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Department of Geography

 

Annual Report 2003: 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

H Graf, MSc (Humboldt), PhD (Humboldt) (from October 2003)

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

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

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

R M Smith, BA (London), MA (Oxon), PhD (Cantab)

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 in 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)

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

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

B J Devereux, BA, PhD (Nottingham) (also Director of the Unit for Landscape Modelling)

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)

A James, MA, PhD (Cantab) (Joint appointment with Fitzwilliam College)

G Kearns, BA, PhD (Cantab)

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

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

S A Radcliffe, BA, PhD (Liverpool)

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

B Vira, MA, MPhil (Cantab)

M J Warrington, BA, PhD (Cantab)

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

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

Assistant Director of Research

M Bithell, MA, PhD (Cantab) (also Computer Manager)

Academic-related and Support Staff

Administration

B Amesbury, BA (Leicester) (Research Administrator)

L C Feeney, BA (Glam), MSc (Glam) (Departmental Administrator until March 2003)

S A Virr, MSci (Dunelm) (Departmental Administrator from June 2003)

General Office

N Keating (General Office Manager)

J Parsons

M Constantinou

Secretary to Head of Department

A Barbosa, BA (Leeds)

Accounts

R L Alexander

A Joiner-Handy

C Hollinshead

C Schneider

Library

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

C H MacLennan, MA (Aberdeen)

Undergraduate Office

V Forbes

Graduate Office

G Matthews

Faculty Secretary

A Woolley

Computing

M Lucas-Smith, BA (Cantab)

S Harvey

D Scott, BA

Cartography

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

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

O Tucker, HND Land Administration (Geog Techniques)

Laboratory

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

C J Rolfe, BSc

J Clarke

A Hayes, FIScT (Senior Technical Officer)

M Theobald

Reprographics

J D Youlden, BTEC Dip Graphic Design

Domestic Assistant

N Browne

Unit for Landscape Modelling

G Renshaw (Assistant to the Director)

J Coggins (Accounts Administrator)

J Lygo (Photographic Technician)

D Mackay (Photographic Technician)

R Desmond (Picture Librarian)

S Udall (Picture Librarian – from October)

C Bacilieri (Picture Librarian – until August)

History of Population and Social Structure

Joyce Hilling

Rebecca Tyler

Research Fellows

C D Briggs British Academy Fellow English Peasants and the provision of civil justice, c1270-1400
V A Ceccato Marie Curie Fellow Urban crime, urban quality of life, tangible and less tangible indicators, Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and spatial statistics
J S Henderson Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow Medical Provision and the Treatment of Disease in Early Modern Tuscany
S I Legg ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow Spatial Structure and Colonial Agents; Space and Power in Imperial Delhi, 1911-47
A J S McGonigle NERC Postdoctoral Fellow Novel Optical remote sensing techniques for long term, high temporal resolution volcanic gas surveillance
B C Parry Wellcome Non Clinical Lecturer Corporeal to Informational Recent Transformation in the Constitution of Human Biological Samples
A E M Satchell Wellcome Trust Fellow The medieval English Hospitals GIS project
S K A Warpula Marie Curie Fellow  

Research Staff

O Bina Research Associate with S Owens
S M Curtis Research Associate with R Smith
S L Damery Research Assistant with P M Gray
R S Davies Senior Research Associate HPSS
B Dodds Research Associate with R Smith
C A Fletcher Senior Research Associate with Dr T Spencer
R M Fuller Senior Research Associate ULM
E M Garrett Senior Research Associate HPSS
C M Gere Research Associate with B Parry
F M R Hughes Senior Research Associate with K Richards
J A Jessop Research Associate with B Parry
A C Jones Research Associate with L Shaw-Taylor
J Law Research Associate with R Haining
J S Mackman Research Associate with R Glasscock
V L Masten Research Associate with L Shaw-Taylor
F J Nober Research Associate with H Graf
J E Oeppen Senior Research Associate HPSS
D Prendergast Research Assistant with W Adams
M J Ramsden Research Associate with R Bennett
T J Rayner Research Associate with S Owens
N S Rushton Research Associate with R Smith
L M W Shaw-Taylor Senior Research Associate HPSS
S Sovič Research Associate with L Shaw-Taylor
V I Tsanev Research Associate with C Oppenheimer
E H Watt Research Associate with R Glasscock
A M Wilson Research Associate with B Parry
E A Wrigley Researcher HPSS
Z Zhao Senior Research Associate with R Smith

HPSS: History of Population and Social Structure

ULM: Unit for Landscape Modelling

Visiting Scholars

Name Home Institution Period Sponsor
R Briant University of Wales, Lampeter
English Heritage
February 2003 – September 2003 Dr P Gibbard
V Ceccato Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
Marie Curie Fellowship
April 2002 – April 2004 Professor R Haining
K Cohen Max-Planck Institute,
Jena, Eastern Germany
September 2003 – September 2004 Dr P Gibbard
S Hirai Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science October 2003 – September 2005 Dr R Smith
J Hutton Africa Resources Trust October 1998 – December 2003 Dr W Adams
R Manley Water Resource Associates September 1999 – January 2004 Professor K Richards
J Powell Monash University, Australia October 2002 – June 2003 Dr W Adams

Affiliated Lecturers

M Head

A Moscariello

Retired staff with current research grants

R Glasscock MA, PhD, University Lecturer – retired Sept 2001. Medieval Britain and Ireland, rural settlement, taxation, the distribution of wealth, agriculture and economy