2004 - 9/2008: Executive Dean,听, 果冻影院. Responsible for a Faculty of 2900 students, 220 academic staff and an annual budget of 拢35m.
2003 - 2004: Vice-Dean,听.
1995 -听2008: Professor of Remote Sensing, 果冻影院. Director of the Remote Sensing Unit (). Deputy Head of the Department of Geography, 1997-2000.
1990 - 1995:听Earth Observation Manager,听. Responsible for consultancy, business development, bid management and project management in Earth observation. External examiner at the University of London MSc in Remote Sensing, vice-chairman of the British Association of Remote Sensing Companies, and member of the BNSC Earth Observation Programme Board.
1987 - 1990:听Marketing Manager, Software Sciences Limited. Responsible for strategy development, business planning, financial planning, and national and international marketing in the Space Systems, Environment and Civil Systems areas.
1976 - 1987:听Lecturer in Geography听. Responsible for establishing a research group of 12 in remote sensing which led in turn to the University identifying UGC remote sensing as a major university strength.
Qualifications and Education
Higher degree 1973 - 1976: PhD awarded 1977 for a thesis entitled Procedures for satellite nephanalysis, Department of Geography,听.
First degree 1970 - 1973: BA (Hons) class 2.1 CNAA degree in Geography, Department of Geography,听.
Secondary education 1962 - 1970: St Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool.
AR Gillespie (2006 - 2008) Institutional capacity building for Earth observations. Self-financed with in-kind support from Defra and eProject, Inc.
L Miller (2002 - 2008) The value of Earth observation, ESRC CASE studentship with the British National Space Centre.
M Tyburski (2003 - 2008) hard degradation in Asia using low spatial resolution Earth observation data. Self-financed.
M Moreau (2005 - 2008) Siting refugee camps using remote sensing and GIS. Self-financed.
A Graham听(1997 - 2000) Radar data for monitoring irrigation, NERC CASE studentship with the Environment Agency. PhD awarded 2001.
R Knott (1996 - 99) Optical and radar Earth observation data for potato analysis and monitoring, NERC CASE studentship with the British Potato Council.
S Shueb (1986 - 1990) Satellite remote sensing of vegetation in northern England. Funded by the Libyan Embassy. PhD awarded 1990.
A Southgate (1986 - 1988) Satellite remote sensing of bracken, North York Moors. Funded by NERC. PhD awarded 1989.
C McBean (1985 - 1988) Arid zone geomorphological and geological mapping by remote sensing. Funded by NERC.
M Alam (1984 - 1987) Remote sensing of soil erosion in northern England. Funded by a Commonwealth Scholarship. PhD awarded 1987.
R Stone (1984 - 1987) Radar remote sensing of semi-arid terrain. Funded by NERC. PhD awarded 1989.
A Lambert (1983 - 1987) Hypsographic analysis of northern hemisphere atmospheric temperature patterns. Self-financed.
S Sutherland (1983 - 1986) An analysis of Landsat satellite data for semi-arid zone mapping. Funded by NERC.
R Weaver (1982 - 1985) Comparison of satellite systems for moorland mapping in northern England. Funded by NERC. PhD awarded 1988.
B Ahmed (1978 - 1982) A study of the climate of Sudan with special reference to agriculture. Funded by the University of Khartoum. PhD awarded 1983.
M Whitton (1978 - 1981) An analysis of the land use and water use patterns of the Esfahan region. Funded by ESRC. PhD awarded 1982.
Remote sensing for legal compliance monitoring, 拢310,000, Arts and Humanities Research Council, 2005 - 2008 (co - I with Professor Richard Macrory, Laws)
Data Policy Assessment for GMES (DPAG), European Commission, 拢110,000 2002 - 2004.
Disaster management using remote sensing and GIS, 拢40,000, British National Space Centre, 2002. (Joint with Reuters and ESYS plc)
Earth Observation Data Policy and Europe (EOPOLE) concerted action project funded by European Commission Framework IV. 拢320000 1998-2000
Area estimation of potatoes. Applications project funded by听British National Space Centre. 拢76800 1997-2000
Management of wetlands in Europe using remote sensing (MANHUMA), 拢250,000, European Commission, 1998 - 2000, with ESYS plc
Member of the Advisory Committee of the Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTEAP), India, 2004 - present.
International Council for Science (ICSU) nominated representative on the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) working group on architecture and data, 2005 - present.
Invited member of the data policy committee of the International Polar Year, 2005 - present.
Invited member of the International Council for Science (ICSU) assessment panel on data and information, 2003 - 2004.
Member of the editorial board of听Space Policy听2000 - present.
Deputy Head of Department (1997 - 2000).
Chairman of: The Geography Board of Examiners, Curriculum Development Committee, and Teaching Committee.
Member of: Examination and Teaching committees of the Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences, 果冻影院 Accreditation Steering Group.
Chair of the International Policy Advisory Committee, ISPRS, 1998 - present.
Member of the BNSC Earth Observation Programme Board (EOPB), 1991 - 1996. Member of two working groups of the BNSC EOPB on the Two-Step Approach (1994 - 1996) and on Earth Observation Data Policy (1996 - 1997).
Secretary of Commission II of the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 1996 - 2000. Commission II's theme is Systems for data processing, analysis and representation. Member of the organising committee of an international conference as part of Commission II's activities held in Cambridge, in July 1998.
Honorary General Secretary, Remote Sensing Society 1978 - 1984.
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