ProfessorAndy Nicol

Associate Head

School of Earth and Environment

  • Associate Head
    School of Earth and Environment
  • Professor
    School of Earth and Environment
  • +6433694436 (Work)
  • Beatrice Tinsley Rm 217

TEACHING & SUPERVISION

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Role of faults in hydrogen generation and migration
    1 Jun 2026
    Banerjee, Dona
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Paleoseismology and segmentation of the Awatere Fault
    1 Apr 2026 - 31 Mar 2026
    Souter, Bnejamin
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Geometry and deformation of the Ostler Fault
    1 Mar 2026 - 28 Feb 2027
    Hall, Campbell
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Quantifying and Understanding Tectonic Shortening at the Hikurangi Subduction Margin, Aotearoa New Zealand
    1 Aug 2025 - 31 Jul 2028
    Rollwage, Luisa
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Earthquake behaviour near the Hope–Alpine fault intersection zone, Aotearoa New Zealand
    1 Jul 2025 - 30 Jun 2028
    Parker, Matt
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Geologic mapping and fault analysis of Cretaceous and younger strata in the Monkey Face area, North Canterbury
    17 Feb 2025 - 31 Oct 2025
    Hall, Campbell
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Geometry of the Molesworth section of the Awatere Fault, Marlborough
    17 Feb 2025 - 31 Oct 2025
    Souter, Benjamin
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Structural Geology and Global Geophysics
    7 Oct 2024 - 18 Oct 2024
    GEOL244
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Unearthing forgotten historical earthquakes in Aotearoa New Zealand using archival records
    1 Oct 2024 - 30 Sep 2027
    Gurney, James Harry
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Evolution of the Leader River in Response to Landslide Dam, Triggered by the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōoura Earthquake.
    1 Apr 2024 - 31 May 2025
    McCarthy, Anna
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    New Zealand tectonic domains with a focus on the seismicity at the Southern end of the Hikurangi margin
    1 Apr 2024 - 31 Dec 2026
    Batteux, Daria Taïssia
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Advanced Field Mapping
    12 Feb 2024 - 17 Feb 2024
    GEOL352
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Fault Valving Mechanism in Taranaki Basin
    1 Feb 2024 - 30 Jan 2030
    Webster, Mark Andrew
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Geometry, Displacement, and Kinematics of the Hope Fault at Mason River.
    1 Feb 2024 - 25 Oct 2024
    Spring, Jack
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Impact of faults and fractures on seal integrity for hydrogen geostorage in Taranaki, Aotearoa, New Zealand
    1 Mar 2023 - 30 Sep 2026
    Yates, Edward
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Basic research on the numerical model of hydrogen geo-storage
    1 Dec 2022 - 7 Jul 2026
    Liu, Jinjiang
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Active faulting and Hazards of the Waimea-Flaxmore Fault System, New Zealand
    1 May 2022 - 30 Apr 2023
    Wiffin, Renee Julia
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Using dendrochronology to accurate date earthquakes in Aotearoa New Zealand
    1 May 2022 - 31 Dec 2026
    Newsham, Sophia Raeburn
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Understanding and quantifying earthquake and tsunami hazards arising from large earthquakes on the Hikurangi-Kermadec subduction thrust
    1 Jul 2021 - 12 Aug 2026
    Liao, Yiwan
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Tectonic Geomorphology of the Eastern Hope Fault and Seward Kaikoura range
    1 Jun 2021 - 1 Jun 2025
    Sintenie, Jan
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Displacement and Structural Analysis of The Humps Fault along the Eastern Margin of the Culverden Basin, North Canterbury
    1 Feb 2021 - 24 Nov 2021
    Chubb, Reuben Lindsay
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Fault interactions and multi-fault earthquakes in the Wellington and Wairarapa regions of New Zealand
    25 May 2020
    Humphrey, Jade Anne
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Integrating rock physics and seismic modelling for characterization of carbonates and volcanic rocks
    18 Aug 2019 - 1 Nov 2022
    Meliato Battiston Vilela, Gabriel
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Performance of cut and fill slopes in the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake and lessons for the resilience of infrastructure
    1 Jun 2019 - 17 Apr 2026
    Mason, Dougal
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Structure and evolution of fault zones in sedimentary rocks
    1 Apr 2019 - 27 Apr 2023
    Vaknin, Inbar