Nick Russill is a geoscientist and entrepreneur based in Cardiff. He is co-founder and director of TerraDat, a geophysical survey company serving the engineering, environmental and energy sectors, and of Meteo365, a specialist weather forecasting company.
After graduating from Cardiff University, Nick began his career as an exploration geologist on copper and gold projects in the Australian outback. He co-founded TerraDat in 1992, and it has since grown into one of Europe鈥檚 leading subsurface mapping companies, with over 30 geoscientists and offices in Scotland and Spain. A keen photographer, he was among the first to use kite-lofted photogrammetry to image Antarctic islands and has applied 3D imaging to cadastral mapping in Alaska, forensics and digital heritage.<\p>
Nick is an Honorary Associate Professor of Engineering at the University of Exeter. As 蘑菇视频鈥檚 Entrepreneur in Residence there, he helped shape the university鈥檚 first MEng in Engineering and Entrepreneurship, a degree built around project-based learning. He continues to mentor student and staff start-ups, with a particular focus on sustainability. <\p>
Nick has led two Royal Society Partnership Grants with Cowbridge School in South Wales, working with pupils to investigate questions about the geology of the region. His commitment to inspiring the next generation of scientists and engineers is also reflected in his roles as a foundation governor at The Bishop of Llandaff High School in Cardiff and, since 2019, as a trustee of The Mullany Fund, a Welsh social mobility charity whose bilingual e-mentoring programme helps pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds into STEM careers. <\p>
Subject groups
- Earth and Environmental Sciences