People

The European Petrophysics Consortium (EPC) is made up from staff based at two European universities: University of Leicester (UK) and University of Montpellier (France). The staff work collaboratively on projects, drawing from a wide range of research experience and technical expertise. Our group email is epc@leicester.ac.uk.

IODP/EPC staff located at the University of Leicester and at University of Montpellier

Sarah Davies

Professor of Sedimentology and European Petrophysics Consortium Manager

• sjd27@leicester.ac.uk
• Learn more about Sarah Davies

Johanna Lofi

Senior Lecturer, former IODP Research Associate, Montpellier Lead

• johanna.lofi@umontpellier.fr

Expedition experience

• Expedition 381, Corinth Active Rift Development
• Expedition 364, Chicxulub K-Pg Impact Crater
• Expedition 347, Baltic Sea Palaeoenvironment
• Expedition 346, Asian Monsoon
• Expedition 339, Mediterranean Outflow
• Expedition 325, Great Barrier Reef Environmental Changes
• Expedition 313, New Jersey Shallow Shelf

Tim van Peer

IODP Research Fellow

• t.e.vanpeer@leicester.ac.uk
• Learn more about Tim van Peer

Expedition experience

• Expedition 374, Ross Sea West Antarctic Ice Sheet History

Erwan Le Ber

IODP Research Associate

• erwan.le-ber@umontpellier.fr

Expedition experience

• Expedition 405, JTRACK Tracking Tsunamigenic Slip Across the Japan Trench
• Expedition 389, Hawaiian Drowned Reefs
• Expedition 386, Japan Trench Paleoseismology
• Expedition 358, NanTroSEIZE Plate Boundary Deep Riser 4, Phase 2
• Expedition 381, Corinth Active Rift Development
• Expedition 364, Chicxulub K-Pg Impact Crater
• Expedition 357, Atlantis Massif Serpentinization and Life

Marisa Rydzy

IODP Research Associate

• mbr8@leicester.ac.uk

Expedition experience

• Expedition 405, JTRACK Tracking Tsunamigenic Slip Across the Japan Trench
• Expedition 389, Hawaiian Drowned Reefs
• Expedition 386, Japan Trench Paleoseismology

Andrew McIntyre 

IODP Research Associate

• am1422@leicester.ac.uk
• Learn more about Andrew McIntyre

Expedition experience

• Expedition 390, South Atlantic Transect
• Expedition 389, Hawaiian Drowned Reefs

Laurent Brun

Head Logging Engineer

• laurent.brun@umontpellier.fr

Expedition experience

• Expedition 381, Corinth Active Rift Development
• Expedition 364, Chicxulub K-Pg Impact Crater

Gilles Henry

Logging Advisor

• gilles.henry@umontpellier.fr

Expedition experience

• Expedition 364, Chicxulub K-Pg Impact Crater
• Expedition 310, Tahiti Sea Level

Benjamin Palmer

IODP Project Officer

• bp206@leicester.ac.uk

Tayyaba Khurram

IODP Technician

• tk335@leicester.ac.uk

Former IODP/EPC staff

Philippe Pezard

CNRS Emeritus Head Research Scientist

Expedition experience

• Expedition 402, Tyrrhenian Continent–Ocean Transition
• Leg 174B, CORK Hole 395A
• Leg 148, Costa Rica Rift
• Leg 140, Costa Rica Rift
• Leg 126, Izu-Bonin Arc-Trench System
• Leg 111, Costa Rica Rift

Simon Draper

European Petrophysics Consortium Administrator and Project Manager

Katharina Hochmuth

IODP Research Associate

Expedition experience

• Expedition 395C: Reykjanes Ridge Mantle Convection and Climate
• Expedition 386: Japan Trench Paleoseismology

Laurence Phillpot

European Petrophysics Consortium Technician

Expedition experience

• Expedition 381, Corinth Active Rift Development
• Expedition 364, Chicxulub K-Pg Impact Crater
• Expedition 357, Atlantis Massif Serpentinization and Life

Sally Morgan

IODP Research Fellow and Former UKIODP Knowledge Exchange Fellow

Expedition experience

• Expedition 357, Atlantis Massif Serpentinization and Life
• Expedition 352, Izu-Bonin-Mariana Forearc
• BRITICE-CHRONO
• Lake Windermere Coring Project
• Expedition 340, Lesser Antilles Volcanoes and Landslides
• MAREMAP
• ArcticNet
• Expedition 325, Great Barrier Reef Environmental Changes
• Expedition 313, New Jersey Shallow Shelf