Michael (Mike) Paul Searle is a British geologist best known for his studies of the large-scale structure of mountain belts, including the Himalaya and Karakoram mountains.
Searle was awarded the Murchison Medal of the Geological Society of London in 2008.
He then undertook a Ph.D. at the Open University, working on the Samail Ophiolite in Oman, under the supervision of Ian Gass.
[3] Over the course of his career, Searle has carried out geological field studies in many parts of the world, including Scotland, parts of the Arabian peninsula, and south-east Asia.
In the course of his work he has written several books and made appearances in a number of documentary film series, including "How the Earth Was Made" (2010)[4] and "World's Greatest Mountains" (2018).