I have broad research interests in Earth System Science and work on topics concerning both past, present and future environmental change. I work in a diverse range of environments from Arctic tundra to tropical rainforests in a range of locations including South and Central America, Canada, Sweden, Norway, Britain, Ireland and Alaska. 

My specific research foci include:

1. Long-term eco-hydrological dynamics and functioning of temperate, tropical and subarctic peatlands;
2. Testate amoebae as environmental indicators in peatlands and lakes;
3. High-resolution dating methods including tephrochronology;
4. Critical examination of past human response and adaptation to climate change;
5. Use of temporal data and probability modelling in geohazards research;
6. Use of quantitative reconstruction and statistical modelling techniques for understanding  climatic and environmental change; 
7. Extreme events;
8. Human-environment relations in the past-present-future, the Anthropocene, and the impacts of humans on Planet Earth.

• GGY2058 Global Environmental Change (module co-ordinator)

Present positions

• 2020-Present: Professor of Physical Geography, School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen's University Belfast, N. Ireland
• 2016-Present: Research Professor (Adjunct), Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Canada

Former positions

• 2013-2020: Associate Professor (Reader) of Earth System Dynamics, School of Geography, University of Leeds, UK
• 2010-2013: Lecturer in Earth System Dynamics, School of Geography, University of Leeds, UK
• 2007-2010: Lecturer in Physical Geography, University of Bradford, UK

Qualifications

• BSc (Hons) (2002): Geography, Durham University
• PhD (2006): Geography, Queen's University, Belfast
• PGCHEP (2010): University of Bradford
• FHEA (2010)