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Professor Tristram Hales
(he/him)
- Media commentator
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Teams and roles for Tristram Hales
Professor of Environmental Hazards
Overview
T.C. Hales is an interdisciplinary scientist and Professor of Environmental Hazards, interested understanding the relationship between ecological and social systems and environmental hazards. T.C. works on two major projects that focus on the interplay between land use decisions and erosion by rivers and landslides. His work on the lower Kinabatangan River in Malaysian Borneo seeks to understand the drivers and effects of tropical deforestation on erosion and sequestration of carbon within soils. As Chair of the Regrow Borneo project, he is applying this research to develop a community reforestation programme to restore forests and sequester carbon. His work on erosional processes after the 2008 magnitude 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake has investigated how persistent landslides and mudflows affect the vulnerability of communities recovering from earthquakes. He directed the Sustainable Places Research Institute in 2020-2021.
Publication
2025
- Harvey, E. L. et al. 2025. The hazard of large debris flows. Science Advances 11 eadz4625. (10.1126/sciadv.adz4625)
- Huang, J. et al., 2025. Volume estimation for high-locality fragmented rockfall using UAV-based photogrammetry. Natural Hazards 121 , pp.7347-7364. (10.1007/s11069-024-07092-0)
- Kargère, B. et al., 2025. A fractal framework for channel-hillslope coupling. Earth Surface Dynamics 13 (3), pp.403-415. (10.5194/esurf-13-403-2025)
- Newport, B. et al., 2025. Simplifying drone-based aboveground carbon density measurements to support community forestry. Plos One 20 (4) e0322099. (10.1371/journal.pone.0322099)
- Shaddick, G. et al. 2025. Data science and AI for sustainable futures: Opportunities and challenges. Sustainability 17 (5) 2019. (10.3390/su17052019)
- Utley, I. et al. 2025. Transformations in exposure to debris flows in post-earthquake Sichuan, China. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 25 (8), pp.2699-2716. (10.5194/nhess-25-2699-2025)
2024
- Harvey, E. L. et al. 2024. Grain-size variability in debris flows of different runout lengths, Wenchuan, China. GSA Bulletin 136 (7-8), pp.2676-2688. (10.1130/B37027.1)
- Ran, J. et al., 2024. Towards hazard-resilience cities: Comparative research on resilience-related policies and local practices in five cities worldwide. Landscape Architecture Frontiers 12 (1), pp.26-46. (10.15302/J-LAF-1-020091)
2023
- Heinrich, V. et al., 2023. Mind the gap: reconciling tropical forest carbon flux estimates from earth observation and national reporting requires transparency. Carbon Balance and Management 18 22. (10.1186/s13021-023-00240-2)
- Heinrich, V. H. A. et al., 2023. The carbon sink of secondary and degraded humid tropical forests. Nature 615 (7952), pp.436–442. (10.1038/s41586-022-05679-w)
- Hughes, S. , Alves, T. M. and Hales, T. 2023. Combined oil spill modelling and shoreline sensitivity analysis for contingency planning in the Irish Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin 193 115154. (10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115154)
2022
- Deljouei, A. et al., 2022. Implications of hornbeam and beech root systems on slope stability: from field and laboratory measurements to modelling methods. Plant and Soil (10.1007/s11104-022-05764-z)
- Francis, O. et al. 2022. The fate of sediment after a large earthquake. Journal of Geophysical Research. Earth Surface 127 (3) e2021JF006352. (10.1029/2021JF006352)
- Harvey, E. L. et al. 2022. Measuring the grain-size distributions of mass movement deposits. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 47 (6), pp.1599-1614. (10.1002/esp.5337)
- Karimi, Z. et al., 2022. Vegetation-induced soil stabilization in coastal area: An example from a natural mangrove forest. CATENA 216 (Part B) 106410. (10.1016/j.catena.2022.106410)
- Liu, J. et al., 2022. Ecosystem carbon stock loss after a mega earthquake. CATENA 216 (a) 106393. (10.1016/j.catena.2022.106393)
- Roering, J. and Hales, T. 2022. Changing Hillslopes: Evolution and Inheritance; Inheritance and Evolution of Slopes. In: Schroder, J. F. ed. Treatise on Geomorphology 2nd ed.. , pp.184-205. (10.1016/B978-0-12-818234-5.01012-9)
2021
- Chang, M. et al., 2021. Patterns of rainfall-threshold for debris-flow occurrence in the Wenchuan seismic region, Southwest China. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment 80 (3), pp.2117-2130. (10.1007/s10064-020-02080-7)
- Heinrich, V. H. A. et al., 2021. Large carbon sink potential of secondary forests in the Brazilian Amazon to mitigate climate change. Nature Communications 12 (1) 1785. (10.1038/s41467-021-22050-1)
- Mithan, H. T. , Hales, T. C. and Cleall, P. J. 2021. Topographic and ground-ice controls on shallow landsliding in thawing Arctic permafrost. Geophysical Research Letters 48 (13) e2020GL092264. (10.1029/2020GL092264)
- Phillips, C. et al., 2021. Shallow landslides and vegetation at the catchment scale: A perspective. Ecological Engineering 173 106436. (10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106436)
2020
- Chang, M. et al., 2020. Coseismic landslides induced by the 2018 Mw 6.6 Iburi, Japan, Earthquake: spatial distribution, key factors weight, and susceptibility regionalization. Landslides (10.1007/s10346-020-01522-3)
- Ciampalini, R. et al. 2020. Modelling soil erosion responses to climate change in three catchments of Great Britain. Science of the Total Environment 749 141657. (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141657)
- Francis, O. et al. 2020. The impact of earthquakes on orogen-scale exhumation. Earth Surface Dynamics 8 , pp.579-593. (10.5194/esurf-8-579-2020)
- Huang, J. et al., 2020. A hybrid machine-learning model to estimate potential debris-flow volumes. Geomorphology 367 107333. (10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107333)
- Ran, J. et al. 2020. The application of frameworks for measuring social vulnerability and resilience to geophysical hazards within developing countries: A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Science of the Total Environment 711 134486. (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134486)
- Song, J. et al. 2020. Tectonic evolution of strike-slip zones on continental margins and their impact on the development of submarine landslides (Storegga Slide, northeast Atlantic). Geological Society of America Bulletin 132 (11-12), pp.2397–2414. (10.1130/B35421.1)
2019
- Domènech, G. et al., 2019. Modelling the role of material depletion, grain coarsening and revegetation in debris flow occurrences after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Engineering Geology 250 , pp.34-44. (10.1016/j.enggeo.2019.01.010)
- Fan, X. et al., 2019. Earthquake-induced chains of geologic hazards: patterns, mechanisms, and impacts. Reviews of Geophysics 57 (2), pp.421-503. (10.1029/2018RG000626)
- Horton, A. J. et al. 2019. Identifying post-earthquake debris flow hazard using Massflow. Engineering Geology 258 105134. (10.1016/j.enggeo.2019.05.011)
- Mithan, H. T. , Hales, T. C. and Cleall, P. J. 2019. Supervised classification of landforms in Arctic mountains. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 30 (3), pp.131-145. (10.1002/ppp.2015)
2018
- Cere, G. et al. 2018. Multi-objective consideration of earthquake resilience in the built environment: The case of Wenchuan earthquake. Presented at: International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC) Funchal, Portugal 27-29 Jun 2017. Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC), 2017 International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation. IEEE. , pp.513-520. (10.1109/ICE.2017.8279929)
- Fan, X. et al., 2018. Spatio-temporal evolution of mass wasting after the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake revealed by a detailed multi-temporal inventory. Landslides 15 (12), pp.2325-2341. (10.1007/s10346-018-1054-5)
- Grieve, S. W. D. et al., 2018. Controls on zero order basin morphology. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 123 (12), pp.3269-3291. (10.1029/2017JF004453)
- Hales, T. 2018. Modelling biome-scale root reinforcement and slope stability. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 43 (10), pp.2157-2166. (10.1002/esp.4381)
- Horton, A. J. et al. 2018. Can riparian forest buffers increase yields from oil palm plantations?. Earth's Future 6 (8), pp.1082-1096. (10.1029/2018EF000874)
2017
- Cere, G. et al. 2017. Multi-objective consideration of earthquake resilience in the built environment: the case of Wenchuan earthquake. Presented at: 2017 International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC) Madeira, Portugal 26-30 June 2017.
- Hales, T. and Miniat, C. F. 2017. Soil moisture causes dynamic adjustments to root reinforcement that reduce slope stability. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 42 (5), pp.803-813. (10.1002/esp.4039)
- Horton, A. J. et al. 2017. Modification of river meandering by tropical deforestation. Geology 45 (6), pp.511-514. (10.1130/G38740.1)
2016
- Parker, R. N. et al. 2016. Colluvium supply in humid regions limits the frequency of storm-triggered landslides. Scientific Reports 6 34438. (10.1038/srep34438)
- Wooten, R. M. et al., 2016. Frequency and magnitude of selected historical landslide events in the Southern Appalachian Highlands of North Carolina and Virginia: relationships to rainfall, geological and ecohydrological controls and effects. In: Greenburg, C. H. and Collins, B. S. eds. Natural Disturbances and Historic Range of Variation: Type, Frequency, Severity, and Post-disturbance Structure in Central Hardwood Forests USA. Managing Forest Ecosystems Vol. 32.Springer
2015
- Hwang, T. et al., 2015. Simulating vegetation controls on hurricane-induced shallow landslides with a distributed ecohydrological model. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 120 (2), pp.361-378. (10.1002/2014JG002824)
- Marshall, J. A. et al., 2015. Frost for the trees: Did climate increase erosion in unglaciated landscapes during the late Pleistocene?. Science Advances 1 (10) e1500715. (10.1126/sciadv.1500715)
2013
- Dieras, P. , Constantine, J. A. and Hales, T. 2013. The role of oxbow lakes in the off-channel storage of bed material along the Ain River, France. Geomorphology 188 , pp.110-119. (10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.12.024)
- Hales, T. et al. 2013. Assessing the accuracy of simple field based root strength measurements. Plant and Soil 372 (1-2), pp.553-565. (10.1007/s11104-013-1765-2)
- Roering, J. J. and Hales, T. C. 2013. 7.29 Changing Hillslopes: Evolution and Inheritance; Inheritance and Evolution of Slopes. In: Shroder, J. F. , Stoffel, M. and Marston, R. A. eds. Mountain and Hillslope Geomorphology. Treatise on Geomorphology Vol. 7.Amsterdam: Elsevier. , pp.284-305. (10.1016/B978-0-12-374739-6.00178-0)
2012
- Band, L. E. et al., 2012. Ecosystem processes at the watershed scale: mapping and modeling ecohydrological controls of landslides. Geomorphology 137 (1), pp.159-167. (10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.06.025)
2011
- Hales, T. , Scharer, K. M. and Wooten, R. M. 2011. Southern Appalachian hillslope erosion rates measured by soil and detrital radiocarbon in hollows. Geomorphology (10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.08.030)
2009
- Hales, T. et al. 2009. Topographic and ecologic controls on root reinforcement. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 114 F03013. (10.1029/2008JF001168)
- Hales, T. and Roering, J. J. 2009. A frost "buzzsaw" mechanism for erosion of the eastern Southern Alps, New Zealand. Geomorphology 107 (3-4), pp.241-253. (10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.12.012)
- Hwang, T. , Band, L. and Hales, T. 2009. Ecosystem processes at the watershed scale: extending optimality theory from plot to catchment. Water Resources Research 45 (11), pp.1-20. (10.1029/2009WR007775)
2008
- Hales, T. and Cashman, K. V. 2008. Simulating social and political influences on hazard analysis through a classroom role playing exercise. Journal of Geoscience Education 56 (1), pp.54-60.
2007
- Almond, P. , Roering, J. J. and Hales, T. 2007. Using soil residence time to delineate spatial and temporal patterns of transient landscape response. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 112 (f3), pp.1-19. (10.1029/2006JF000568)
- Hales, T. and Roering, J. J. 2007. Climatic controls on frost cracking and implications for the evolution of bedrock landscapes. Journal of Geophysical Research 112 (f2), pp.1-14. (10.1029/2006JF000616)
2005
- Hales, T. et al. 2005. A lithospheric instability origin for Columbia River flood basalts and Wallowa Mountains uplift in northeast Oregon. Nature 438 (7069), pp.842-845. (10.1038/nature04313)
- Hales, T. and Roering, J. J. 2005. Climate controlled variations in scree production, Southern Alps, New Zealand. Geology 33 (9), pp.701-704. (10.1130/G21528.1)
Articles
- Almond, P. , Roering, J. J. and Hales, T. 2007. Using soil residence time to delineate spatial and temporal patterns of transient landscape response. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 112 (f3), pp.1-19. (10.1029/2006JF000568)
- Band, L. E. et al., 2012. Ecosystem processes at the watershed scale: mapping and modeling ecohydrological controls of landslides. Geomorphology 137 (1), pp.159-167. (10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.06.025)
- Chang, M. et al., 2021. Patterns of rainfall-threshold for debris-flow occurrence in the Wenchuan seismic region, Southwest China. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment 80 (3), pp.2117-2130. (10.1007/s10064-020-02080-7)
- Chang, M. et al., 2020. Coseismic landslides induced by the 2018 Mw 6.6 Iburi, Japan, Earthquake: spatial distribution, key factors weight, and susceptibility regionalization. Landslides (10.1007/s10346-020-01522-3)
- Ciampalini, R. et al. 2020. Modelling soil erosion responses to climate change in three catchments of Great Britain. Science of the Total Environment 749 141657. (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141657)
- Deljouei, A. et al., 2022. Implications of hornbeam and beech root systems on slope stability: from field and laboratory measurements to modelling methods. Plant and Soil (10.1007/s11104-022-05764-z)
- Dieras, P. , Constantine, J. A. and Hales, T. 2013. The role of oxbow lakes in the off-channel storage of bed material along the Ain River, France. Geomorphology 188 , pp.110-119. (10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.12.024)
- Domènech, G. et al., 2019. Modelling the role of material depletion, grain coarsening and revegetation in debris flow occurrences after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Engineering Geology 250 , pp.34-44. (10.1016/j.enggeo.2019.01.010)
- Fan, X. et al., 2018. Spatio-temporal evolution of mass wasting after the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake revealed by a detailed multi-temporal inventory. Landslides 15 (12), pp.2325-2341. (10.1007/s10346-018-1054-5)
- Fan, X. et al., 2019. Earthquake-induced chains of geologic hazards: patterns, mechanisms, and impacts. Reviews of Geophysics 57 (2), pp.421-503. (10.1029/2018RG000626)
- Francis, O. et al. 2022. The fate of sediment after a large earthquake. Journal of Geophysical Research. Earth Surface 127 (3) e2021JF006352. (10.1029/2021JF006352)
- Francis, O. et al. 2020. The impact of earthquakes on orogen-scale exhumation. Earth Surface Dynamics 8 , pp.579-593. (10.5194/esurf-8-579-2020)
- Grieve, S. W. D. et al., 2018. Controls on zero order basin morphology. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 123 (12), pp.3269-3291. (10.1029/2017JF004453)
- Hales, T. 2018. Modelling biome-scale root reinforcement and slope stability. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 43 (10), pp.2157-2166. (10.1002/esp.4381)
- Hales, T. et al. 2005. A lithospheric instability origin for Columbia River flood basalts and Wallowa Mountains uplift in northeast Oregon. Nature 438 (7069), pp.842-845. (10.1038/nature04313)
- Hales, T. and Cashman, K. V. 2008. Simulating social and political influences on hazard analysis through a classroom role playing exercise. Journal of Geoscience Education 56 (1), pp.54-60.
- Hales, T. et al. 2013. Assessing the accuracy of simple field based root strength measurements. Plant and Soil 372 (1-2), pp.553-565. (10.1007/s11104-013-1765-2)
- Hales, T. et al. 2009. Topographic and ecologic controls on root reinforcement. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 114 F03013. (10.1029/2008JF001168)
- Hales, T. and Miniat, C. F. 2017. Soil moisture causes dynamic adjustments to root reinforcement that reduce slope stability. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 42 (5), pp.803-813. (10.1002/esp.4039)
- Hales, T. and Roering, J. J. 2009. A frost "buzzsaw" mechanism for erosion of the eastern Southern Alps, New Zealand. Geomorphology 107 (3-4), pp.241-253. (10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.12.012)
- Hales, T. and Roering, J. J. 2005. Climate controlled variations in scree production, Southern Alps, New Zealand. Geology 33 (9), pp.701-704. (10.1130/G21528.1)
- Hales, T. and Roering, J. J. 2007. Climatic controls on frost cracking and implications for the evolution of bedrock landscapes. Journal of Geophysical Research 112 (f2), pp.1-14. (10.1029/2006JF000616)
- Hales, T. , Scharer, K. M. and Wooten, R. M. 2011. Southern Appalachian hillslope erosion rates measured by soil and detrital radiocarbon in hollows. Geomorphology (10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.08.030)
- Harvey, E. L. et al. 2022. Measuring the grain-size distributions of mass movement deposits. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 47 (6), pp.1599-1614. (10.1002/esp.5337)
- Harvey, E. L. et al. 2025. The hazard of large debris flows. Science Advances 11 eadz4625. (10.1126/sciadv.adz4625)
- Harvey, E. L. et al. 2024. Grain-size variability in debris flows of different runout lengths, Wenchuan, China. GSA Bulletin 136 (7-8), pp.2676-2688. (10.1130/B37027.1)
- Heinrich, V. et al., 2023. Mind the gap: reconciling tropical forest carbon flux estimates from earth observation and national reporting requires transparency. Carbon Balance and Management 18 22. (10.1186/s13021-023-00240-2)
- Heinrich, V. H. A. et al., 2021. Large carbon sink potential of secondary forests in the Brazilian Amazon to mitigate climate change. Nature Communications 12 (1) 1785. (10.1038/s41467-021-22050-1)
- Heinrich, V. H. A. et al., 2023. The carbon sink of secondary and degraded humid tropical forests. Nature 615 (7952), pp.436–442. (10.1038/s41586-022-05679-w)
- Horton, A. J. et al. 2017. Modification of river meandering by tropical deforestation. Geology 45 (6), pp.511-514. (10.1130/G38740.1)
- Horton, A. J. et al. 2019. Identifying post-earthquake debris flow hazard using Massflow. Engineering Geology 258 105134. (10.1016/j.enggeo.2019.05.011)
- Horton, A. J. et al. 2018. Can riparian forest buffers increase yields from oil palm plantations?. Earth's Future 6 (8), pp.1082-1096. (10.1029/2018EF000874)
- Huang, J. et al., 2020. A hybrid machine-learning model to estimate potential debris-flow volumes. Geomorphology 367 107333. (10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107333)
- Huang, J. et al., 2025. Volume estimation for high-locality fragmented rockfall using UAV-based photogrammetry. Natural Hazards 121 , pp.7347-7364. (10.1007/s11069-024-07092-0)
- Hughes, S. , Alves, T. M. and Hales, T. 2023. Combined oil spill modelling and shoreline sensitivity analysis for contingency planning in the Irish Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin 193 115154. (10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115154)
- Hwang, T. , Band, L. and Hales, T. 2009. Ecosystem processes at the watershed scale: extending optimality theory from plot to catchment. Water Resources Research 45 (11), pp.1-20. (10.1029/2009WR007775)
- Hwang, T. et al., 2015. Simulating vegetation controls on hurricane-induced shallow landslides with a distributed ecohydrological model. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 120 (2), pp.361-378. (10.1002/2014JG002824)
- Kargère, B. et al., 2025. A fractal framework for channel-hillslope coupling. Earth Surface Dynamics 13 (3), pp.403-415. (10.5194/esurf-13-403-2025)
- Karimi, Z. et al., 2022. Vegetation-induced soil stabilization in coastal area: An example from a natural mangrove forest. CATENA 216 (Part B) 106410. (10.1016/j.catena.2022.106410)
- Liu, J. et al., 2022. Ecosystem carbon stock loss after a mega earthquake. CATENA 216 (a) 106393. (10.1016/j.catena.2022.106393)
- Marshall, J. A. et al., 2015. Frost for the trees: Did climate increase erosion in unglaciated landscapes during the late Pleistocene?. Science Advances 1 (10) e1500715. (10.1126/sciadv.1500715)
- Mithan, H. T. , Hales, T. C. and Cleall, P. J. 2021. Topographic and ground-ice controls on shallow landsliding in thawing Arctic permafrost. Geophysical Research Letters 48 (13) e2020GL092264. (10.1029/2020GL092264)
- Mithan, H. T. , Hales, T. C. and Cleall, P. J. 2019. Supervised classification of landforms in Arctic mountains. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 30 (3), pp.131-145. (10.1002/ppp.2015)
- Newport, B. et al., 2025. Simplifying drone-based aboveground carbon density measurements to support community forestry. Plos One 20 (4) e0322099. (10.1371/journal.pone.0322099)
- Parker, R. N. et al. 2016. Colluvium supply in humid regions limits the frequency of storm-triggered landslides. Scientific Reports 6 34438. (10.1038/srep34438)
- Phillips, C. et al., 2021. Shallow landslides and vegetation at the catchment scale: A perspective. Ecological Engineering 173 106436. (10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106436)
- Ran, J. et al., 2024. Towards hazard-resilience cities: Comparative research on resilience-related policies and local practices in five cities worldwide. Landscape Architecture Frontiers 12 (1), pp.26-46. (10.15302/J-LAF-1-020091)
- Ran, J. et al. 2020. The application of frameworks for measuring social vulnerability and resilience to geophysical hazards within developing countries: A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Science of the Total Environment 711 134486. (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134486)
- Shaddick, G. et al. 2025. Data science and AI for sustainable futures: Opportunities and challenges. Sustainability 17 (5) 2019. (10.3390/su17052019)
- Song, J. et al. 2020. Tectonic evolution of strike-slip zones on continental margins and their impact on the development of submarine landslides (Storegga Slide, northeast Atlantic). Geological Society of America Bulletin 132 (11-12), pp.2397–2414. (10.1130/B35421.1)
- Utley, I. et al. 2025. Transformations in exposure to debris flows in post-earthquake Sichuan, China. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 25 (8), pp.2699-2716. (10.5194/nhess-25-2699-2025)
Book sections
- Roering, J. J. and Hales, T. C. 2013. 7.29 Changing Hillslopes: Evolution and Inheritance; Inheritance and Evolution of Slopes. In: Shroder, J. F. , Stoffel, M. and Marston, R. A. eds. Mountain and Hillslope Geomorphology. Treatise on Geomorphology Vol. 7.Amsterdam: Elsevier. , pp.284-305. (10.1016/B978-0-12-374739-6.00178-0)
- Roering, J. and Hales, T. 2022. Changing Hillslopes: Evolution and Inheritance; Inheritance and Evolution of Slopes. In: Schroder, J. F. ed. Treatise on Geomorphology 2nd ed.. , pp.184-205. (10.1016/B978-0-12-818234-5.01012-9)
- Wooten, R. M. et al., 2016. Frequency and magnitude of selected historical landslide events in the Southern Appalachian Highlands of North Carolina and Virginia: relationships to rainfall, geological and ecohydrological controls and effects. In: Greenburg, C. H. and Collins, B. S. eds. Natural Disturbances and Historic Range of Variation: Type, Frequency, Severity, and Post-disturbance Structure in Central Hardwood Forests USA. Managing Forest Ecosystems Vol. 32.Springer
Conferences
- Cere, G. et al. 2018. Multi-objective consideration of earthquake resilience in the built environment: The case of Wenchuan earthquake. Presented at: International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC) Funchal, Portugal 27-29 Jun 2017. Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC), 2017 International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation. IEEE. , pp.513-520. (10.1109/ICE.2017.8279929)
- Cere, G. et al. 2017. Multi-objective consideration of earthquake resilience in the built environment: the case of Wenchuan earthquake. Presented at: 2017 International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC) Madeira, Portugal 26-30 June 2017.
Research
My research focuses on understanding what processes act on the hillslopes between river channels and their rates. I am interested in how changes to Earth's climate and vegetation control these processes and the hazards they pose to humans. I pose questions about the role of frost in the development of mountain landscapes and how humans, vegetation, and climate interact to create landslide hazards.
Teaching
I teach students how the landscapes on which humans live are formed and how they change through time. My classes in the first and third year focus on understanding the fluvial, glacial, and hillslope processes that shape landscapes. We utilise GIS, computer models, and field-based observations to test hypotheses about how Earth's surface changes through time. In the field, I teach students about the development of sedimentary basins in Dorset, Quaternary landscapes in the Brecon Beacons, and the development of geohazards in Tenerife.
Biography
- Lecturer in Earth and Environmental Sciences - School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University (2007-present)
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow-Department of Geography, University of North Carolina (2007)
- PhD-Department of Geosciences, University of Oregon (2006)
- BSc (Hons) Geological Sciences-University of Canterbury (2000)
Professional memberships
- American Geophysical Union
- European Geosciences Union
- British Society for Geomorphology
