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Fields of work

• LF/VLF radio research, with emphasis on induction radio in caving & mining.
• Electronic hardware design (analogue and digital)
• Microcontroller/microprocessor/PIC/PC software
• Expert in Forth language software
• Web authoring, including JavaScript and PHP

I have an MA degree in Maths/Engineering from Cambridge University and a PhD from the University of Leeds (School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering). Consultancy rates are currently £450/day or £60/hour. A lower rate is applicable to long-term contracts and web-page design.

Current Employment

December 2003 to present (2009): Although I continue to offer consultancy services, I am currently employed by the UK's Mines Rescue Service Ltd as a Research Project Manager. I am one of a team of scientists and engineers undertaking research work on behalf of the mining industry, with funding from the European Commission, UK Government, HSE and industry.

I am also in the process of completing a book, based on my PhD thesis and the many articles and papers I have published on sub-surface communications. For further information, click here.

Biographical Record

To download a PDF copy of my current CV (June 2009), please click here. To email me for a version that includes my contact details, click this link: D.Gibson[at]caves... etc

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Aside from maths and engineering qualifications I studied Music, Geology and French to O-level. I can read music and have rudimentary keyboard skills. I have an interest in the mathematics behind modern and ancient music.

As an undergraduate, I was president of Cambridge University Caving Club CUCC. I am still a regular caver, and until September 1999 I was a trustee and assistant secretary of the British Cave Research Association (BCRA, a registered charity) and administrator of its research fund. In January 2010 I am due to take up a new trustee post as secretary of BCRA. In November 1996 I set up the Usenet newsgroup news:uk.rec.caving. I am part of the team that organises the national caving conference, known as "Hidden Earth", where I have submitted photography and art in the competitions (See my gallery).

In 1995 I was responsible for the setting up of a specialist magazine for cave photographers and I recently won awards for contributions to cave photography (for my flashgun slave design) and for contributions to speleological literature (for my involvement with the Cave Radio Group). I was involved in the setting up of a special-interest cave photography group and, in 2002, I was appointed the editor of the caving magazine Speleology, which is published by the British Cave Research Association

I am also interested in art, and am an associate member of the International Society for Speleological Art. I maintain a number of web sites including caves.org.uk, mcrosolv.demon.co.uk, and much of the bcra.org.uk site. I also did the original design for www.speleoart.net.

Other interests include mountaineering, fell running, long-distance walking, cave art, photography, cinema, and contemporary dance.

I have written regularly for the walking magazine Strider and had photos and articles in the cavers' magazine, Descent.