Research Leaders

Project Leaders are directly funded by ReFINE to carry out research on all topics related to the impacts of shale gas: from public perceptions of fracking, to measuring fugitive emissions from wells. 

Prof. Fred Worrall

Prof. Peter Styles

  • Emeritus Professor in Applied and Environmental Geophysics at Keele University.
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Prof. Zoe Shipton

  • Head of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Strathclyde, UK.
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Prof. Gillian Foulger

Dr. Neil Thorpe

Dr. David Reiner

Dr. Will Coombs

Prof. Anthony Zito

Prof. Robert Jackson

  • Professor and chair of the department of Earth System Science in the School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences at Stanford University.
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Prof. Steven Rushton