▁He ▁stayed ▁on ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁institution ▁to ▁undert ake ▁a ▁Ph D ▁in ▁the ▁t ect ono - str at ig raph ic ▁evolution ▁of ▁sed iment ary ▁bas ins ▁with ▁Rob ▁G aw th or pe , ▁comple ting ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁ ▁Research ▁and ▁career ▁ ▁Jackson ' s ▁research ▁focus es ▁on ▁ge od ynamic , ▁struct ural , ▁and ▁strat ig raph ic ▁evolution ▁of ▁sed iment ary ▁bas ins . ▁He ▁has ▁been ▁described ▁by ▁the ▁Ge ological ▁Society ▁of ▁London ▁as ▁the ▁" leading ▁and ▁most ▁product ive ▁interpreter ▁of ▁three - dimensional ▁se ism ic ▁reflection ▁data ▁of ▁his ▁generation ". ▁After ▁comple ting ▁his ▁Ph D ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁he ▁was ▁an ▁expl oration ▁research ▁ge ologist ▁in ▁the ▁Nor sk ▁H ydro ▁research ▁centre , ▁Ber gen . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁he ▁joined ▁Imperial ▁College ▁London ▁as ▁a ▁lect urer ▁in ▁Bas in ▁Analysis ▁in ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁Earth ▁Science ▁and ▁Engineering , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁appointed ▁Stato il ▁Professor ▁of ▁Bas in ▁Analysis ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁Jackson ▁joined ▁the ▁App lied ▁Ge od ynam ics ▁Labor atory ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Texas ▁at ▁Austin ▁as ▁a ▁Vis iting ▁Scient ist . ▁Between ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁- ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁Vis iting ▁L ect urer ▁in ▁Pet role um ▁Science ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of