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Professor John Woodward

Pro Vice-Chancellor

Department: Geography and Environmental Sciences

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  • Faculty Pro-Vice-Chancellor - present
  • Faculty Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research & Innovation) - to 2018
  • Associate Dean Research and Innovation, 2013-present.
  • Professor of Physical Geography, Northumbria University, 2012–present.
  • Director of Research, Department of Geography, 2010-2013.
  • Reader in Physical Geography, Northumbria University, 2008–2012.
  • Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, Northumbria University, 2003–2008.
  • Research Associate, British Antarctic Survey, 2002-2003.
  • Lecturer in Physical Geography, Brunel University, 2001-2002.
  • PDRA, University of Leeds, 2000-2001.
  • PhD, University of Leeds, 1996-2000.
  • MSc, University of Alberta, Canada, 1994-1996.
  • BSc, University of Leeds and University of Liege, Belgium, 1991-1994.

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Assessing the suitability of sites near Pine Island Glacier for subglacial bedrock drilling aimed at detecting Holocene retreat–readvance, Johnson, J., Woodward, J., Nesbitt, I., Winter, K., Campbell, S., Nichols, K., Venturelli, R., Braddock, S., Goehring, B., Hall, B., Rood, D., Balco, G. 24 Jan 2025, In: The Cryosphere
  • Glacial geology of the Hudson Mountains, Amundsen Sea sector, West Antarctica, Johnson, J., Nichols, K., Riley, T., Venturelli, R., Hodgson, D., Balco, G., Hall, B., Smith, J., Woodward, J. 15 Feb 2025, In: Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Landsystem models from remote and field based geomorphological mapping reveal diverse glacier dynamics on Svalbard, McCerery, R., Davies, B., Lovell, H., Calvo-Ryan, R., Pearce, D., Małecki, J., Woodward, J. 1 Sep 2025, In: Geomorphology
  • Lessons learned from shallow subglacial bedrock drilling campaigns in Antarctica, Braddock, S., Venturelli, R., Nichols, K., Moravec, E., Boeckmann, G., Campbell, S., Balco, G., Ackert, R., Small, D., Johnson, J., Dunbar, N., Woodward, J., Mukhopadhyay, S., Goehring, B. 1 Jan 2025, In: Annals of Glaciology
  • Microbial communities in sediments from different landform systems, Svalbard, McCerery, R., Woodward, J., Fernández Juliá, P., Calvo-Ryan, R., Muñoz-Muñoz, J., Davies, B., Pearce, D. 24 Sep 2025, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
  • Preparation protocol for epifluorescence microscopy when working close to the detection limit, McCerery, R., Hall, L., Omanakuttan, J., Chai, H., Lawrence, J., Woodward, J., Pearce, D. 1 Mar 2025, In: Letters in Applied Microbiology
  • Remote Mapping of Bedrock for Future Cosmogenic Nuclide Exposure Dating Studies in Unvisited Areas of Antarctica, Adams, J., Mason, P., Roberts, S., Rood, D., Smellie, J., Nichols, K., Woodward, J., Johnson, J. 17 Jan 2025, In: Remote Sensing
  • Super slippery surface concepts: A novel explanation for the dynamics and flow instability of glaciers and ice sheets, McCerery, R., Woodward, J., McHale, G., Winter, K. 2025, In: Journal of Glaciology
  • Detecting Holocene retreat and readvance in the Amundsen Sea sector of Antarctica: assessing the suitability of sites near Pine Island Glacier for subglacial bedrock drilling, Johnson, J., Woodward, J., Nesbitt, I., Winter, K., Campbell, S., Nichols, K., Venturelli, R., Braddock, S., Goehring, B., Hall, B., Rood, D., Balco, G. 23 May 2024
  • Direct geologic constraints on the timing of Late Holocene ice thickening in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctica, Nichols, K., Adams, J., Brown, K., Creel, R., McKenzie, M., Venturelli, R., Johnson, J., Rood, D., Wilcken, K., Woodward, J., Roberts, S. 28 Dec 2024, In: Geophysical Research Letters

  • Teaching & Learning PCAPL November 04 2004
  • Geography PhD September 01 1995
  • Geography BSc (Hons) September 01 1990
  • Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2015
  • Approved Shotfirer EPIC Shotfirer & Explosives Supervisors 2002
  • Ordinary Member International Glaciological Society (IGS) 1996


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