Derek Keir

Derek Keir (born 1979 Johannesburg, South Africa) has been an associate professor of geophysics at the University of Southampton since 2015.

During 1998–2002 he read geology and geophysics at Imperial College London, gaining an MSc (first class).

His PhD (Tectonics and Seismology) was conducted during 2002–2006 at Royal Holloway University of London.

[2] Keir was appointed Lecturer in Earth Science at University of Southampton in 2011 and became Associate Professor in Geophysics in 2015.

[2] His major contribution to science has been to study how continents break apart by analysing the earthquake and volcanic activity of the Afar Triangle.