SAND Geophysics
Fully trained & experienced personnel
Meet the new generation of geophysicists at SAND. Our team studied a variety of Earth Science degrees with each member able to offer a unique set of skills and experiences to complement one another.
Francois Blin
Studied Geology at the University of Southampton (2017) and subsequently completed an MSc in Petroleum Geoscience at Imperial College London (2018). Francois later joined the SAND Geophysics team in April 2019 as a Geophysicist. Much of his experience to date has been in the understanding of geological process and the interpretation of seismic data. His passion for the outdoors has drawn him into a career where both geology and marine surveying are intertwined.
Thomas Darnell
Studied Geophysics at the University of Southampton, before joining SAND in September 2018. At SAND, Thomas has gained field experience in marine UXO surveying and processing, shallow water multi-channel seismic reflection and 3D Chirp survey operations. In addition to nearshore surveying, Thomas is involved in a wide range of office-based geophysical data processing and interpretation; specialising in computational methods within geophysics and working on research & development projects using Python programming for in-house software and machine learning applications.
Ben Owen
Studied Geophysics at the University of Southampton, before joining SAND in July 2017. Ben has gained experience in both nearshore mobilisation and field operations as well as onshore data processing with a variety of datasets including side-scan sonar, sub-bottom profiler and multi-channel seismic reflection. In the office, Ben takes a lead role in geophysical interpretation, producing both final deliverables and reports for the end client.
Penda Sisopha
Studied geology and applied geophysics at the University of Melbourne, Australia where she studied the application of land-based geophysical survey for energy resources exploration and deep-crustal modelling. Before joining SAND in 2019, Penda worked on environmental remediation project where she specialised in processing time-domain electromagnetic for land-based UXO survey. At SAND, Penda has gained experience in both field operations and data processing for marine UXO survey’s.
