Grace Campbell, who studied a PhD in seismic hazards with us, was today named one of the 2021 Top 50 Women in Engineering.
Grace is an earthquake geologist and remote sensing specialist in Arup‘s Natural Hazard and Risk Management Team.
After gaining a Master’s degree in Earth Sciences at UCL, Grace moved to Cambridge to study – firstly for an MPhil in Environmental Science and Remote Sensing at the Department of Geography, then moving to Earth Sciences to undertake a PhD on earthquake hazards in central Asia.
Grace has now worked at Arup for 5 years, where her work takes her across the world in order to understand and limit the danger that natural hazards pose to society. Back in 2017 Grace worked as part of a team enlisted by the World Bank to respond to the Sierra Leone landslide. After the short term response, they worked with the United Nations Office for Project Services on the long term regeneration of the landslide site in Freetown – moving about 100,000m³ of earth and planting 21,000 native seedlings – together with providing training for locals in order to strengthen community resilience to future hazards.
Grace reflects on her career path, and why she loves working in the geosciences, on our blog.