Dr Daniel Boddice B.A., M.Sc., Ph.D.

• PG Cert Higher Education (2022 University of Birmingham)
• PhD in Civil Engineering (2015 University of Birmingham) on Changing Geophysical Contrast between Archaeological Features and Surrounding Soil
• MSc in Archaeological Prospection (2010 University of Bradford)
• BA (hons) Ancient History and Archaeology (2007 University of Liverpool)

Having graduated in 2007 with a BA degree from the University of Liverpool in Ancient History and Archaeology, Dan quickly became excited by the possibility to find and investigate things underground without the need to dig them up and made the transition to studying an MSc in Archaeological Prospection at the University of Bradford and graduating with a distinction in 2010. 

With a new found knowledge and interest in the physics behind the geohphysical techniques, this led Dan to pursue his PhD on the DART (Detection of Archaeological residues using remote sensing techniques), examining the relationship between the properties of the soil and the seasonality of the geophysical response of archaeogical ditches.

Always looking to pursue his interest in improving existing methods and developing new techniques for investigating underground, Dan was appointed as a Postdoctoral researcher on the GG-TOP project working on making quantum technology gravity gradiometer instruments a commerical reality and has led to a number of follow on projects in this area (SIGMA, SIGMA+, REVEAL, Gravity Pioneer) on which he continues to work to this day.

Dan was selected as a trainee on the third training cycle of surrogate on site inspectors for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban treaty Organisation (CTBTO) where he puts his wide knowledge of geophysical techniques to good use in helping the organisation to prepare to verfify compliance with the treaty upon entry into force.  Dan was also recently selected as a trainer to help prepare future generations of on site inspectors.

• MSc Ground Investigation – Module Lead
• MEng Civil Engineering Group Management Project Part A and Part B – Module Lead
• UG Geotechnical Engineering 1 (Ground Investigation)
• UG Surveying Week
• Constructionarium Organiser
• Supervision of BEng, MEng and MSc projects

Use of geophysical technologies to find and monitor underground infrastructure and solve industry led challenges and scenarios

Development of methodologies and techniques for the collection, processing and interpretation of geophysical data including automation, data fusion and inversion.


Linkages between geotechnical and geophysical properties in the soil

Dan's current research centres around the field testing of gravity gradiometer instruments based on quantum technology and the development of methodologies and techniques for the collection, processing and interpretation of the acquired data for a variety of different subsurface targets in order to help industry bring the new technology to the marketplace.  The research is strongly cross-disciplinary and involves working closely with colleagues in the School of Physics and Astronomy, who are developing these instruments. 

Dan also have a strong interest in the interpretation of the subsurface as well as linkages between geophysical measurements and underlying soil conditions, and improvement and development of other geophysical techniques as shown during his PhD.

• Surrogate On-site Inspector for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO)
• Surrogate On-site Inspector Trainer for CTBTO since 2019
• International Society of Archaeological Prospection (ISAP) member since 2009