About

Our research often involves the application of new methodological approaches that integrate high-resolution field and laboratory data acquisition with numerical and physical modelling.

Our main research priorities include:

  • geomorphic processes in aeolian, coastal, fluvial and shallow marine, glacial and periglacial environments
  • changes in environmental systems in response to climate change, in fluvial, glacial and coastal environments
  • the effects of extreme events on society, including catchment management, flooding, coastal changes and ecosystem responses
  • reconstructing climate change during the quaternary (Europe, the Americas, Arctic and South Pacific
  • understanding the process, timing and forcing of human migration into the tropical South Pacific
  • exploring what makes small islands vulnerable to multiple hazards

People, projects and publications

People

Mr Tommie Bloomfield

Research interests

  • Environmental archaeology and palaeoecological reconstruction
  • Human-environment interactions in the Roman world 
  • Sedimentary Ancient DNA (sedaDNA) in archaeology 
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Professor Tony Brown

Professor in Physical Geography
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Dr Vicky Dominguez Almela

Lecturer

Research interests

  • My work includes the use of individual-based models (IBMs), geographical information systems …
  • I have mainly work with fish in the past, but recently I have been fascinated by the invasion…

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Zoë Thomas

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Earth System tipping points
  • Atmospheric circulation shifts
  • Quaternary environmental and climate change

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Justin Sheffield
Head of School
My research is centred on large-scale hydrology and its interactions with climate variability and change.