Professor Mark Anderson

Biography	Professor Mark Anderson is a Professor of Geology and Head of the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Hull, UK. Mark joined the University in summer 2024 as the latest step in a 40 year career in academia and industry. He was a Council member and trustee of the Geological Society between 2022 and 2025 and chaired the Society's review of professional accreditation for undergraduate geoscience degrees in the UK. Mark has served on the Executive Committee of University Geoscience UK since 2009.
Research Interests	Mark examines geological structures in rocks to better understand processes of deformation across a range of scales from microscopic to the plate scale. He combines his structural geology expertise with a range of other disciplines such as isotope geochemistry, mineral chemistry, rock magnetism and regional stratigraphy to reconstruct the changing environmental conditions for deformation in the Earth's crust through time and link these back to plate tectonic processes. Mark also studies fluids, both natural and those resulting from human activity, as influences on the development and stability of fracture rocks in the sub-surface.
Teaching and Learning	Mark teaches all aspects of rock deformation, structural geology and how geological structures can be represented/predicted at Earth's surface and in the sub-surface. Between 2005 and 2010 he led the fieldwork strand in the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) for Experiential Learning in the Environmental and Natural Sciences based at the University of Plymouth. Mark is committed to teaching that is both hands-on and has practical applications but that is also accessible to everyone.