Dr. Dylan Rood

Associate Professor

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Biography

Dylan Rood directs application cosmogenic isotopes accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) studies in Earth sciences, focusing on applied Earth surface processes, active tectonics, climate change, and earthquake hazards. His expertise combines quantitative field laboratory methods that produce high-quality innovative research, funded by public agencies and industry (approximately £2M since 2008, with 3 NERC and 3 NSF awards). During his time at Imperial, he has raised over £100K in research funding annually and published extensively in top international journals, with a total of 113 peer-reviewed papers since 2009, averaging more than 10 papers per year and achieving a cumulative total of 3650 citations with an h-index of 35. Rood currently serves as the Director of the CosmIC Laboratory at Imperial and organizes the Surface Processes Research Group, while also being a founding member of the Imperial Centre for Geohazards. He coordinates the teaching of 4 undergraduate courses with a strong focus on immersive field classes, receiving excellent feedback from students, and has supervised numerous graduate students.

Research Interests

Experience

Senior Lecturer

2019-01-01 — Present

Imperial College London • London, England, United Kingdom

Lecturer for Surface Processes class, advanced sedimentology, structural geology field class in the Spanish Pyrenees, and Applied Geomorphology class including GIS-based practicals.

Lecturer

2015-01-01 — 2019-01-01

Imperial College London • London, England, United Kingdom

Taught undergraduate courses in Earth Science.

Research Fellow

2012-01-01 — 2014-01-01

University of Glasgow & AMS Laboratory, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre • Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Advised undergraduate and graduate students and taught undergraduate courses and field classes.

Associate Research Geologist

2010-01-01 — Present

University of California at Santa Barbara, Earth Research Institute • Santa Barbara, California, USA

Advised graduate student researchers.

Post Doctoral Research Staff Member

2010-01-01 — 2011-01-01

Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory • Livermore, California, USA

NSF Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow

2010-01-01 — 2011-01-01

University of California at Irvine • Irvine, California, USA

Instructed undergraduate courses on Natural Disasters.

Lawrence Scholar

2006-01-01 — 2010-01-01

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory • Livermore, California, USA

Teaching Assistant

2003-01-01 — 2005-01-01

University of California at Santa Barbara • Santa Barbara, California, USA

Taught undergraduate courses including Introduction to Field Methods, Optical Mineralogy, and Sedimentary Petrology.

Awards

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NSF Earth Science Postdoctoral Fellowship

2010-01-01
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Lawrence Scholar Fellowship

2005-01-01

Requirements for Imperial College London

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:100
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:125
Overall
Required:125
Prerequisites
Materials Science Mechanical Engineering Civil Engineering Chemical Engineering Physics Chemistry
Application Checklist
  • Personal statement
  • CV/resume
  • Official university transcripts
  • Two academic or professional references
  • Application fee (£90)
Specialization Notes

Specialisms available in Materials for the Energy Transition or Theory and Simulation of Materials.