CV

Appointments

• 2024 - present: Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Durham University
• 2019 - 2024: Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Durham University
• 2018 - 2019: GeoX Fellow, Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Potsdam. Fusion of high-resolution point cloud and spectral data for deriving topographic metrics. Independent fellowship designed to combine mathematics, computer science, and geoscience.
• 2017: Postdoctoral Research Associate, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota. Climate change and fluvial systems: investigating the impact of channel geometry on landscape evolution.
• 2016-2017: NERC Knowledge Exchange Fellow, University of Edinburgh. Modelling the impact of future climate change on flood risk in Scotland.

Education

• B.Sc. in Geology and Physical Geography, University of Edinburgh, 2013. First Class Honours
• Ph.D in Atomspheric and Environmental Sciences, University of Edinburgh, 2017. Controls on fluvial networks in upland landscapes: from hillslopes to floodplains. Passed with no corrections
• PGCAP and Fellow of the HEA, Durham University, 2023

Grants and Awards

• European Geosciences Union Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award, 2024. Geomorphology Division
• NERC and MoES (India) Solid Earth Hazards Call, 2024 - 2028. Dynamic risks for cascading Himalayan hazards: £850,443 plus match funding. Co-I/Work Package Lead.
• Code for Science and Society Event Fund, 2020. Reproducible Silicon Landscapes: $18,187. Co-Lead Investigator.
• British Society for Geomorphology Early Career Researcher Grant, 2019. Determining the topographic signature of debris flows: £3,500.
• GeoX Young Academy Fellowship, Fusion of high-resolution point cloud and spectral data for deriving topographic metrics, January 2018 - December 2019.
• Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) Knowledge Exchange Fellowship, Modelling the impact of future climate change on flood risk in Scotland, November 2016 - April 2017: £22,189
• American Geophysical Union Student Travel Grant, December 2016: $750
• British Society for Geomorphology, Postgraduate Conference Attendance Grant, December 2016: £750
• Royal Geographical Society with IBG, Dudley Stamp Memorial Award, 2015: £500. Awarded for research fieldwork.
• British Society for Geomorphology, Postgraduate Research Grant, 2014: £1000. Awarded for research fieldwork.
• Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, Carnegie-Caledonian PhD Scholarship, October 2013 - 2016. Awarded for three years including tuition fees and stipend.
• Edinburgh Geological Society Medal for top-performing geosciences student in final year of undergraduate study, 2013.

Invited Talks

• Going beyond the river long profile, GM Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award Lecture, EGU General Assembly 2024 Link to abstract
• Controls on mountain sediment storage across the Himalaya, Hutton Club, University of Edinburgh, January 2024.
• Open-source software for topographic analysis and applications to the Himalayan orogen, Department of Geology, Tribhuvan University Nepal, November 2023
• Tectonic and climatic controls on mountain sediment storage, School of Geographical & Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, May 2023
• Controls on valley-floor width across the Himalayan orogen, EGU General Assembly 2023, Session GM9.1 - Interactions between tectonics, climate and surface processes from mountain belts to basins Link to abstract
• How wide are Himalayan river valleys? Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, October 2022
• Controls on valley width in mountainous landscapes, Department of Geography, University of Oxford, January 2022
• The topographic signature of tectonics, University of Southern California, Department of Earth Sciences, March 2021
• Creepy landscapes along the San Andreas fault, Landscapes Live seminar, June 2020
• Linking tectonics and topography along the San Andreas fault, AGU Fall Meeting 2019, Session EP21A - Advances in Tectonic Geomorphology: The Interplay of Tectonics, Climate, and Surface Processes Link to abstract
• Clustering river profiles to classify landscape domains, Imaging the Environment workshop, Queen Mary University of London, September 2019
• Linking topography and tectonics along the San Andreas Fault, Hutton Club, University of Edinburgh, March 2019
• Clustering river networks in heterogeneous landscapes, GFZ Potsdam, February 2019
• New techniques for clustering river profiles: examples from real and synthetic landscapes. A2 Advancing the Analysis of High Resolution Topographic Data, UNAVCO/NCALM workshop, August 2018
• Tectonics from topography: linking channel network structure, erosion, and uplift, GFZ Potsdam, February 2018
• From hillslopes to floodplains: fluvial networks in mountainous landscapes. St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, October 2017
• Tectonics from topography: linking channel steepness, concavity, and uplift. University of Minnesota, Department of Earth Sciences, September 2017

Service

• Associate Editor, Earth Surface Dynamics, 2021-present
• Associate Editor, ARC Geophysical Research, newly lauched diamond access Geosciences journal, 2024-present
• Research Secretary, British Society for Geomorphology Research Subcommittee, 2020-2023
• Co-convener, EGU General Assembly 2019. Making high resolution topographic analysis more reproducible with LSDTopoTools, Short Course.
• Convener, EGU General Assembly 2019. Session GM2.5/SSP3.28./SSS13.19/TS4.10: Bridging the gap: combining numerical models of surface processes with Earth observations
• Convener, EGU General Assembly 2018. Session GM2.5/SSP3.28./SSS13.19/TS4.10: Modelling erosion and sediment production, transport and deposition across landscapes
• Co-convener, AGU Fall Meeting 2017. Session EP31E: Changing the Channel: Fluvial System Response to Climate and Land Use Change
• Peer reviewer for > 15 international journals, e.g. Science Advances, Geology, Journal of Geophysical Research, American Journal of Science.
• Proposal reviewer for National Science Foundation (NSF), German Research Foundation (DFG)
• Member of European Geosciences Union Bagnold Medal Committee, 2024 – 2026.