Category: People

Keynote lecture by Prof Carl Amos at ‘Turbulence and Interactions in Marine Systems (TURBINTERMARS): Turbulence and Sedimentary Processes’

An international  workshop on turbulence and the resulting sedimentary responses was held in The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. The meeting spanned three days over 23 – 25 February, 2015 and covered topics that ranged from the coastline to the deep sea. There was a good balance between theoretical modelling of… Read More Keynote lecture by Prof Carl Amos at ‘Turbulence and Interactions in Marine Systems (TURBINTERMARS): Turbulence and Sedimentary Processes’

Hachem Kassem

Strong Southampton presence at 11th Young Coastal Scientists and Engineers Conference

Earlier this month, 7 Southampton researchers travelled to the Young Coastal Scientist & Engineer’s conference (YCSEC), in Manchester. Post-doctoral researcher, Matt Wadey, along with PhD students Seb Pitman, Rob Mawdsley, Aimin Amiruddin, Clementine Chirol, Esme Flegg and Anas Mohamad Annuar all made the journey for the conference. The conference is aimed at young scientists and… Read More Strong Southampton presence at 11th Young Coastal Scientists and Engineers Conference

Hachem Kassem

Understanding the earthquake and tsunami hazards of the western Indian Ocean

Former Southampton PhD student Gemma Smith and Lisa McNeill, Tim Henstock and Jon Bull have been studying a poorly understood subduction zone in the western Indian Ocean – the Makran, offshore southern Iran and Pakistan. At a subduction zone, one plate slides beneath another creating compressional deformation. The resulting major fault zone generates the largest… Read More Understanding the earthquake and tsunami hazards of the western Indian Ocean

Leigh Marsh

Kate Rychert Awarded the 2015 Fowler Award by the Royal Astronomical Society

Kate Rychert has just been announced as the 2015 winner of the Fowler Award of the Royal Astronomical Society. This award is given to an individual who has made a particularly noteworthy contribution to Astronomy or Geophysics at an early stage of their research career. Kate has been recognised for her work on developing a… Read More Kate Rychert Awarded the 2015 Fowler Award by the Royal Astronomical Society

Justin Dix

PhD Student Tim Hughes receives multiple awards at BGA, NSGG, and HubNet Smart grids conferences

PhD Student Tim Hughes, from the Geology and Geophysics Research group, has received multiple awards at recent conferences around the UK; including best presentations at the British Geophysical Association (BGA) Postgraduate Research Progress Meeting   and Near Surface Geophysics Group  (NSGG) graduate symposium in May, where he also recieved the “Best Paper” prize following his talk  the Marine Geophysics session entitled Environmental… Read More PhD Student Tim Hughes receives multiple awards at BGA, NSGG, and HubNet Smart grids conferences

Hachem Kassem

Great Barrier Reef is a remarkably efficient wave attenuator

New research has found that the Great Barrier Reef, as a whole, is a remarkably effective wave absorber, despite large gaps between the reefs. This means that landward of the reefs, waves are mostly related to local winds rather than offshore wave conditions. As waves break and reduce in height over reefs, this drives currents… Read More Great Barrier Reef is a remarkably efficient wave attenuator

Shari Gallop

Managing coasts under threat from climate change and sea-level rise

Coastal regions under threat from climate change and sea-level rise need to tackle the more immediate threats of human-led and other non-climatic changes, according to a team of international scientists. The team of 27 scientists from five continents was led by Dr Sally Brown at the University of Southampton, and from Ocean and Earth Science… Read More Managing coasts under threat from climate change and sea-level rise

Shari Gallop

IEA GHG International CCS Summer School 2014, Austin (Texas)

Geology & Geophysics PhD student, Chiara Marieni, attended the IEA GHG International CCS Summer School hosted by The University of Texas at Austin (USA), from July 6th to 11th, 2014. Chiara is a third year PhD student working on the off-shore basalts as unconventional reservoirs where permanently store the atmospheric CO2. The IEA GHG Carbon… Read More IEA GHG International CCS Summer School 2014, Austin (Texas)

Hachem Kassem