Dr Susan Currie

Susan was born and brought up in North East England. After obtaining her Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of Exeter and a Doctoral degree from the University of Cambridge she worked as a geologist in the UK offshore oil and gas industry and lived in Aberdeen, Scotland, for 27 years. She has published papers in a number of academic journals. In 2008 she took up an appointment as a senior geologist in the UK Government Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). While working there she continued to join frequent expedition cruises and in 2012 decided to make geology lecturing on expedition cruise ships her full-time profession. Susan made her first ship-based expedition in 2002 and since then she has completed seven seasons in the Antarctic, cruised extensively in the South Pacific and Australasia, and has enjoyed eight seasons cruising in the Arctic. Susan really enjoys introducing her chosen subject to non-geologists. She also served on the Fellowship and Validation Committee of the Geological Society of London and continues to give talks to different organisations on geology and climate change topics.