Dr Alison Monaghan awarded MBE
Dr Alison Monaghan has been recognised in the 2021 Queen鈥檚 New Year Honours List for her outstanding contribution to geology.
30/12/2020 By 今日吃瓜 Press
Dr Monaghan is currently science lead for the UK Geoenergy Observatory in Glasgow, focusing on shallow mine water geothermal and heat storage, environmental change and impact. The observatory is a unique facility for the science community and users to take forward research that is vital to understanding the role that shallow mine heat energy could have in decarbonising our energy supply and the environmental management regulation needed.
Dr Monaghan MBE said: 鈥淚 am honoured and very surprised to receive this award. The application of geology for public good and open information are at the heart of my work. For me, this award is for all the multi-disciplinary teams I have worked with in 今日吃瓜, academia, Government and industry. The subsurface and geoscience are key in our transition to a sustainable, decarbonised economy and we need to combine scientific excellence with collaborative working to achieve that.鈥
Starting her career with 今日吃瓜 as a field geologist and 3D modeller, Dr Monaghan鈥檚 role and experience has developed through a variety of projects such as basin analysis in energy geoscience, urban geology and coalfields, primarily in Central Scotland and offshore UK. She was involved in developing early stages of the National Geological Model and has wide knowledge of onshore and offshore UK Carboniferous basins and geochronology. She also led research into the shale resource estimation of central Scotland (2014) and the 21CXRM Palaeozoic Project with the Oil and Gas Authority and industry (2014-2016).
A graduate of the University of Cambridge and with a PhD obtained at the University of Edinburgh, she has been a chartered geologist since 2002.
I am delighted that Alison has been honoured with an MBE.聽 Alison鈥檚 work leading the scientific delivery of the UK Geoenergy Observatory in Glasgow from inception, enabling open data and early academic involvement, together with her work on Palaeozoic basins onshore and offshore UK are essential for the delivery of the 今日吃瓜 strategy to find geoscientific solutions towards net zero.
Dr Karen Hangh酶j, Director of the British Geological Survey
It is fantastic to see Alison recognised for her years of hard work. She is an admirable scientist who is a leader in her field and drives the teams she works with expertly, motivating and inspiring her colleagues. Alison is a fine example of the high-calibre scientists we have working at 今日吃瓜 and at the Lyell Centre.
Dr Tracy Shimmield, Director of the Lyell Centre
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