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Professor in the Department of Geography+44 (0) 191 33 43513

Biography

  • 2024 - present: Professor. Durham University, UK.
  • 2020 - 2024: Associate Professor. Durham University, UK.
  • 2018 - 2020: Assistant Professor. Durham University, UK.
  • 2014 - 2018: Independent Research Fellow & Proleptic Lecturer. Durham University, UK.
  • 2010 - 2014: Postdoctoral Research Associate. COastal Rates of Behaviour and Activity (COBRA) funded by Cleveland Potash Ltd. Durham University, UK.
  • 2009 - 2010: Postdoctoral Research Associate. Boulby Geoscience Project funded by ONE NorthEast. Durham University, UK.
  • 2006 - 2009. Environmental Consultant. Golder Associates (UK) Ltd., Maidenhead and Leeds, United Kingdom.
  • 2002 - 2006: NERC-funded PhD: ‘Autocompaction of Mineralogenic Intertidal Sediments’. Department of Geography, Durham University, UK.
  • 1998 - 2001: BA (Hons) & MA Geography. St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford, UK.
Research Interests

My research focuses on the geotechnical properties of soils and rocks and understanding deformation processes in Earth materials. In particular, I am interested in developing understanding of deformation mechanisms, styles and rates through detailed laboratory testing, informed by field measurements of stress and environmental conditions.

I work with a range of Earth materials obtained from geomorphic settings that vary in lithology, from soft estuarine muds and peats to the strong, regionally metamorphosed rocks of active orogens. My research has applications in low- and high-energy coastal geomorphology, rock-slope stability, landslide risk assessment, deep mining and Quaternary science.

Publications

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