Dr Jasper Knight
Contact:
Name: Dr Jasper Knight
Job Title: Lecturer in Physical Geography
Room: 3.049
Email: j.knight@exeter.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)1326 371866
Qualifications:
BSc (Hons) Geography and Geology,
DPhil Glacial Geology
Broad research specialisms:
I am a geoscientist with research interests in the effects of high-frequency climate changes on the sedimentary systems of glacial and coastal environments. I have conducted research throughout the British Isles and in North America. Research areas include: subglacial and glaciomarine environments, sand dune morphodynamics and sediment partitioning, estuaries, sea-level and climate change over the last 20,000 years, geological conservation, geoarchaeology, marine geophysics, landscape management, and teaching pedagogy. I have published over 40 articles in peer-reviewed international journals.
Biography:
Administrative positions
- Admissions tutor
- Member, University Senate
- MSc programme director
Awards and External Positions
- Fellow of the Geological Society
- Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
- Fellow, Higher Education Academy
- Postgraduate Certificate in University Teaching
- Member of Expert Panel, Quaternary Theme, for the conservation of geological sites in the Republic of Ireland (co-ordinated through the Geological Survey of Ireland) (2002-5)
- Book review editor, IBG/RGS journals Area and Geographical Journal (2005-8)
- Chair, INQUA Subcommission on Glaciation (2007-11)
- Member of Advisory Council, Commission on Terrestrial Processes, Deposits and History, INQUA (2007-11)
- Editorial board, Open Journal of Geology (2007-)
- Referee for international journals (Annals of Glaciology, Journal of the Geological Society, Journal of Sedimentary Research, Journal of Quaternary Science, Sedimentary Geology, Sedimentology, Boreas, Quaternary Science Reviews, etc).
- NERC grant application reviewer
- RGS/IBG grant application reviewer
- Volunteer English-language editor for Journal of Geophysical Research
- Many local TV, radio, newspaper interviews, mainly on climate change issues
- National Teaching Fellow Scheme nominee 2006
Affiliations
- Fellow: Royal Geographical Society, Geological Society, Higher Education Academy
- Member: Quaternary Research Association, Geological Society of America, Irish Quaternary Association, American Geophysical Union, British Periglacial and Permafrost Association, International Permafrost Association
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