Brief curriculum vitae
i. Resume
| I am a Reader in Polar Geodesy in the School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences at Newcastle University. My field of expertise is geodetic observation of the global water cycle, including ice sheet mass balance and sea level change and particularly using the Global Positioning System (GPS). I also work on reduction of systematic and random errors in these techniques in order to maximise the information content in the data and improve the reliability of the interpretations. I was educated at University of Tasmania, Australia, where I gained a BSc in Surveying and Spatial Information Science and PhD in geodesy applied to glaciology. In 2001 I moved to Newcastle University, in 2005 I was awarded a NERC Postdoctoral Fellowship, and in 2008 I was promoted to Reader in Polar Geodesy. In 2009 I commenced a RCUK Academic Fellowship. I am Chair of the COST Action ES0701 “Improved Constraints on Models of Glacial Isostatic Adjustment” (2008-2012) with participants from 20 European countries, and author of more than 40 peer-reviewed publications since my PhD completion in 2002. I have published three articles in Science, one in Nature and one in Nature Geoscience, and I have sourced £1.2M in research awards I have led (£2M across all institutes). My currently funded research includes four main projects: i) tidal and hydrological forcing and response of ice streams and ice shelves; ii) measurement of glacial isostatic adjustment in Antarctica for understanding previous and current ice mass changes; iii) improved observation of 21st C sea level change and present-day polar contributors; and iv) observation of the global water cycle at large spatial scales. |
ii. Address
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School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences Cassie Building, Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom |
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 7833 Fax: +44 (0) 191 222 6502 E-mail: m.a.king@ncl.ac.uk |
iii. Citizenship
Australian and British
iv. Education
1997 B.Sc. (1st Class Hons.) Surveying and Spatial Information Science, University of Tasmania
2002 Ph.D. Geodesy, The dynamics of the Amery Ice Shelf from a combination of terrestrial and space geodetic data, University of Tasmania
v. Professional appointments
2001 Junior Research Associate, Department of Geomatics, Newcastle University
2002 Research Associate, Department of Geomatics, Newcastle University
2005 NERC Fellow & Senior Research Associate, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University
2008 Reader in Polar Geodesy, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University
2009 RCUK Academic Fellow, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University
2010 Visiting Scholar, University of Tasmania
vi. Awards, membership, and external roles
Awards/Prizes
2009 Philip Leverhulme Prize
Chair of Committees:
2008-present COST Action ES0701 Chair
2009-2010 AGU Fall Assembly Geodesy Programme Chair
2010-present NERC Space Geodesy Facilities Steering Committee Chair
2010 International GNSS Service Workshop Local Organising Committee Chair
Committee Memberships:
2007-present UK National Committee for Antarctic Research
2009-present DynaQlim Steering Committee
2009-present European Science Foundation Pool of Reviewers
2010-present NERC Peer Review College
2010 International GNSS Service Workshop Scientific Programme Committee
2011 11th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences Scientific Steering Committee
Session Chair:
2007 EGU General Assembly
2008 AGU Fall Assembly
2009 EGU General Assembly
2011 XXV IUGG General Assembly
Journal Reviews:
Journal of Geophysical Research, Geophysical Research Letters, Geophysical Journal International, Journal of Geodesy, Journal of Glaciology, The Cryosphere, Advances in Space Research, Gondwana Research, Journal of Spatial Sciences
Memberships:
2002-present American Geophysical Union
2004-present International Glaciological Society
2010-present Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society
vii. Research Funding (only Newcastle component shown)
2003 NSF, Tidal Modulation of Ice-Stream Flow (TIDES) Award $30k
Investigators: Anandakrishan, Bindschadler, Alley, Joughin; Contractor: King
2003 NERC, Changes in glacier geometry and extent in Svalbard: Award £64k
Investigators: Murray, King, Barr, Clarke, Luckman, Wadham
2004 NERC, Improved tide modelling for the Filchner-Ronne and Larsen C ice shelves Award £390k
Investigators: King (formally Lead is Clarke), Clarke, Nicholls
2004 NERC Geophysical Equipment Facility Award £101k
Investigators: King, Clarke
2005 NERC, Present-day mass balance of the Antarctic Peninsula Award £155k
Investigator: King
2005 NERC, Global loading and deformation at tidal timescales Award £128k
Investigators: Clarke, Penna, King
2005 NERC, Amery Ice Shelf thickness change 1968-present Award £30k
Investigators: King, Moore
2006 NERC, A new global surface velocity field and 20th century sea-level rise Award £398k
Investigators: King, Milne, Lavallee, Clarke, Moore, Penna, Williams
2006 ESA ITT 5125: Mass Transport Award €15k
Investigator (Tides Work Package): King
2007 NERC, Global-scale hydrological change Award £383k
Investigators: Lavallee, Clarke, Moore, King, Penna
2007 NERC, High spatio-temporal resolution changes in Earth's gravity field Award £32k
Investigator: King, Moore
2007 RCUK Academic Fellowship Award £125k
Investigator: King
2008 COST, Improved constraints on models of glacial isostatic adjustment Award €360k
Proposer of COST Action: King
2008 NERC, Improved models of West Antarctic glacial isostatic adjustment Award £460k
Investigators: King, Lavallee, Bentley, Clarke, Hindmarsh, King
2009 Leverhulme Trust, Philip Leverhulme Prize Award £70k
Investigator: King
2010 NERC, Regional Gravity Fields from GOCE and GRACE Award £166k
Investigators: Moore, King
viii. Invited Lectures
2004 Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
2004 University of Bristol
2005 French National Centre for Scientific Research
2005 AGU Fall Assembly
2006 AGU Fall Assembly (two invitations)
2007 Edinburgh University
2008 Durham University
2009 EGU General Assembly
2009 University of Northumbria
2009 NTSLF-Challenger Symposium, Royal Society
ix. Grants Reviewed for the Following Organisations
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (2006, 2007), NSF (2008), NERC (2008, 2010), Italian Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (2010)
xi. Outreach and Media
2002 Tyne Tees Television
2002 Daily Telegraph
2002 BBC Radio Newcastle
2008 Science Magazine news story
2008-9 Lecture to upper and lower 6th Form, Emmanuel College, Gateshead, on sea level change
2009 NERC Planet Earth article “Just a big downer?”, Autumn 2009 issue
xii. Publications
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12-Sep-2012