Dr John Woodward

Reader in Physical Geography

Biography

• B.Sc. 1st Class with Honours, School of Geography, University of Leeds, 1990-1993.
• M.Sc. Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Canada, 1993-1995. The influence of superimposed ice formation on the sensitivity of glacier mass balance to climate change.
• PhD, School of Geography, University of Leeds, 1995-1999. Structural glaciology of Kongsvegen, Svalbard, using ground-penetrating radar.
• Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds, 2000-2001.
• Lecturer, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Brunel University, 2001-2002.
• Glaciologist, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, 2002-2003.
• Senior Lecturer, School of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, 2003-2008.
• Reader, School of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, 2008-present.
  

Internal Activities

• Physical Geography Research Lead.
• Member of School Research and Innovation Board. 
• Member of School Research Committee.

External Activities

• Member of NERC Peer Review College (2005-2008 and 2009-present)
• Treasurer of the British Branch of the International Glaciological Society.
• Member of the International Glaciological Society.
• Member of the Amercaqn Geophysical Union.
• Conference convenor for 2009 International Glaciological Society.  Conference on the ‘Cryosphere in the International Polar Year’.