Research Interests
- Large scale geophysical and remote sensing survey
- Later prehistoric and medieval landscapes
- Archaeologies of rulership in Northern Europe
- Cult Practices and Cult Landscapes
- Imaging and Imagining cult spaces
- Funerary Archaeology and Ritual
- Assembly Places and Practices
- Material Culture and Economy in Medieval Society
Current Research Opportunities
- Microstructure and mechanical properties of an advanced metal matrix composite with ultrafine particle reinforcement for manufacturing aerospace components
- Babbitt/aluminium composite material with enhanced tribological and mechanical characteristics
- Electroless high entropy alloy coatings for energy storage applications
- Improving the shrinkage behaviour and efflorescence formation of low carbon geopolymer concrete
Public outreach & key achievements
Research students
Clair Richardson – Society and the Dead: Geospatial approaches to Funerary Archaeology in early medieval Ireland
Leidy Bojaca Gonzalez – Carved Stones in Context: Pictish Symbol Stones and Irish Ogham Stones (co-supervised with Prof. Gordon Noble University of Aberdeen).