Professor John Woodward

Pro Vice-Chancellor

Department: Geography and Environmental Sciences

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, ��ϲ��, 2012–present.
Director of Research, Department of Geography, 2010-2013.
Reader in Physical Geography, ��ϲ��, 2008–2012.
Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, ��ϲ��, 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.

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Key Publications

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
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
Geochemical evidence for Alberta Oil Sands contamination in sediments remote to known oil sands deposits in Alberta, Canada, McCerery, B., Esegbue, O., Jones, M., Winter, K., McHale, G., Woodward, J. 3 May 2024, In: Environmental Forensics
Ground-penetrating radar surveys at three nunataks in the Hudson Mountains in the Amundsen Sea sector of West Antarctica, December 2019, Woodward, J., Johnson, J. 2 May 2024
Terrestrial glacial geomorphology of surge-type and non-surge-type glaciers on Svalbard, McCerery, R., Davies, B., Lovell, H., Pearce, D., Calvo Ryan, R., Małecki, J., Woodward, J. 31 Dec 2024, In: Journal of Maps
Canopy structure and air temperature inversions impact simulation of sub-canopy longwave radiation in snow-covered boreal forests, Rutter, N., Essery, R., Baxter, R., Hancock, S., Horton, M., Huntley, B., Reid, T., Woodward, J. 27 Jul 2023, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
High altitude Pliocene to Pleistocene vegetation and climate change of the Kunlun Pass Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau, Schwarz, F., Salzmann, U., Cheng, F., Ni, J., Nie, J., Patchett, M., Li, X., Li, L., Woodward, J., Garzione, C. 1 Apr 2023, In: Global and Planetary Change
Offshore-onshore record of Last Glacial Maximum−to−present grounding line retreat at Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica, Nichols, K., Rood, D., Venturelli, R., Balco, G., Adams, J., Guillaume, L., Campbell, S., Goehring, B., Hall, B., Wilcken, K., Woodward, J., Johnson, J. 1 Nov 2023, In: Geology
Oil sands in glacial till as a driver of fast flow and instability in the former Laurentide Ice Sheet: Alberta, Canada, McCerery, R., McHale, G., Woodward, J., Winter, K., Jones, M., Esegbue, O. 1 Dec 2023, In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

PGR Supervision

Becky McCerery Oil Initiation of Super Slippery Surfaces in Sediments: A Driver of Instability in Glacial Systems Start Date: 01/10/2018 End Date: 21/01/2022
Victoria Edmondson The evolution of macrotexture on asphalt pavements using non-contact field techniques Start Date: 01/10/2015 End Date: 02/03/2022
Rupert Bainbridge Lost landslides: Rock-avalanche occurrence and fluvial censoring processes on South Island, New Zealand Start Date: 15/09/2015 End Date: 27/10/2017
Lionel Playford Art, climate science and landscape: an artistic interaction with climate science to explore novel approaches to landscape. Start Date: 01/12/2015 End Date: 29/10/2021
Rupert Bainbridge Lost landslides: Rock-avalanche occurrence and fluvial censoring processes on South Island, New Zealand Start Date: 15/09/2015 End Date: 27/10/2017
Lisa Harrison The Geomorphic Impact of Rock Avalanches on Landscape Evolution Start Date: 05/10/2015 End Date: 11/11/2016
Kate Winter Englacial stratigraphy, debris entrainment and ice sheet stability of Horseshoe Valley, West Antarctica Start Date: 01/10/2013 End Date: 27/02/2017
Mark Allan Landslide Distributions Around Glaciers in High Mountains Start Date: 05/10/2015 End Date: 24/10/2018

Qualifications

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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