Nick Rogers Dr

Biography

I am professor of Earth Sciences at the Open University where I have spent virtually all my career. My research interests are in high temperature geochemistry, igneous petrology and the composition and evolution of the mantle, but I have also engaged with many aspects of higher education that relate to the mission of the OU. I have been Head of Department and Science Programme Director, serving at Deanery Executive level in both posts. I have been a Fellow of the Society for over 20 years and served on Council for six. For five years I was Publications Secretary in the run-up to and through the Bicentenary and was heavily involved in the establishment of Geoscience World and the Lyell Collection which are now core to the Society’s publication output and a major source of income. I have subsequently served as a member, and latterly chair of the Education Committee, during which time we have successfully engaged with school curriculum consultations, developed the careers portal and facilitated the establishment of University Geoscience UK. Having been involved with the development and drafting of the 2007 strategy, I am keen to see the renewed strategy established. The Society plays a key role in bridging the gaps between geoscience professions and education, research and policy, and should be a leading and authoritative voice for our science. I will bring to the role of President a sound knowledge of how the Society and its staff work and an enthusiasm to ensure that its role continues to develop along the lines it has been following for the past decade.

Research Interest

Environmental Science and Earth science