Dr Antony Butcher is a Chartered Scientist, with both commercial and academic experience in engineering geophysics and seismology. He received a BSc (2001) in Mathematics with Management, then an MSc (2004) in Exploration Geophysics from Leeds University, before joining TerraDat UK Ltd, an engineering and environmental geophysical company. In 2010 he moved to the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) as a Senior Geophysicist, and primarily responsible for the risk management of unexploded ordnance. During this period, he was awarded CSci status through the Geological Society of London.

In 2014 he returned to academia and commenced a PhD in Seismology funded through Bristol University Microseismic Projects (BUMPS) under the supervised of Prof J-M Kendall. After completion in 2018 with a thesis titled ‘Microseismology: Characteristics, Magnitudes and Shallow Crustal Effects’, he held several post-doctorial positions, which included BGS Research Fellow and UK manager for the DigiMon project. He currently holds a position as a technical specialist within the geophysics group, and has a continuing interest in the interaction small earthquakes have with shallow subsurface. He has publishing scientific papers on magnitude estimations, earthquake source properties of microseismicity and seismic characterisation of engineered slopes.