Royal Holloway, University of London

Faculty Member, Earth Sciences

University of London Chair of Structural Geology

About

Agust Gudmundsson has an MSc in Structural Geology and Rock Mechanics from Imperial College London and a PhD in Tectonophysics from the University of London. He has previously held positions as a research professor in Volcanology at the Nordic Volcanological Institute, University of Iceland, professor and Chair of Hydrogeology of Solid Rocks at the University of Bergen (Norway), and professor and Chair of Structural Geology and Geodynamics at the Universtity of Gottingen (Germany).

Gudmundsson's main research interests are in the physics of various geological and physical processes. More specifically, his research focuses on volcanotectonics, seismotectonics, fluid transport in porous and fractured reservoirs, and the thermodynamics/statistical mechanics of lineaments and networks.

Gudmundsson has extensive experience in field studies of volcanoes, faults zones, and reservoirs of various types, as well as in analytical and numerical modelling of various geological structures and processes.