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Annual Report 2001: Current staff


Academic Staff

Professors

R J Bennett, MA, PhD (Cantab), FBA, Professor of Geography (1931),

J A Dowdeswell, BA (Cantab), MA (Colorado), PhD (Cantab) Professor of Physical Geography, Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute

A D Cliff, BA (London), MA (Northwestern), MA (Cantab), PhD, DSc (Bristol), FBA, Professor of Theoretical Geography, Head of Department

R P Haining, MA (Northwestern), MSc (Northwestern), PhD (Northwestern), Professor of Human Geography

R L Martin, MA, PhD (Cantab), Professor of Economic Geography

K S Richards, MA, PhD (Cantab), Professor of Geography (1993)

Readers

W M Adams, MA (Cantab), MSc (London), PhD (Cantab), Reader in the Geography of Conservation and Development

S E Owens, OBE, BSc (UEA), MA (Cantab), PhD (UEA), Reader Environment and Policy

P L Gibbard, BSc (Sheffield), PhD (Cantab), DOS (Helsinki), Reader in Quaternary Palaeoenvironments

University Senior Lecturers

T P Bayliss-Smith, MA, PhD (Cantab)

T Spencer, MA, PhD (Cantab)

S T Trudgill, BSc, PhD (Bristol)

University Lecturers

H Allen, MA (Cantab), MSc (Alberta), PhD (Cantab)

N S Arnold, BA, PhD (Cantab)

M Bravo, BEng (Carleton), MPhil (Cantab), PhD (Cantab)

B J Devereux, BA, PhD (Nottingham)

J S Duncan, BA (Dartmouth College, NH), MA, PhD (Syracuse, NY)

P M Gray, BA (California, San Diego), MA (California, Berkeley)

P M R Howell, BA, PhD (Cantab)

G Kearns, BA, PhD (Cantab)

C M Oppenheimer, BA (Cantab), PhD (Open University)

S A Radcliffe, BA, PhD (Liverpool)

W G Rees, BA (Cantab), PhD (Cantab)

B Vira, MA, MPhil (Cantab)

M J Warrington, BA, PhD (Cantab)

I C Willis, BSc (North London), PhD (Cantab)

University Assistant Lecturers

J Brasington, BSc (Bristol), PhD (Cantab)

D Low-Beer, BA (Oxon), MPhil (Bristol), PhD (Cantab)

E E Watson, BSc (UCL), PhD (Cantab)

Technical Officer (Cartography)

Mr P J Stickler, BA (South Africa), Dip Cart (Swansea)

Senior Technical Officer (Instrumentation)

Mr A Hayes, FIScT

Departmental Administrator

Ms L C Feeney, BA (Glam), MSc (Glam)

Administrator, Environmental Systems Science Centre

Ms B Amesbury, BA (Leicester)

Support staff

Librarians

Miss J E Robinson, LLB (Hull), MA (Loughborough)

Mr C H MacLennan, MA (Aberdeen)

ADR/Computer Manager

Dr M Bithell, MA, PhD (Cantab)

Computer Officer

Mr D Scott, BA

Computing Technicians

Dr G S Amable, BA (Univ of Ghana), MSc (Aberdeen), PhD (Cantab)

Mr M Lucas Smith, BA (Cantab)

Laboratory Technicians

Mr S Boreham, BSc (Cambridge College of Arts and Tech)

Mr C J Rolfe, BSc

Mr M Theobald

Mr J Clarke

Cartographic Illustrators

Mr I H Agnew, BA (Sheffield Polytechnic), PG Dip Cart (Glasgow)

Mr O Tucker, HND Land Administration (Geog Techniques)

Reprographics Technician

Mr J D Youlden, BTEC Dip Graphic Design

Secretary to Head of Department

Vacant

Undergraduate School Secretary

Mrs V Forbes

Graduate School Secretary

Mrs G Barnes

General Office

Mrs N Keating

Mrs V Mullins

Miss M Constantinou

Secretary, Faculty Office, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Geography

Mrs A Woolley

Accounts Administration

Miss R L Alexander

Mrs C Hollinshead

Domestic Assistant

Mr N Browne

Secretary, Committee for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies

Mrs L Cox

Other University and Affiliated appointments

B W Bache, MA, CChem, PhD, FRSC, Fellow of St Edmund's College

A soil and environmental chemist, with interest in development issues

A R H Baker, BA, MA, PhD, DLit, University Lecturer 1966-99, Fellow of Emmanuel College, Retired Sept 2001

Historical Geography including its theory and practice, Canada, changing society, economy, culture and landscape of 19th century France

M DI Chisholm, MA, ScD, Emeritus Professor, Fellow of St Catharine's College

Economic geographer: regional development, location of production, government policy

R A Donkin, Litt D, FBA, Fellow of Jesus College

Historical Geography, medieval England, cultural diffusion in the New World, Western and Central Asia and the Tropics

R Glasscock, MA, PhD, University Lecturer, Fellow of St Johns College, Retired Sept 2001

Medieval Britain and Ireland, rural settlement, taxation, the distribution of wealth, agriculture and economy

A T Grove, MA, Emeritus Fellow of Downing College

Physical and human geography of Africa, climatic change and desertification

D E Keeble, MA, PhD, University Lecturer, Emeritus Fellow of St Catherines College, Research Associate ESRC, Retired Sept 2001

Industrial and economic geography, industrial location and spatial economic development in the UK and the EU

I Möller, BA (Oxon), MPhil, (Univ of Wales, Swansea), PhD (Cantab)

Coastal geomorphologist with a research focus on wave-vegetation interaction in the intertidal zone, the monitoring and the prediction of long-term (>5 year) coastal morphodynamics

A Reid, BA, MSc, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow HPSS, Research Fellow of St Johns College

Infant and child health and mortality in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, covering both levels and trends and the way in which they were influenced dy demographic, medical, environmental and socio-economic factors

R Schofield, Honorary Research Fellow HPSS

Tudor taxation

T Wrigley, Honorary Research Fellow HPSS

Economic and demographic history of England in the early modern period

Research Fellows

H Bulkley, MA, PhD (Cantab), St Catharine's College, Leverhulme Research Fellow

Environmental issues, public participation in policy making

L Cameron, MA, PhD (Cantab), Junior Research Fellow, Churchill College

Historical and social geography

A McGonigle, Msci, Dphil, NERC Research Fellow

Application of remote sensing to the study of active volcanoes

B Parry, Kings' College, Affiliated Lecturer, Wellcome Trust Research Lecturer

Feminist and social geography

O V Tutubalina, Ed Dip (Moscow State), MPhil, PhD (Cantab), Junior Research Fellow, Trinity Hall, Affiliated Lecturer

Application of Remote Sensing to the study of polar and boreal environments

Research Staff

Mr C Fuller Research Assistant with Professor R J Bennett
Dr C Glaister Research Assistant with Dr P L Gibbard
Mr M R Hands Senior Research Associate  
Dr M Head Senior Research Associate with Dr P L Gibbard
Dr F R M Hughes Senior Research Associate with Professor K S Richards
Dr A McGonigle Research Associate with Dr C M Oppenheimer
Dr M J Ramsden Research Associate with Professor R J Bennett
Dr C M Peterson Research Associate  
Dr F Thomella Research Associate with Dr T Spencer
Mrs S Vira Research Associate with Mr B Vira
Miss E Watt Research Associate with Dr R E Glasscock
Ms V Ceccato Research Associate with Professor R P Haining
Dr J Fox Research Associate with CCRU
Ms S Damery Research Associate with Dr M Gray
Ms R Davies Research Associate with HPSS
Mr M Forrest Research Associate with Dr R Glasscock
Dr J Henderson Research Associate with HPSS
Dr S Herten Research Associate with Professor R L Martin
Dr J Law Research Associate with Professor R P Haining
Dr J S Mackman Research Associate with Dr R Glasscock
Mr J Oeppen Research Associate with HPSS
Dr L Shaw-Taylor Research Associate with HPSS
Dr C Fletcher Senior Research Associate Venice in Peril Research Fellow
Dr R Fuller Senior Research Associate Unit of Landscape Modelling
Dr K Warpula Research Associate With HPSS

Associated Researchers

Ms U Allitt CEIQR

Leaves of Absence

The following members of the Department were on leave of absence during 2001 for the periods indicated:

Dr T Bayliss-Smith Michaelmas Dr Phil Gibbard Easter
Dr M Bravo 23 April - 18 May Dr P M Gray Maternity leave:12 August -15 December
Dr J Duncan Lent Dr D Low-Beer Michaelmas (unpaid leave)
Dr C Oppenheimer Lent and Easter Dr S Owens Lent
Dr T Spencer Michaelmas Dr S Trudgill Lent

Visiting Scholars 2001

Name Home Institution Period Sponsor
Dr I Bailiie Semtokha, Bhutan Ongoing Professor K Richards
Dr M Carroll Countryside Agency 1 July - 31 December 2001 Dr S Owens
Dr J Corpataux University of Neuchatel, Switzerland March 2001 - 31 March 2002 Professor R L Martin
Mr J Hutton Africa Resources Trust Ongoing Dr W Adams
Ms E Jones Portsmouth September 2000 - April 2001 Dr C Oppenheimer
Dr G Juhasz Hungarian Geological Survey, Budapest February 2001 Dr P Gibbard
Dr M Landzelius Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education October 2000 -September 2002 Dr J Duncan
Mr S Lau Croucher Foundation, Hong Kong January - December 2001 Professor K Richards
Mr N McWilliam British Antarctic Survey March 2000 - September 2001  
Mr R Manley Water Resource Associates Ongoing Professor K Richards
Professor T Vidal Batista-i-Roca Fellowship 1 October 2001 - 30 June 2002 Professor R Haining