Re­se­arch In­te­rests Fabric studies and quantitative texture analysis of fine grained sediments Paleostress analysis and study of the mechanics of low-angle detachment faults Mass balances across convergent margins Studies on fluid flow, gas hydrate processes, cementation and diagenetic reactions in marine sediments and authigenic carbonates Geochemical study of fluid-rock interaction in collision zones with incipient temperature and pressure, e.g. Barbados and Makran Accretionary Prisms, Mediterranean Ridge, Malaysia, Japan Trench (ODP Leg 186), Caucasus Sediment stability in marine settings influenced by humans (scour, fluid mud, remobilisation dynamics) Frictional properties of marine sediments and their significance for earthquake nucleation and slope stability In situ characterisation of sediment physical properties for landslide and seismogenesis research Long-term observatory science to monitor physical properties at active margins (including instrument design) The role of ocean research drilling (e.g. IODP) in marine geosciences (e.g. coordination of the Deep Sea & Sub-Seafloor Frontier initiative)