Professor Damon A H Teagle MSc (Otago), PhD (Cantab)
Professor of Geochemistry

Damon Teagle is Professor of Geochemistry in the School of Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton at the University of Southampton and Director of the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute.
He held a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award from 2014 to 2018.
Current major roles:
Director – Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute
Chair of the NERC UK-IODP Programme Advisory Group (2013- )
Co-Lead PI ICDP Oman Drilling Project and Chair of the OmanDP Sample Allocation Committee
Qualifications:
PhD – Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge “A study of hydrothermal alteration of the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus” (1993).
MSc (with Distinction) – Geology, University of Otago “The structural controls of Gold Mineralisation in the Hyde-Macraes Shear-zone, East Otago, New Zealand” (1987).
BSc (Hons) – Geology, University of Otago, New Zealand (1985).
Employment:
Director, Southampton Marine & Maritime Institute (2018-
Deputy Director (Research), Southampton Marine & Maritime Institute (2013-2018)
Professor of Geochemistry, School of Ocean & Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton at the University of Southampton (2007-)
Reader in Geochemistry and Mineralisation, University of Southampton (2003-2007)
Lecturer in Geochemistry and Mineralisation, University of Southampton (1999-2003)
Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan (1997-1999)
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Geological Sciences, University of Michigan (1993-1997)
Activities in Scientific Drilling:
Chair of the NERC UK International Ocean Discovery Program (UK-IODP) Programme Advisory Group (2013- )