine water heating, cooling and thermal storage resources in the UK. In: Gill, C.E., (ed.) Powering the Energy Transition through Subsurface Collaboration: Proceedings of the 1st Energy Geoscience Conference. Geological Society of London. (Energy Geoscience Conference Series, 1, 1).
Holmgren, Joanna M. ; Butcher, Antony ; Werner, Maximilian J. ; Lapins, Sacha ; Chambers, Jonathan ; Kendall, J-Michael ; Rodríguez, Germán ; Verdon, James ; Starcher, Vanessa. 2025 Evaluating the performance of distributed acoustic sensing for crosswell seismic imaging of abandoned mine geothermal systems. GEOPHYSICS, 90 (4). KS75-KS84. 10.1190/geo2024-0596.1
Gonzalez Quiros, Andres; Receveur, Mylene; Monaghan, Alison; Starcher, Vanessa; Walker-Verkuil, Kyle; van Hunen, Jeroen. 2025 Influence of mine geometry and working type on groundwater flow and heat transport for geothermal exploitation. In: Valente, Teresa; Mühlbauer, Ritva; Ordóñez, Almudena; Wolkersdorfer, Christian, (eds.) International Mine Water Association Conference 2025 – Time to Come. International Mine Water Association, 377-382, 6pp.
Monaghan, Alison A.; Bateson, Luke; Boyce, Adrian J.; Burnside, Neil M.; Chambers, Rebecca; de Rezende, Julia R.; Dunnet, Eilidh; Everett, Paul A.; Gilfillan, Stuart M. V.; Jibrin, Muhammad S.; Johnson, Gareth; Luckett, Richard; MacAllister, Donald John ; MacDonald, Alan M. ; Moreau, John W.; Newsome, Laura; Novellino, Alessandro; Palumbo-Roe, Barbara; Pereira, Ryan; Smith, Douglas; Spence, Mike J.; Starcher, Vanessa; Taylor-Curran, Helen; Vane, Christopher H. ; Wagner, Thomas; Walls, David B.. 2022 Time Zero for Net Zero: A Coal Mine Baseline for Decarbonising Heat. Earth Science, Systems and Society, 2, 10054. 10.3389/esss.2022.10054
Monaghan, Alison A.; Starcher, V.; Barron, H.F.; Shorter, K.; Walker-Verkuil, K.; Elsome, J.; Kearsey, T.; Arkley, S.; Hannis, S.; Callaghan, E.. 2022 Drilling into mines for heat: geological synthesis of the UK Geoenergy Observatory in Glasgow and implications for mine water heat resources. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 55 (1), qjegh2021-033. 10.1144/qjegh2021-033
Starcher, V.; Monaghan, A.; Barron, H.F.; Shorter, K.; Walker-Verkuil, K.; Elsome, J.. 2021 Method and key observations from constructing a mine water heat subsurface observatory in Glasgow UK. Nottingham, UK, British Geological Survey, 29pp. (OR/21/020) (Unpublished)
Starcher, V.; Barron, H.F.; Monaghan, A.A.; Shorter, K.M.; Walker-Verkuil, K.. 2020 Mine water characterisation and monitoring borehole GGA04, UK Geoenergy Observatory, Glasgow. Nottingham, UK, British Geological Survey, 28pp. (OR/20/024) (Unpublished)
Andrews, I.J.; Dodd, T.J.H.; Quinn, M.F.; Thomas, J.E.; Riding, J.B. ; Stewart, M.A.; Eidesgaard, O.; Starcher, V.. 2018 Jurassic stratigraphy of the Faroe-Shetland region : implications for the evolution of the proto-NE Atlantic margin. Edinburgh, UK, British Geological Survey, 70pp. (CR/18/030N) (Unpublished
- Project Management PRINCE 2
- Policy
- Geothermal and thermal energy storage
- Seismic interpretation, 3D modelling, basin analysis
- Diploma in Careers guidance and management
- Fellow of the Geological Society of London