{"id":21110,"date":"2020-03-05T13:25:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T13:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/spence-michael\/"},"modified":"2020-07-20T07:06:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T07:06:26","slug":"spence-michael","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/spence-michael\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Mike Spence"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"content-section\" id=\"tabs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr Mike Spence is Director of Science for the UK Geoenergy Observatories, which are being developed to improve scientific understanding around subsurface energy storage. His responsibilities include coordination of BGS science input to facility development, oversight of facility commissioning and outreach to the UK and worldwide research community. His academic background is in geology (BSc Cantab) and geochemistry (MSc, PhD) and he has 13 years of industry experience in the development of laboratory and subsurface test facilities and cross-sector research programme management.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"content-menu\"><li class=\"active\"><h5><a href=\"#tabs-1\">Biography<\/a><\/h5><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container tabs-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-1\"><div class=\"col-12\"><p><strong>Qualifications:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>PhD Geochemistry (University of Leeds)<\/li>\n<li>MSc Geochemistry (University of Leeds)<\/li>\n<li>BSc (Hons) Natural Sciences (University of Cambridge)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Specialisms:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>Subsurface Monitoring and Geochemistry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<section   id=\"latest-content-1350-block_5f154213bcc46\" class=\"grid-section  primary-background   \" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row header-of-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>You may also be interested in:<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row grid-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/uk-geoenergy-observatories\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/feature_UKGEOS-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"UKGEOS\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/feature_UKGEOS.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/uk-geoenergy-observatories\/\">UK Geoenergy Observatories<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>UK Geoenergy Observatories are facilitating a step change in our understanding of geology and our relationship with the underground environment.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/uk-geoenergy-observatories\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-research\/decarbonisation\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Decarbonisation_feature_Inch_Marshes-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ince Marshes \u00a9 Peter Corcoran\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Decarbonisation_feature_Inch_Marshes.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-research\/decarbonisation\/\">Decarbonisation and resource management<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Decarbonisation of power production, heat, transport and industry is a major challenge and one that intrinsically involves geoscience. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-research\/decarbonisation\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":50021,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"1783,17181,37431,17336,17424,17592","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"tags":[],"bgs_role":[278],"level":[],"location":[154],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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