Professor Dorrik Stow — Geologist, Oceanographer, Author

I read Natural Sciences at Cambridge and gained a PhD in Marine Geology from Dalhousie University in Canada. I have since worked and lectured in more than 50 countries, led scientific cruises to all the world's major oceans, and published over 300 scientific papers, reports and books.

I am a leading research specialist in deep-ocean systems, and equally passionate about explaining my science to a wider public — as an author and speaker, through radio and TV, and as a special-interest lecturer on cruise liners. I am committed to how the earth and ocean sciences can work to the benefit of all.

I am now Emeritus Professor at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, and recently Distinguished Professor at the China University of Geosciences in Wuhan, JSPS Visiting Fellow at Tokyo Gakugei University, Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow, and Adviser to Larus Energy in Australia. I am married with three grown-up children and live in Edinburgh, Scotland.