Dr Feargal Murphy

Dr. Feargal Murphy

Feargal manages large-scale airborne geophysical QA/QC projects at IGS, with recent work in Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, and India. He brings extensive field and interpretation experience, having spent over a decade with Sander Geophysics Ltd leading survey crews across the Americas, EAME, and Australasia, and playing a key role in the early commercial deployment of the Falcon gravity gradiometer and Sander AIRGrav systems. At ARKeX Ltd, he led multi-disciplinary interpretation projects integrating potential field, seismic, and geological data for hydrocarbon clients, and headed the interpretation department.

Feargal holds a 1st class BSc in Geophysical Science (UCD) and a PhD in Global Seismology (DIAS). Reflecting the growing intersection of geoscience and the energy transition, he also holds an MSc in Renewable Energy Systems Technology (Loughborough University), for which he received the Tony Marmont Prize for best graduating student.