Richard Davies is a British geologist, academic and the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Plymouth.
[5] In 2006, Davies led a team to identify the cause of the Lusi mud volcano eruption, resulting in the oil and gas company paying millions in compensation to the over 50,000 affected local residents.
[9] Whilst at Newcastle, he continued his work on Fracking research which resulted in heavy criticism against him.
[14][15] The biggest form of mobile carbon on earth, Davies showed that vast quantities of it could be vulnerable to thaw and melt releasing methane into the ocean and potentially the atmosphere.
[16][17] Davies was appointed the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Plymouth in October 2024 following Judith Petts's retirement.