Environmental Processes Research Group
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The Environmental Processes Research Group conducts pure and applied work research on the dynamics of contemporary earth surface processes. The group has expertise in geomorphology, hydrology, freshwater environmental science, remote sensing, terrain analysis and geographical information science. Fundamental research is supported by the Research Councils (NERC, EPSRC) and government agencies (DEFRA, DTI, Natural England, North West Development Agency, and UK-CIP). Our work engages with environmental managers and policy makers to provide the science base for land use management: we undertake research projects in collaboration, for example, with the Environment Agency, Natural England and Moors for the Future.
Research activities are concentrated in two inter-related areas: understanding upland environments as systems highly sensitive to environmental change (Upland Environments Research Unit (UpERU); and spatial modeling of environmental processes and the production and evaluation of spatial geo-information for environmental management (Environmental Geo-informatics). Through its work on digital terrain modelling, remote sensing of peatland, urban air quality modelling and wildfire modelling the group contributes significant expertise to the Centre for Urban and Regional Ecology (in the School of Environment and Development).
| Name | Position | Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Clive Agnew | Professor | Wetland Evaporation. |
| Tim Allott | Reader in Physical Geography | Palaeolimnology and palaeoecology. Diatom palaeoecology. Holocene environmental change. |
| Gina Cavan | Research Associate | Spatial modelling of climate and environmental processes. Web-based GIS tools. |
| Martin Evans | Professor of Geomorphology and EPRG coordinator | Peatland Hydrology. |
| Claire Goulsbra | Lecturer in Physical Geography and Postdoctoral Research Associate. | Hydrological Connectivity Upland Hydrology. Fluvial Geomorphology. Digital Terrain Analysis. Environmental Monitoring. Peatland Carbon Flux. |
| Angela Harris | Lecturer in Remote Sensing | Airborne remote sensing. Photosynthetic processes in northern peatland. Scaling peatland carbon fluxes using remote sensing data. |
| Sarah Lindley | Lecturer in Geography | Spatial characteristics of urban air pollution. Modelling and risk analysis techniques. Sustainable urban and regional development through the application of GIS-based spatial analysis. |
| Julia McMorrow | Senior Lecturer | Remote sensing of peatland restoration. Hyperspectral remote sensing of upland peat composition. Analysis of peat erosion pattern from airborne images and DEMs. Remote sensing, spatial analysis and management of moorland wildfire risk. |
| James Rothwell | Lecturer in Physical Geography | Pollutant and nutrient fluxes in the fluvial environment. |
| Nick Haycock | Honorary Research Fellow. Managing Director of Haycock Associates Environmental Consultants. National Soil and Water Adviser to the National Trust |
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| John Lindsay | Honorary Fellow | Geocomputation/geographic information systems. Catchment hydrology. Fluvial geomorphology |
| Name | Position | Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Lowe | PhD Student | Hyperspectral remote sensing of moorland restoration. |
| Emma Shuttleworth | PhD Student | Sediment flux in eroding peatlands. |
| Andrew Speke | PhD Student | Green Roofs |