Curriculum vitae
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• Research assistant at Scottish Environmental Agency
7. Bronwen Whitney (Canadian NSERC and ORS awards, 2005-2008) • Late Quaternary environmental history of the Pantanal wetland, tropical South America
• Appointed postdoctoral researcher on Leverhulme Trust research project (Mayle: PI), from April 2010
6. Michael Burn (School of GeoSciences, Univ. of Edinb. award, 2004-2007) • Characterisation of Amazonian rainforest ecosystems by their surface pollen spectra
• Lecturer in Physical Geography, University of West Indies, Jamaica.
5. Surangi Punyasena (Univ. Chicago award, 2002-2006) • Based at University of Chicago (lead supervisor: Jenny McElwain) • Vegetation responses to Late Quaternary climatic and atmospheric CO 2 changes at a rain forest/dry forest ecotone in lowland Bolivia. • Assistant Professor in Paleobotany at University of Champagne, Illinois, USA.
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4. William Gosling (Univ. Leicester award, 2000-2003) • Characterisation of Amazonian ecosystems by their surface pollen spectra • Postdoctoral researcher at The Open University.
3. Phillip Metcalfe (NERC award, 2000-2004) • Lead supervisor: Prof. F.A. Street-Perrott, University of Wales Swansea • Reconstruction of Late Quaternary savanna communities in eastern Bolivia: a palaeoecological and isotopic study of lake sediments
2. Rachel Burbridge (Univ. Leicester award, 1998-2001) • Pollen-based Late Quaternary history of the Amazon forest/savanna boundary in lowland eastern Bolivia
1. Malcolm Bell (NERC CASE award, 1995-1998) • CASE partner: Mr. S. Brooks, Natural History Museum, London. • Chironomid stratigraphy of the last glacial/interglacial transition in the UK
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
3. Dr. Bronwen Whitney (The Leverhulme Trust, 2010-2013) • Pre-Columbian human land-use and impact in the Bolivian Amazon
2. Dr. Mitchell Power (NERC QUEST-Deglaciation programme, 2006-2008) • PIs: Sandy Harrison and Paul Valdes, Univ. of Bristol. • Climate and biogeochemical cycles during the last deglaciation. • Assistant Professor in Physical Geography at University of Utah, USA.
1. Dr. Jenny McElwain (The Leverhulme Trust, 1998-2000) • PI: Prof. D.J. Beerling, University of Sheffield. • Late-glacial climate and CO 2 reconstructions for Atlantic Canada from stomatal and isotopic analyses of fossil plant remains • Marie Currie Team leader, University College Dublin, Ireland.
• Pollen of Neotropical rainforest, dry forest, and savanna ecosystems • Pollen and plant macrofossils of Eastern North American and NW European ecosystems • Charcoal analysis • Lake sediment and peat bog coring in tropical, temperate, and arctic environments • Fluent in Spanish
INTER-DISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION
Neotropical archaeobotany • Dr. Jose Iriarte, University of Exeter 18
• Phytolith and starch grain analyses Amazonian archaeology • Dr. Heiko Prumers, German Archaeological Institute (KAAK). • Dr. Denise Schaan, Federal university of Belem, Brazil. • João Saldanha and Mariana Petry Cabral, Science and Technology Research Institute of Amapa, Brazil • Pre-Columbian earth-mound and megalithic cultures in Amazonia. Neotropical botany, ecology and biogeography • Dr. Patrick Meir, University of Edinburgh • Dr. Tim Killeen, Conservation International, USA • Dr. Toby Pennington and Dr. Jim Ratter, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Biomass burning • Dr. Mitch Power, University of Utah, USA • Charcoal-based reconstructions of glacial-Holocene fire regimes Dynamic vegetation modelling and carbon cycling • Prof. David Beerling, University of Sheffield • Response of Amazonian ecosystems to Late Quaternary climate and CO 2 forcing Palaeoclimate modelling • Prof. Paul Valdes, University of Bristol • Climate & biogeochemical cycles during the last deglaciation Radar remote-sensing • Dr. Iain Woodhouse, University of Edinburgh • Identification of Pre-Columbian earthworks below closed-canopy tropical forest Stable carbon isotope analysis • Prof. F. Alayne Street-Perrott and Dr. Neil Loader, University of Wales Swansea • Past changes in C 3 (tree/shrub) versus C 4 (grass) dominated tropical ecosystems Tropical diatoms • Prof. Sarah Metcalfe, University of Nottingham • Past lake-level (precip.) changes in tropical South America. Statistics • Dr. Nick Tate, University of Leicester • Relationship between tropical pollen rain and parent vegetation Stomatal analysis • Prof. David Beerling and Dr. Jenny McElwain, University of Sheffield • Reconstruction of Late-glacial atmospheric CO 2 concentrations in Atlantic Canada Chironomid (midge) analysis • Dr. Steve Brooks, London Natural History Museum, and Dr. Ian Walker, British Columbia, Canada • Lateglacial temperature changes in Atlantic Canada and the British Isles.
Associate Editorship for journal • The Holocene (impact factor: 2.3), 2006 – present.
Editor of journal special issue • Guest editor of special issue of Journal of Quaternary Science, October 2004
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External examiner for PhDs • University of Southampton, February 2007 • University of Amsterdam, April 2006 • Royal Holloway University of London, March 2005
Convenor of international & national conference symposia Lead convenor • ‘Ecosystem dynamics and climate change in tropical South America’, 17 th INQUA congress, Cairns, Australia, July 2007. • ‘Late Quaternary ecosystem dynamics and carbon cycling in the tropics’, 16 th
• ‘Extending the Ecological Timescale’, Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) annual conference, Univ. of Leicester, 1999. Co-convenor
• 2 symposia at 17 th INQUA congress, Cairns, Australia, July 2007.
Invited talks • 8 international conferences (including plenary lectures) (see Conference presentations section)
• 12 departmental seminars (since 2003) Overseas o University of Utah, USA 2011 o University of Amsterdam, Netherlands 2008 o University of Upsalla, Sweden 2005 o University of Chicago, USA 2003 Other UK institutions o University of Hull 2012 o Open University 2012 o University of York 2010 o University of Leeds 2007 o University of Exeter 2007 o University of Southampton 2006 o East Kilbride NERC Radiocarbon Facility 2006 o University of Oxford 2005
Public dissemination of research • Featured in BBC4 documentary series entitled ‘Unnatural Histories – The Amazon’
(episode 3). Aired 9 pm, 23 rd June 2011. Teaching Awards • Nominated for the Best Course EUSA (Edinburgh University Students’ Association) Teaching Award 2011-12.
Other
• UK National Correspondent of IGCP Project 459 (Quaternary Terrestrial Carbon Cycling
), 2001-2004 • Member of international ‘Palaeofire Working Group’; regional coordinator for Tropical Central and South America (sponsored by PAGES), 2006-present • Regular referee for NERC, Leverhulme Trust, and NSF research grant applications. • Regular referee for international Quaternary, ecology, and biogeography journals 20
• Book reviews for Journal of Biogeography (2001) and The Holocene (2000).
CURRENT TEACHING DUTIES
Pre-Honours courses • Environmental Sensitivity and Change (year 2) o Course convenor o Co-taught with Professor Andrew Dugmore o 170 students o Nominated for the Best Course EUSA (Edinburgh University Students’ Association) Teaching Award 2011-12.
Honours courses • Physical Geography Fieldtrip: North Wales (year 3) o Co-taught with 3 other staff o 60 students • Physical Geography Fieldwork: Scottish Highlands (year 4) o Co-taught with Professor Andrew Dugmore & Dr. Anthony Newton o 15 students • Forest Ecosystems Past and Present (year 3/4) o Co-Course convenor with Dr. Patrick Meir o 35 students • Quaternary Environmental Change (year 3) o Co-taught with 3 other staff o 35 students
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Current duties: • Chair, pre-hons teaching programme cttee • Chair, Geography Health and Safety cttee • Director of Studies • Member of: o Geography Examinations cttee o Geography staff-student cttee
Past duties (University of Edinburgh): • Chair, Global Change NERC PhD studentship selection panel • Geography Library rep • Member of Geography Teaching & Learning committee
Past duties (University of Leicester): • Teaching Programme Director and Chair for B.Sc. Hons. Joint Geography & Archaeology degree (20 students per yr) • Leicester representative for Midlands Postgraduate Training Programme • Director of MSc in Physical Geography by individual research • Coordinator for departmental UCAS open days • Coordinator for 1 st year tutorial programme 21
• Departmental Marketing Officer
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REFEREES
• Professor Andrew Dugmore, Former Head of Geography Teaching Programme, Institute of Geography, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Drummond Street, Edinburgh EH8 9XP, UK e-mail: Andrew.Dugmore@ed.ac.uk fax:
phone: 0131 650 8156
• Professor F. Alayne Street-Perrott, Tropical Palaeoenvironments Research Group, Department of Geography, University of Wales Swansea, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK e-mail: alayne@perrott3.freeserve.co.uk or F.A.Street-Perrott@swansea.ac.uk fax:
01792 295 955 phone: 01792 295 910
• Professor Henry Hooghiemstra, Department of Palynology and Paleo/Actuo-ecology, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 318, 1098 SM Amsterdam, The Netherlands e-mail: hooghiemstra@science.uva.nl fax:
+31 20 525 7662 phone: +31 20 525 7844
• Professor Mark Bush, Biological Sciences Department, Florida Institute of Technology, 150 W. University Boulevard, Melbourne, Florida 32901, USA
mbush@fit.edu
phone: (321) 674 7166
Note: Professors Street-Perrott, Hooghiemstra, and Bush are best placed to comment upon my research; Professor Dugmore is most appropriate to comment upon my teaching & admin. Download 211.1 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: 
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