Fergus McNab Geoscientist

CV

Education

Ph. D. Earth Sciences

University of Cambridge (2015–2019)

Dissertation: Expressions of Mantle Dynamics in Landscapes and Sedimentary Basins

Supervisor: Professor Nicky White

M. Earth. Sci. Earth Sciences

University of Oxford (2011–2015)

Dissertation: Active Tectonics of Afghanistan and the Afghan-Tajik Depression

Supervisors: Dr. R. Alastair Sloan and Professor Richard Walker

Academic Experience

Researcher Since September 2025

Institut für Geowissenschaften, Universität Potsdam.

DFG-funded ‘Eigene Stelle’.

Researcher June 2020–August 2025

GFZ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Geoforshung, Potsdam.

Visiting Researcher October–November 2023

Institut des Sciences de la Terre (ISTerre), Université Grenoble Alpes.

Funded by Procope-Mobilité grant from the French Embassy in Germany.

Researcher November 2019–June 2020

University of Cambridge, Department of Earth Sciences.