Research: Landscape Dynamics: Oxford Rock Breakdown Laboratory
People
Professor Heather Viles
Director, Oxford Rock Breakdown Lab
Professor of Biogeomorphology and Heritage Conservation
heather.viles@ouce.ox.ac.uk
Dr Mona Edwards
Lab Manager, Chemist
mona.edwards@ouce.ox.ac.uk
Dr Julie Eklund
Moisture regimes and stone decay
julie.eklund@ouce.ox.ac.uk
Dr Troy Sternberg
Ivy walls, damp towers
troy.sternberg@geog.ox.ac.uk
Dr Vanessa Winchester
Lichens, dendrochronolgy
vanessa.winchester@ouce.ox.ac.uk
Hong Zhang
Geology and Hydrology Engineering Research Technician
hong.zhang@ouce.ox.ac.uk
Graduate Students
Samin Ahmad
Green walls: microbiology of algae growing on sandstone walls and implications for the impacts of climate change on cultural heritage
samin.khawaja@ouce.ox.ac.uk
Jennifer Booth
Preservation of stone art and archaeological artefacts in the British Museum
jennifer.booth@ouce.ox.ac.uk
Shuaishuai He
Heritage conservation and urban revitalization in China
shuaishuai.he@ouce.ox.ac.uk
Noreen Zaman
The role of soil as a method for conserving cultural stone ruins: effects of physical and chemical characteristics on stone weathering
noreen.zaman@ouce.ox.ac.uk
Rock Breakdown Lab staff members
Oxford Rock Breakdown Laboratory
School of Geography and the Environment
South Parks Road Oxford OX1 3QY
Tel: +44 (0)1865 285070