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I’m Alex Clarke

Photo of Alex Clarke in a rose garden
Alex Clarke in a rose garden in Hadamar, Germany.
  • Gender: Female
  • Age: 30s
  • Pronouns: She/They
  • Relationship status: Single
  • Interested in: Women & femme people
  • Hometown: Prestatyn, Wales
  • Lives in: Mainz, Germany
  • Occupation: Geologist
  • trans
  • queer
  • lesbian
  • geologist
  • scientist
  • woman-in-science
  • welsh
  • socialist

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Welcome to my personal website! This is my place to display creative projects and express my personality. My main website is alexpclarke.co.uk.

I’m a woman in my thirties from Wales who works as a scientist at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz in Germany. I’m pretty married to my job and definitely a workaholic, but in my free time I like photography, walks in nature, and crafting. I love cute animals, flowers, pretty rocks, and anything colourful. I’m also trans, queer, and asexual.

I’m a geologist whose research focusses on the heterogeneity of large fault zones which are often simplistically viewed as single planes but which are actually complex with many strands, blocks, and zones of pulverised rock. I also love to teach and worked as a lecturer for 5 years. For more about my professional life, see my main site.

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Fireworks on the banks of the Rhein

Fireworks on the banks of the Rhein

I was absolutely blown away by the utter disregard Germans have for firework safety. No minimum safety distances here!

Fireworks on the banks of the Rhein

Fireworks on the banks of the Rhein

I was absolutely blown away by the utter disregard Germans have for firework safety. No minimum safety distances here!

Fireworks on the banks of the Rhein

Fireworks on the banks of the Rhein

I was absolutely blown away by the utter disregard Germans have for firework safety. No minimum safety distances here!

Sun low in the sky

Sun low in the sky

We took a Boxing Day drive into the Taunus hills and stopped in the beautiful town of Idstein.

Glowing tree in Nürnberg

Glowing tree in Nürnberg

The glowing lights on this lamppost create a golden glow on the yellowed leaves of this tree.

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I’m Alex Clarke

I am a structural geologist working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Johannes Gutenberg–Universität Mainz and a hobbyist girl-with-camera.

My research focuses on the heterogeneities within large faults, shear zones, and subduction zone mélanges — how to map them, quantify them, and explain their origins. I am especially interested in 3D reconstructions of rocks and outcrops which allow detailed, realistic, and quantifiable models of natural phenomena. I also love to teach and I am interested in innovative and engaging methods of teaching earth sciences, both in the classroom and in the field.

In my free time, I enjoy photography and my images reflects my love of nature and the diverse forms nature can take.